productChairmen of the BOARD
Supply chain and logistics consultancy, The Logistics Business, has chosen BOARD as a strategic business intelligence partner to add value to its existing consultancy services.
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articlePalletline reduces pallet weight on tail lift deliveries
The move is a bid to improve health and safety processes. Palletline claims it is the first operator to reduce the maximum weight of pallets on tail lift deliveries to 750kg.
articleAnticipating a complex future
Vocollect explores what impact the rise of Omni-channel Retail will have on the warehouse and on 3PLs.
newsPerth Food and Drink Park opens
The Food and Drink Park – representing a £5m investment by Perth and Kinross Council – provides up to 11 serviced development plots across a 16 acre site.
articleTime saved by automating orders
3PL RIF Logistics streamlines its operations by automating order processing. RIF installed a WMS from Advanced Business Solutions.
productUrban mining
International courier ParcelHero says delivery companies can help green our cities by following Holland’s ‘urban mining’ initiative, whereby multiple deliveries are sent to a central freight hub, where they are bundled and delivered to the customer at a convenient time.
productPalletised contract win
Steve Porter Transport Group has entered into a new national palletised deal with Meachers Global Logistics. The Isle of Wight’s largest independent freight carrier will be delivering 10,000 pallets per year from Meachers’ Nursling warehouse to locations across the UK.
articleClipper automates returns process with LB Foster
The ever-increasing success of online fashion shopping led to a demand for greater capacity for processing returns at Clipper’s Selby distribution centre.
articleWomenswear label inks deal with CML
Finery London has picked Core Management Logistics to provide its warehouse and distribution services.
articlePacking bench an important retail battleground
Expertise at the packing bench increases fulfillment efficiency and enhances customer experience. Here, Woodway illustrates how it trains the trainers for retailers.
articleSupply chain leaders tackle retail dilemmas
The LCP Consulting 2015 Leadership Seminar brought together top retailers John Lewis, Argos and Fat Face to offer insight on Solving the Omni-channel Dilemma.
articleFedEx bid for TNT will ‘create a more competitive market’
FedEx’s £3.2bn bid for Dutch parcel delivery firm TNT Express has sparked a boost in courier company shares.
productEuropean consignments
Leading logistics business, Pallet-Track, has made company history by opening up its delivery service to 56 countries for the first time after servicing the UK exclusively for the last 10 years. This means the 80 members of the Wolverhampton-based Pallet-Track network are now able to move their consignments into Europe after a partnership deal was signed with international supply chain specialists Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK
articleFight to compete with the big boys
With the Internet offering a huge opportunity for retailers, how do smaller companies compete with the ‘big boys’ when the economies of scale lie elsewhere, asks Geoff Taylor, group sales director at iForce?
articleLogistics expertise desirable in world of change
There are few bigger areas of change than the retail sector. Change, however, equals opportunity for the logistics sector, says UKWA CEO Peter Ward.
newsStudents – do you want to get into logistics?
A leading logistics company is offering a year long paid placement for an undergraduate within their international freight department as a part of an overall expansion plan.
productAbbey joins Pallet-Track
Liverpool-based Abbey Logistics, a specialist in ‘green’ supply chain solutions, is the latest member to join the expanding Pallet-Track distribution network.
productPaid student placement available
Core Management Logistics (CML), based at Magna Park in Lutterworth, is offering a year long paid placement for an undergraduate within their international freight department as a part of an overall expansion plan.
articleNOVUS students take up roles at DHL, ASOS, Arla and others
NOVUS companies and University of Huddersfield staff have been busy matching second year students with opportunities for their sandwich placements starting this summer.
newsNorbert Dentressangle name to go as part of takeover
XPO Logistics is to acquire French logistics company Norbert Dentressangle for €3.24 billion.
