newsHBD/Feldberg Capital joint venture Origin has begun work on the second phase (c.£9m) of its £30 million ARK industrial and logistics scheme at Markham Vale in Derbyshire, with a circa.54,000 ft2 midbox unit.
newsSpecialist two-man home delivery company BJS Distribution has snapped up a 260,000 ft2 plus warehouse in Wednesbury in The Black Country to accommodate expansion.
newsCouncillors have approved a planning application for two warehouse units totalling 542,00 ft2 which have been pre-let to an as yet unnamed major Chinese ecommerce retailer at Clowes Developments’ Dove Valley Park in Derbyshire.
newsJD.com continues with its warehouse take-up spree by snapping up a 150,000 ft2 temperature controlled facility in Bedford.
newsChinese conglomerate JD.com’s self-operated B2C express delivery service JoyExpress has taken its first dedicated hub in the Northwest
newsCanadian real estate development and investment firm Epta Development Corporation (EDC), and its development partner Stoford, have secured a freehold turnkey transaction for a 209,319 ft2 last-mile logistics unit at Axis Works, Bristol.
newsRegistration is now open for the Tomorrow’s Warehouse Event, a one-day, free to attend conference dedicated to addressing operational challenges in warehousing and logistics.
newsChinese ecommerce giant JD.com’s logistics subsidiary JD Logistics has taken a second speculatively-built warehouse at JD.com subsidiary JINGDONG Property’s four unit Apollo scheme on the 52-acre Ansty Park scheme in the West Midlands.
newsEAE Solutions implemented the turnkey parcel sorting solution at An Post’s Athlone mail centre in Ireland.
articleA loading ramp from Thorworld Industries has enabled printing ink manufacturing specialist Hubergroup to switch to the direct unloading of international deliveries from shipping containers at its site in Nottingham.
articleThe national membership scheme established by the UK’s leading plant bakers to manage and protect industry-standard bread baskets and dollies, is celebrating its 20th anniversary marking two decades of innovation, collaboration and commitment to safeguarding the bakery supply chain.
newsMarking National Apprenticeship Week, the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has published a policy paper calling on the Government to take urgent action to address the skills crisis facing Britain’s warehousing sector.
newsChinese global ecommerce conglomerate JD.com is launching its online retail business Joybuy across Europe in March supported by a network fo some 60 warehouses.
newsTritax Big Box and Savills Future Space report published today pinpoints power and labour costs and availability as the top issues for logistics occupiers.
articleAs manufacturers and distribution centres intensify their focus on operational excellence, automated solutions are emerging as a powerful remedy to enable more efficient material flow and maximise value across material handling operations.
newsAnalysis of ocean freight shipments shows a sharp deterioration in schedule reliability, with on-time delivery rates, defined as arrivals within 12 hours of the estimated time of arrival, falling year-on-year from 36% to 13.9%.
newsPlanning officers at Blaby Council have recommended approval for a 1.2 million ft2 industrial and logistics scheme at Enderby in Leicestershire this week.
newsInvestor Cain has confirmed that the UK’s largest online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, Gear4Music has agreed a 131,830 sq ft letting at the Sherburn42 North Yorkshire logistics hub.
productNew projects with food retailers in Europe and North America helped Witron Group achieve orders exceeding 2 billion euros – the highest in its corporate history.
newsUnder the new partnership, GXO will lead the warehouse operations of car parts in Swindon, in a bid to optimise BMW Group’s supply chain and automotive production resilience in the UK.
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