newsET Browne UK, the business behind the Palmer’s skincare brand, has built a £35m-plus UK and European operation run by 18 people by outsourcing warehousing and distribution to Europa Worldwide Group for almost 20 years.
articleTrade friction, skill drain and price increases have all had an impact but a structural rethink is perhaps at the heart of the consequences. Tom Fitz-Walter explores.
newsA revised draft National Planning Policy Framework, published for consultation on 17 August, gives freight and logistics a dedicated national planning policy for the first time.
newsThe immediate threat to UK supply chains from the current oil price surge is not the cost of fuel but the movement of cargo off threatened sea lanes and onto already-crowded air and rail corridors, according to freight specialist Baxter Freight.
productThe firm has added 22 automated sorting-machine sets, while Southeast Asia parcel volume surged 71.2%.
articlePRL Logistics, a logistics services provider for leading supermarkets, has taken on a comprehensive range of industrial door types from Assa Abloy.
newsALF Aquatic Distributors partnered with Toyota Material Handling UK to replace drive-in racking with Radioshuttle technology, improving stock rotation, picking efficiency, and space use. This reduced disruption and created extra capacity for growth, without relocating the Bedford warehouse.
newsWarehouse professionals will gain candid, practical insight into the realities of modern logistics operations at this year’s Tomorrow’s Warehouse conference, where Danielle Taylor, Logistics Manager at Speedy Hire, will deliver a presentation titled Don’t Fear the Warehouse: Challenges, Resilience and Optimisation.
newsDHL Supply Chain has been appointed to provide aftermarket parts logistics for electric vehicle brand AION.
newsEvery warehouse site decision is complex with multiple factors coming into play This session at the Tomorrow’s Warehouse Event in Manchester tackles three of the biggest factors head-on.
newsRising minimum wages, pension auto-enrolment and expanding workers’ rights were designed to protect employees. Instead, they may be accelerating the very automation that reduces headcount.
articleAs retailers and 3PLs begin to ramp up preparations for Peak 2026, Simon Duddy, editor, Logistics Matters, took the chance to pick the brains of Adie Taylor, head of solution design and logistics engineering at contract logistics provider Arvato UK.
newsThe sites, five in England and one in Northern Ireland, serve Asda, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op and will transfer to DP World in September.
newsLPP faced increasing pressure to expand fulfillment capacity while maintaining operational efficiency.
newsThe hidden cost isn’t always in your warehouse or your fleet, it can lurk in the gap between them…
newsAPROLIS EQUIPMENT Distribution has secured an order for a Carer A180X electric forklift.
newsThe firm provides yard operations software aimed at the FMCG market in the UK.
articleTT Club is calling on ports, terminals and warehouse operators to adopt the same level of risk management focus to worker dehydration as they do to alcohol consumption, warning that some effects on cognitive performance are comparable.
newsThe majority (58%) of UK CEOs surveyed said that if their top three suppliers were disrupted for two weeks, 5-20% of their revenue would be at risk.
articleA refurbished forklift truck can offer exceptional value for money, but choosing the right one is essential to ensure you’re making a sound investment. Toyota Material Handling offers five top tips.
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