newsHarlow warehouse let to 3PL
Icon Industrial has let a 69,295 sq ft speculative warehouse and logistics development in Harlow to an international logistics firm.
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productIndustrial property investment to break £7bn
2020 has been a historic year for industrial & logistics, says Colliers, with the sector outperforming retail and offices, and reaching record highs for take-up and occupational demand.
newsMenzies acquires Bibby Distribution
The combined business operations will amount to almost 5,000 employees, 4,000 vehicles and 100 depot locations.
newsMulti channel fulfilment and returns
Luxury department store Liberty has warded a multi-year contract to Clipper Logistics.
newsHalf a billion euros raised for urban warehouse fund
Real estate investment manager MARK (formerly Meyer Bergman) has raised €550m for its last mile logistics fund Crossbay from a range of global investors, including Credit Suisse, Nuveen and CBRE GI.
productHuge cold store DC planned in UAE
A healthcare procurement company and Abu Dhabi Ports have signed an agreement to jointly launch the largest healthcare and medical supplies cold store DC in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
newsBMW renews used vehicles contract
DHL Supply Chain has been reappointed by BMW to provide used vehicle refurbishment services in a new three-year contract.
newsXPO to spin off contract logistics
The 3PL’s directors have approved a plan to pursue a spin-off of its logistics segment as a separate publicly traded company.
newsClipper takes huge Leeds warehouse due to unprecedented eComm growth
The 3PL plans to introduce automation and robotics to Sherburn 667, the 666,898 sq ft DC.
articleeComm deliveries must crack the urban warehousing challenge
Faced with mounting challenges, Louisa Hosegood asks how should businesses adapt their urban warehousing to meet rocketing eComm order volumes?
articleSustainability tips for couriers during Peak
The pandemic is pushing people towards online shopping this Christmas, with companies adapting. For example, Royal Mail is hiring 33,000 extra temporary workers to help cope with the demand of parcels from online purchases.
newsPrime Leeds logistics site planned
Sterling Capital and PLP will cooperative on the 100-acre development in south Leeds.
newsManagement buy-out at 3PL
LTS Global Solutions, the Birmingham-headquartered provider of logistics, transport and shipping services, has completed a management buy-out (MBO), with plans to grow by more than 40% in the next five years.
productDP World and DHL start building 42m automated warehouse
Work has begun on a 482,000 sq ft warehouse for the world’s leading contract logistics provider, DHL Supply Chain, at DP World London Gateway.
productPS5 shows knowing your cube size matters
PlayStation 5 supply problems shows that ‘size does matter’ in logistics, says Professor Richard Wilding OBE, Professor of Supply Chain Strategy at Cranfield School of Management.
productProperty experts analyse portcentric logistics
Savills is predicting a continued shift of the UK supply chain from road freight towards port-centric logistics, accelerated by recent structural changes including Brexit and Covid-19.
articleThe best of both worlds
We have both physical and virtual events planned for 2021, to give attendees with broad preferences every opportunity to learn and improve their warehouse operations in preparation for the challenges ahead.
newsLogistics UK scathing of Government inaction on Brexit
With 34 working days remaining until the end of the Brexit transition period, Logistics UK has reacted with incredulity at today’s announcement by the government of a Business Task Force at such a late stage in the process.
productYusen Logistics opens Milton Keynes warehouse
The logistics provider has started operations from its new site in Bradville, Milton Keynes.
articleLockdown 2.0
The BCMPA, the Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics, says lockdown 2.0 has further intensified the inexorable move towards online sales and deliveries made direct to consumer (DTC).
