newsCity Link logistics staff seek jobs amid recrimination
A City Link Job Board has been set up on Facebook where jobs can be posted by companies interested in attracting former City Link staff.
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newsDX Group snaps up City Link assets
The administrators of parcel delivery company City Link has sold significant assets to DX Group.
newsHS2 impacts Waitrose fulfillment plans
Waitrose will open a bespoke dot.com fulfilment centre in Coulsdon on 3 March 2015. This facility will employ 450 staff by the end of January 2016.
blogWere City Link’s owners ruthless and lacking in commitment?
I went to a City Link press conference a few years ago, which was very upbeat (they always are) but at the same time I thought it was odd the company was owned by Rentokil. There was no logical link there and you have to wonder how committed Rentokil was.
articleWere City Link’s owners ruthless and lacking in commitment?
HSS Editor Simon Duddy asks if Better Capital deserve the ‘bandits’ charge levelled at them by Mike Cash RMT General Secretary.
articleHS2 to be ‘10 times more expensive’ than French high speed rail
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will this week ask HS2 Executive chairman Sir David Higgins why the expected costs for HS2 are around ten times higher per mile than the same cost for France’s high speed rail network.
newsDPD launches incubator for last mile start-ups
Last Mile labs is an eight week startup accelerator from DPD and ‘innovation distillery’ L Marks that begins in April.
articleDHL fined after worker injured by HGV drive-away
Global courier firm DHL has been sentenced for safety failings after an HGV driver was run over by his own vehicle at a depot in Bedfordshire.
articleAre agency workers exploited?
Agency workers are commonly used in warehousing and logistics. Here, logistics professional Carey Jebb asks should they get the same pay and conditions as permanent workers?
articlePall-Ex to cherry pick former UK Mail hauliers
Pall-Ex is offering assistance to 73 hauliers as well as customers affected by the proposed closure of UK Pallets by owner UK Mail.
productSovex to exhibit compact Bendy Boom at LogiMAT 2015
International vehicle loader and conveyor manufacturer Sovex is planning to exhibit a compact version of its award winning Bendy Boom at LogiMAT on 10th February in Stuttgart.
productCombining expertise
Supply chain security solutions provide TydenBrooks and in-transit cargo tracking firm LoJack SCI have launched TydenBrooks’ Krateus, powered by LoJack SCI.
articleDeveloping clean cold tech
The diesel powered Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) is one of the trucking industry’s biggest environmental challenges. Dearman is working on a solution.
productInvestment in longer semi-trailers
Acumen Distribution has further expanded its fleet of Longer Semi-Trailers (LSTs) with the addition of four more models.
newsMeachers takes initiative as driver shortage bites
Following the introduction of a new scheme introduced by Derby based Meachers Global Logistics; the first two drivers have graduated from a novel HGV driver upgrade scheme.
newsWhat will one hour delivery mean for the retail logistics industry?
Michael Smith, CML’s customer account manager explores the implications of one hour delivery going mainstream.
newsInnovation centre seeks partner for Internet of Things development
Scotland’s manufacturers and logistics companies are being given the opportunity to improve processes and efficiencies by harnessing the potential of the Internet of Things.
articleCompanies ‘exposing supply chains’ to their customers
Chris Jones of Descartes with an insightful presentation on what a customer facing supply chain entails.
articleA peaky blinder or a peaky nightmare?
Now the dust has settled on the Christmas fulfillment and delivery peak, Handling & Storage Solutions brings together some insightful quotes as the experts begin to make sense of a particularly ‘peaky’ peak.
productDouble-deckers reduce road miles
Buffaload Logistics, has further expanded its temperature controlled double-deck trailer fleet to provide continued support for The Co-operative’s Primary Distribution network. The additional high cube trailers will, says the business, maintain low traffic movement through reduced handling and fewer road miles.
