newsOmnichannel partnership hurdles successive Peaks
Nkuku, the retailer of ethically sourced and handcrafted homeware, has extended its omnichannel partnership with Wincanton for a further five years.
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productMezzanine-based robots boost storage density
LINGERIE RETAILER Hunkemöller makes a sizeable investment in warehouse robotics.
productNew AutoStore for THG’s Omega warehouse
Fulfilment and courier management firm THG Fulfil has launched an AutoStore installation at its Omega warehouse in Warrington.
newsStellantis scraps hydrogen development
The company will no longer bring its hydrogen powered vans to the UK market.
newsDHL increases investment in LNG trucks
DHL eCommerce UK has doubled its fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered vehicles with the introduction of 30 new Volvo FM trucks.
newsLoading bay driveway leads to leg amputation
A Norfolk-based food wholesaler has been fined £66,000 after an employee’s leg had to be amputated after he was injured while loading a lorry.
newsEXCLUSIVE: Japanese real estate company Mitsui Fudosan and Panattoni secure Falcon Estate near Heathrow for logistics redevelopment
In what is believed to be only its second joint venture with logistics developer Panattoni, Japanese global real estate company Mitsui Fudosan has secured the 10-acre Falcon Estate within the North Feltham Trading Estate near Heathrow, West London, which it intends to redevelop to provide up to 250,000 ft2 of logistics space in an off market deal sealed this week.
productNext-level automation
AT IMHX, TGW Logistics will demonstrate how its cutting-edge technologies are shaping the future of intralogistics.
newsGB Railfreight makes locomotive investment
The rail freight operator has unveiled its new Class 99 locomotives at its Peterborough headquarters.
newsOnline retailers most active occupier sector so far this year
According to Savills latest Big Shed Briefing online retailers are the most active sector taking industrial and logistics space so far this year but are hiding their light behind third party contracts with 3PLs.
productForklift truck support from Ecobat Battery
Although the subject of warehousing and storage is wide ranging, central to inhouse logistics are forklift trucks and their efficient maintenance.
productMinistry of Defence orders 360 heavy-duty pallet trucks
Midland Pallet Trucks will supply the models tailored to stringent MoD specifications to defence sites across the UK.
newsGovernment looks to ban upward only rent review clauses
The Government has shocked the landlords and investors by seeking to ban upward only rent review clauses as part of its Devolution Bill announced in Parliament yesterday.
newsIM Properties Thrapston scheme gets greenlight
North Northamptonshire Council planning committee have approved IM Properties proposals for a 1.9 million ft2 industrial and logistics scheme in Thrapston weeks after refusing a similar scheme close by.
newsMenzies Distribution Solutions secures DIRFT warehouse
Supply chain specialist Menzies Distribution Solutions has taken Logicor’s Unit B warehouse on Danes Way, Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), in Northampton.
newsTesco announces multi-million pound logistics centre at London Gateway
Tesco has announced a major investment in a new state-of-the-art distribution centre at DP World London Gateway, which it expects to open in 2029.
productAI-powered robotic sorting arm
FEDEX HAS introduced an AI-powered sorting robot at its air network location in Cologne.
newsMP urges councillors to ‘closely consider resident’s voices’ on a warehouse proposal that he is against
Lee Barron, MP for Corby & East Northamptonshire, has sent an open letter to North Northamptonshire councillors regarding the development of a 1.9 million ft2 warehouse scheme in Thrapston, where council planning officers have already recommended approval.
newsWhistl pre-lets Wigan warehouse
E-commerce logistics specialist Whistl has pre-let a 140,000 ft2 warehouse at developer PLP’ 360,000 ft2 PLP Astley scheme in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
productLinde unveils automated VNA truck
THE INTRALOGISTICS specialist has updated its industrial truck portfolio.
