productDHL lines up investment in India
DHL Supply Chain is to invest 500 million euros (INR 4000 Crores) in India to further boost capacity, workforce and sustainability initiatives.
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newsNew spec build on way at London Gateway
DP World in the UK has announced that work has begun on a new speculative 119,000 sq ft green warehouse at London Gateway’s portcentric logistics park.
articleBoost employee benefits to tackle recruitment and cost of living
Amid the ongoing competition for talent, and warnings inflation could reach – even pass – 11% by the end of the year, the CEO of HIVE360 is encouraging businesses to take advantage of the quick, easy ways they can go the extra mile to deliver timely employee support.
productItem Products using IMHX to promote packaging re-use
With sustainability high on the agenda, Item Products, the leading designer and producer of components for the packaging industry, will be using this year’s IMHX show to promote the benefits of their Box Latch products in providing a long-term solution to facilitate corrugated packaging re-use.
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.
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).
