productArgos warehouse staff strike
About 1,000 warehouse staff employed by Argos at five distribution centres went on strike for 24 hours on Friday, 4 July in a dispute over weekend working.
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articleCML invests £400,000 in new fleet from Crown
Core Management Logistics has invested £400,000 in updating half of its fleet of mechanical handling equipment.
newsSEKO opens 150k sq ft DC for Omni-channel operations
SEKO Logistics is keeping pace with phenomenal growth in UK retailers’ online sales by investing in a further 152,000 sq ft logistics centre to support its omni-channel services for global fulfilment, delivery management, returns solutions and ecommerce development and design.
productSpace efficiency – even for large metal stillages
As large, two-man delivery items such as such as white goods, TVs and furniture become more prevalent in the e-commerce sector the logistics challenge is to store a sufficient number of items within the space available, and in a way that makes order picking quick and easy, asserts Edward Hutchison, managing director at BITO Storage Systems.
productCarousel-based storage
Jungheinrich has added two new storage and retrieval products to its comprehensive range of logistics systems. The new products – which use proven carousel technology – are Jungheinrich Lift Racking (LRK) and Jungheinrich Paternoster Racking (PRK).
articleArgos warehouse worker strike set to escalate
Unite, the union is to escalate industrial action at Argos warehouses in a dispute over weekend working.
newsRefurbished logistics centre finds tenants
Four new tenants are set to move to Baillieston distribution centre, Glasgow, following the completion of extensive refurbishment works at the estate, letting agent Colliers International has announced.
productSwitch to smarter storage
Southampton City Council’s Corporate Records Management Department and Southampton General Hospital are set to take advantage of the recently launched Sustainable Distribution Centre (SDC), which provides innovative storage and last mile delivery solutions.
articleDedicated eCommerce storage & pick operation
SSI Schaefer has provided NBTY Europe (parent company of Holland & Barrett) with an automated system comprising a two-tier mezzanine and mesh-deck pallet racking to revolutionise its capabilities within the eCommerce market.
articleWorking towards zero harm – SEMA unveils conference programme
SEMA’s one day safety conference on 6th November 2014 tackles key safety issues for the storage industry.
articleTake care of your delicates
StockSafe has been launched to aid the distribution of delicate items.
newsLink 51 to launch white paper at whisky conference
Leading provider of bespoke racking for the whisky industry, Link 51, launches its latest white paper Storage and Maturation in the Whisky Industry at the prestigious Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (WDSC) in Glasgow (8-11 September).
newsWarehouse worker stole stock and sold it on eBay
Kevin Smith, who worked for shoe firm Charles Clinkard, pleaded guilty to the theft of shoes over a seven-year period between February 2007 and August this year.
articleLeading forwarder invests in hanging garment frame
Uniserve has adopted Sea-GOH, a folding, hanging garment frame from Sunrise Global Innovations, to support its inbound garment services for a number of retail clients.
articleUnderstanding storage
SEC Storage MD Steve Watts tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that great benefits can be gained from fully understanding how storage should work for your business.
productABB automates its warehouse with the help of Swisslog
Swisslog has received its latest order to create a state-of-the-art AutoStore facility in Switzerland.
productAutomated deepfreeze
Egemin Automation is to build and automate a brand-new deepfreeze warehouse for frozen foods specialist Crop’s in Belgium, on the production site of Ooigem.
newsSEMA announces Supplier Award winners
Storax and Moresecure remained victorious at the SEMA Distributor Group (SDG) Supplier of the Year awards 2014.
articleHornby Hobbies new warehouse suited for eCommerce
Hornby Hobbies has moved its warehouse to new facilities in Hersden, Canterbury which will be run by DS Logistics.
articleGoodman completes latest of 13 Amazon DC builds
Goodman has delivered over 3,280,839 sq ft of warehouse for Amazon across Europe, with the retailers’s latest fulfilment centre in Wroclaw, Poland now complete.
