productA warehouse manager for one of Britain’s leading household DIY stores sighed, and said ‘what I need is a rubber sided warehouse’. He was facing a delivery of three lorries from a logistics provider, bearing stock which had to be stored the next day. Robert Alvarez of De Boer takes up the story.
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articleAfter a thorough study, retailer Xenos chose Swisslog to project manage a comprehensive revamp of warehouse processes.
newsTemporary workers who lack even the most basic skill sets cause logistics companies more problems than they solve at peak times.
articleThe internet retail giant plans to occupy a substantial space at Airport City Global Logistics – part of the £800m business, hotel and industrial development being built around Manchester Airport.
newsNorgine BV has opened its new £4.5 million temperature controlled warehouse on its current site in Hengoed, Wales.
articleThe time-lapse video shows Staffordshire based Aganto carrying out a temporary building project on-site at a world-class Stoke-on-Trent ceramic manufacturer.
newsTV and white goods retailer Marks Electrical is trebling its warehousing space to meet growing online demand.
productGoya Developments and Barwood Capital have bought a Cambridge site for a 140,000 sq ft warehouse development.
productAstraZeneca will invest the sum building a state of the art packing and warehouse facility at the company’s location in Macclesfield.
articleExceptional sales growth and recent contract award from a leading home furniture retailer has seen the RGE Group need to increase its storage capacity. A pallet live racking solution from SEC Storage has enabled RGE Group to re-assess its logistics operation, bringing efficiencies and cost savings.
articlePharmaceutical compounding company Fagron has commissioned KNAPP to kit out its new warehouse in Belgium.
articleThe sportswear retailer has sought to counter press allegations that workers suffer poor treatment at the company’s Shirebrook warehouse.
articleUnite the Union has called the Sports Direct pledge to release £10m for the pay of permanent and casual warehouse workers a ‘publicity stunt’.
productConstruction firm Pochin’s has won a £10.8m contract to develop a 164,000 sq ft warehouse for BAE Systems. The facility is adjacent the F-35 jet manufacturing site in Samlesbury, Lancashire.
productSpaciotempo helped Greenvale ramp up potato production to meet a massive increase in demand from major supermarkets over the festive period.
articleMezzanines are popular and cost saving but rules need to be adhered to in their specification and installation, explains Shaun Sutton, designer at Rapid Racking.
newsPrologis will develop two speculative units of 113,335 sq ft and 78,780 sq ft at Prologis Park West London, its 30 acre site next to Stockley Park in Hayes, Middlesex.
newsDevelopers St Francis Group and Marcol Industrial have acquired the former Rolls-Royce East Works site. Construction work is to start on the 65-acre business park early this year.
productThe UK supply chain community needs the support of a Government that not only understands the problems that it faces but, more importantly, is prepared to take appropriate steps to help solve them.
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