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.
articleCimcorp Group, a leading pioneer in intralogistics automation, is taking part in the Age of Automation series, a new documentary-style series presented by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), North America’s largest automation trade association, and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions.
newsThe delivery company has launched an apprenticeship scheme in partnership with upskilling platform Multiverse.
newsDeveloper Kingsbridge has let a warehouse at its Ferne Park scheme in Segensworth to fabrication and welding solutions specialist SFE Group.
newsInvestor developer EQT is bringing forward a speculative midbox warehouse on a former Barclays car park in Brackmills, West Northamptonshire.
newsDeveloper Stoford and privately owned property company Gallan have signed a circa.35-acre land promotion and development agreement in Crick, West Northamptonshire.
newsBlueCurrent Capital, an ESG-focused real estate asset manager dedicated to the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs, is planning to build two multi-storey van deck storage facilities in London.
newsThe European Biodiversity Metric (EBM) will provide a tool to assess and manage biodiversity across Europe, as well as supporting legislative compliance and advancing EU and global biodiversity goals.
newsThe contract renewal and expansion is with GXO Logistics and will extend for six years.
newsOnline furnisher and ecommerce homeware brand Laura James has confirmed that is taking a 217,785 ft2 build-to-suit at Prologis’ 7 million ft2 + scheme Prologis RFI DIRFT III near Daventry in Northamptonshire, East Midlands.
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