productRacking up the savings
ONE OF the UK’s largest rental equipment specialists approached Goplasticpallets.com looking for a solution to safely store its specialist lifting equipment.
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articleModern campus to support growth
As part of our ongoing growth strategy, Kite Packaging opened the Kite Campus in Puma Park, Coventry, with the aim of serving clients and employees better. The much-anticipated opening took place on 29th August 2022.
productGeodis plans to deploy 1000 warehouse robots
The 3PL has signed an agreement with leading AMR provider Locus Robotics to deploy a total of 1,000 LocusBots at Geodis’ worldwide warehouse locations over the next 24 months.
productTive launches new Tive Tag temperature logging label
Imagine a cloud-enabled temperature logger, in the form of a thin, flexible shipping label, and at half the cost of a conventional logger. Now make it last for a year, design it to be reused trip after trip during that year, and then give it a non-Lithium earth-friendly battery. Introducing the Tive Tag. It’s like a shipping label – just one that has an incredible amount of tech embedded inside.
newsNespresso leans on robot-savvy 3PL
DHL Supply Chain is extending its strategic partnership with Nestlé Nespresso S.A.
productSports retailer Decathlon cuts road freight admin
ZEUS LABS, which is disrupting the freight industry with its next-generation digital solutions, has teamed up with Decathlon to help handle its UK freight. The partnership means that Zeus now handles nearly half of all the retailer’s restocking in the UK. Decathlon has 70 sites across the UK.
articleHealth is wealth in logistics
Mental health and emotional wellbeing has become a regular fixture on the corporate agenda and post covid, the issue is even more pointed, says logistics services provider PML.
productBoohoo ends free returns
THE ONLINE fashion giant Boohoo has been explaining its decision to introduce charges on returned items. However, the home delivery expert ParcelHero says it predicted the decision was inevitable back in May.
productDelivery partnership
EVRI HAS entered into a strategic partnership with Vinted, the online consumer-to-consumer marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion.
newsConsolidated deliveries trial in London
THE CITY of London Corporation, DHL Supply Chain and Ford Pro are conducting a sustainable delivery trial at Billingsgate Market to explore ways to reduce traffic, improve air quality and offer a better customer experience.
productClipper Logistics makes investment in transparency
THE 3PL has partnered with Segura, a platform for supply chain mapping and visualisation that will allow Clipper to proactively monitor the performance of its suppliers within key sustainability and governance pillars, within a multi-tiered supply chain.
producte-Customs solution boosts profitability
DESCARTES SYSTEMS Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, has helped Farsound Aviation, a prominent service provider for the world’s aerospace industry, to improve its profitability by automating compliance with UK/EU customs regulations with the Descartes e-Customs filing solution.
productPrologis acquires four urban logistics sites
THE DEVELOPER has bought sites in Erith, Croydon, Park Royal and Watford.
productInsight on air freight in the UK
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK has released a briefing paper on air freight in the UK.
newsMPO bought by Kinaxis for $45 million
KINAXIS HAS acquired MPO, a European headquartered company that offers a unified global cloud-based SaaS platform for multi party orchestration of orders, inventory and transport.
newsXPO Logistics recognised for workplace inclusion
THE GLOBAL provider of freight transportation services has received a top score of 90 out of 100 on the 2022 Disability Equality Index (DEI).
product3PL to build Great Yarmouth warehouse
A NORFOLK-BASED haulier and logistics business is expanding as it seeks to capitalise on increasing demand for storage solutions, prompted by the boom in eCommerce and next-day delivery.
productLand investment drives growth for SME
STEVE ELLIS, founder and managing director of Prestige Distribution in Horsham, bought a nine-acre plot of land for a new office and 300 pallet warehouse.
productA2B Logistical Solutions joins Diamond Network
Diamond Logistics has announced that Leicester-based courier – A2B Logistical Solutions – has joined the Diamond network to grow its eCommerce client base and serve customers in the Leicestershire area.
articleCold storage electricity bill triples in a year
ELECTRICITY SPEND for the UK’s cold storage facilities has more than tripled between 2021 and 2022, says a new report published by the Cold Chain Federation which reveals the UK cold chain industry’s vital statistics for the first time.
