Property company PMW Property has snapped up a 70,000 sq ft warehouse at Coates Park in Mansfield for redevelopment. Mike Wrigley of PMW said: “I am delighted to secure this exciting opportunity at a time when the property market is seeing real improvements. Demand is certainly rising and stock levels are so poor that we…
Property market speculation is mounting that Primark is the Top 25 retailer that has exchanged contracts with investor LondonMetric for a 1.06 million sq ft distribution warehouse in Northamptonshire. LondondMetric, the UK REIT recently created through the merger of London & Stamford Property and Metric Property, has already acquired Primark’s existing 785,000 sq ft facility…
DPD is investing £75 million in 15 new depots in the UK including three new “super-depots” which will be capable of acting as mini-hubs handling 25,000 parcels a day each. The depots will replace or extend the capacity of DPD’s existing sites, with nine new facilities. CEO Dwain McDonald said: “As well as helping to…
An as-yet-unidentified major international retailer has snapped up a 236,806 sq ft warehouse in a pre-let deal at Roxhill and SEGRO’s Rugby Gateway scheme in the Midlands. This is the first deal at the 125 acre scheme, which can accommodate up to 1.8 million sq ft and will be let on a pre-let basis with…
Pallet-Track is to expand into continental Europe after signing a partnership deal with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK. Operations are due to start in September. Pallet-Track will have access to a Hellmann’s network across 56 countries. And Hellmann benefits from access to some target UK markets. Pallet-Track managing director Nigel Parkes said: “Hellmann is a multi-billion…
Homeware company, Loaf.com, has awarded a multi-channel distribution contract to Wincanton. The contract is based at Wincanton’s multi-user warehouse site in Greenford, West London, and uses a two-man „white glove“ service make deliveries direct to Loaf’s customers across the UK. Wincanton will also oversee the distribution of individual packages. Charlie Marshall, Loaf’s founder, said: „Loaf…
TNT Express was upbeat about its first quarter results despite the fact that operating profit slipped to €17 million. In fact, it said that on an adjusted basis operating profit rose from €21 million to €51 million. The 2013 operating profit figure was inflated by a €200m termination payment from UPS following the collapse of…
Yankee Candle is streamlining its delivery operations and has chosen TNT Express and Palletways to provide services in Europe. It said moving to new suppliers TNT Express and Palletways, each a specialist in their respective fields, was a significant progression for Yankee Candle. President John Fontana said: “Having all consignments managed with the capacity to…
Norbert Dentressangle has introduced an electronic proof of delivery system in its food business unit, where manufacturing customers are increasingly moving to invoice on POD. POD signatures can be captured in real time at the point of delivery and made available online to customers. The system also allows discrepancies to be raised live by the…
Amazon has started offering tours of its fulfilment centre to the public in the United States. Inviting customers to “Come see the magic that happens after you click buy on Amazon”, it is offering tours of its sites at Chattanooga, TN; Chester, VA; Jeffersonville, IN; Middletown, DE; Phoenix, AZ; San Bernardino, CA. The centres are…
Tesco has cut the price of many of its home delivery options and made its grocery click and collect service free. The move reflects the growing competition in the home delivery market among retailers. Many of Tesco’s one-hour home delivery slots have been discounted by £2.50 and the retailer is now offering some one-hour slots…
IDR Logistics has taken the 106,000 sq ft former Dams International Building on Dunnings Bridge Road in North Liverpool, close to the Port of Liverpool. IDR are expanding from their current facility in Bootle and saw this site as an ideal opportunity, with its proximity to the Port and the national motorway network. It has…
Norbert Dentressangle is expanding its tanker business with the acquisition of Hopkinson Transport, a family owned business specialising in storage and transport of bulk powder and PVC resin. Hopkinson operates 25 vehicles from two locations, Newton Aycliffe and Staveley, with repackaging capabilities at the latter site. In total it employs 34 drivers, warehouse and administration…
Chilled food specialist NFT Distribution Operations has been acquired by private equity investor EmergeVest, for more than £60 million. EmergeVest bought the entire shareholding of NFT’s original private equity backer, Phoenix Equity Partners. The transaction includes integrated debt funding of up to £42m provided by Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance. The current management team at…
Electricity North West has awarded a multi-million supply chain management contract to TVS Supply Chain Solutions, part of the TVS Group. TVS will be responsible for the provision of spares to all 12 Electricity North West depots in support of its transformer and switchgear maintenance, repair and service business. TVS will provide an innovative supplier…
Scania has awarded DHL Supply Chain a three year contract to manage its aftermarket parts distribution using DHL’s Auto Alliance collaborative platform. DHL will transport Scania parts through the night for delivery the next working day. Orders can be placed up to 19:30 for guaranteed pre 08:00 delivery. Parts are loaded at Scania’s worldwide distribution…
Mobis Parts Europe UK, the parts division of the Hyundai Motor Group, has contracted Norbert Dentressangle as for parts distribution to its network of around 360 Hyundai and KIA UK dealerships. Rocky Vasudeva, general manager of MOBIS UK, said: “Both the Hyundai and KIA brands have seen incredible market share growth over recent years…
The Co-operative Food business has improved its supply chain processes and reduced stock levels, improving cash flow and enabling our stores to run more smoothly, the group said in its annual report. While the troubles at the Co-op’s bank have been making the headlines, the retailer has been making progress in its retail food supply…
John and Steven Cartwright, the former joint managing directors of Cartwright Trailers, have launched their own company, Tiger Trailers, to offer a range of products from rigid bodywork to double deck LST trailers. The two left Cartwright last month following a disagreement within the family. Mark Cartwright has now taken over as managing director of…
Jaguar Land Rover has chosen Gefco to manage the supply of large reusable Magnum Optimum containers to support its part production process. The development of the large containers will add to the existing pool of 6.4 million container units managed by Gefco’s GefBoxSystem solution. The deal spans UK and international markets, and will enable a…
Tesco is trialling a grocery home shopping hub concept at its Mansfield Tesco Extra store, using the large store capacity to fulfil a greater proportion of grocery home shopping orders, including picking some lines directly from its store warehouse. The retailer revealed the trial in its annual results and said it has plans for a…
Dr Ross Moloney has been confirmed at chief executive officer of Skills for Logistics. He became acting CEO in September 2013. He said: “Within the last six months we have worked hard at SfL to drive forward key schemes as part of our ‘Attract, Develop, Support’ role. These include the ‘Logistics Guild Credit Union’ and…
Almost half of US retailers (43 per cent) have a fully integrated omni-channel approach against just over a quarter (27 per cent) of UK retailers, according to a new study by LCP. The LCP Insight paper, Omni-channel: a UK v US perspective, also highlighted the fact that 27 per cent of US retailers cited pre-defined…
Logistics operators could cut their fuel costs by five per cent by teaching their drivers fuel-efficient motoring skills, a new study by Shell reveals. The Fuel Matters 2014 study surveyed more than 200 managers of UK-based operators, and found that 67 per cent singled out improving their drivers’ fuel efficient motoring skills as the…
IAG Cargo is increasing the number of flights between its Madrid hub and Panama City, with an additional weekly flight being added to the existing five flights per week from June, before moving to a daily service in July. Panama has an anticipated growth in GDP of 6.9 per cent this year, making it Latin…
Gefco UK has appointed Charlie Weale to take over from John Stocker as sales and marketing director. Stocker has moved to take on the role of finished vehicle logistics director. Weale has more than 30 years of transport and logistics experience, having previously worked in senior operational and sales roles for companies including Geodis and…
Panalpina’s gross profit rose to CHF384.3m in the first quarter from CHF365.8m for the first quarter last year. “We had a decent start into 2014,” said CEO Peter Ulber. “In the first three months of the year, air and ocean freight showed continued growth ahead of the market, and in logistics we made progress in…
DHL Supply Chain has joined forces with training and development agency Skillspoint, to launch an apprenticeship scheme. The 12 month programme is aimed at 18 to 24 year olds and will provide apprentices with both work-based training and qualifications in warehouse & storage, and traffic office. On completion of the scheme, successful apprentices will be…
Debenhams is planning to increase the use of automation in its distribution centres to reduce the cost per unit of fulfilment. In its half year results, the department store group said the importance of continuing to build a more competitive and more economic multi-channel business was brought into sharp focus during the recent Christmas trading…
A new logistics operation, Plus Logistics, has been launched by the network of hauliers behind Palletline. It will offer a range of contract logistics services including warehousing and storage, through the night, pick and pack, consolidation services right through to click and collect. Managing director Kevin Buchanan, said: “With the combined resource of 69 member…
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