This Issue

Amazon expansion
Amazon has opened its 800,000 sq ft distribution facility in Swansea and has launched a huge recruitment drive to find some 1,000 staff....01 Jun 2008 

Big Blue: back on road
The Big Blue Shed at Bellshill Industrial Estate in Lanarkshire, one of Scotland's most prominent industrial buildings, is back on the market through King Sturge....01 Jun 2008 

Correction: LM-Sheds
The entry for Eurocentral in the 2008 edition of LM-Sheds, which was distributed with Logistics Manager last month, contained the wrong email address for Morag Lyons. It should have been morag.lyons@musedevelopments.com...01 Jun 2008 

Demand remains steady in South West
Retailers continue to drive growth in the South West and across the UK in the industrial and distribution market, as the sector looks for new warehouse space to cope with the flood of consumer goods from the Far East, according to Lambert Smith Hampton's...01 Jun 2008 

David Frankish
NFT Distribution celebrates the 25th anniversary of its formation this year - and the 2nd anniversary of its buyout from Northern Foods. Since its formation, the business has become established as a leading player in the primary chilled distribution...01 Jun 2008 

Focus on active leadership
Demand for logisticians is as strong as ever. Industry challenges such as increasingly complex supply chains, shorter lead times, and global sourcing means customers are demanding more, and companies such as DHL Exel Supply Chain, need...01 Jun 2008 

Full of eastern promise
Over recent years the A14 corridor, which snakes its way east from the heart of the golden triangle to the Port of Felixstowe, has grown in stature as the importance of the east coast ports themselves has ...01 Jun 2008 

Get the right MiX
MiX Telematics is the new name for a well-established company in the market - Omnibridge....01 Jun 2008 

1,500 Vehicle deal for TomTom
TomTom Work, the business-to-business division of TomTom, has won a contract to supply a vehicle navigation and tracking solution covering 1500 vehicles operated by Scotia Gas Network (SGN)....01 Jun 2008 

Daifuku in Denmark
Daifuku was appointed general contractor when Danish purchasing cooperative SuperGros decided to build an additional warehouse at Ringsted. The planned integrated consignment stock warehouse with its clad rack construction, has nine aisles with 20,544...01 Jun 2008 

ECS for Mothercare
European Conveyor Systems recently completed a £550,000 goods handling system at a 300,000 sq ft national distribution centre in Northamptonshire operated by Exel for Mothercare. The NDC, which includes some 14,000 pallet racking locations and a...01 Jun 2008 

FCUK boosts logistics performance
In recent years, fashion group French Connection has streamlined its stock management and distribution operations. The group's four principal brands are FCUK, designer brand Nicole Farhi, Toast and Great Plains....01 Jun 2008 

How do you win the war for talent?
The rewards for employing top talent are well recognised. Extensive research confirms that high performing organisations achieve competitive advantage by having superior talent. So why can't we simply identify the characteristics of the very best talent...01 Jun 2008 

More than a set of tyres: Mick Jackson
I am privileged to have worked in the logistics sector for many years. While I don't quite go back to the days when Pontius was a pilot, I have been fortunate enough to work with and for some real characters whose working lives dated back to the post-war...01 Jun 2008 

The scene is set for e-procurement growth
Many companies are now using so-called e-procurement implementations to facilitate catalogue-based buying of indirect materials, such as office supplies. This is fine, but the savings on these types of deployments are rarely substantial. Shaving pennies...01 Jun 2008