The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) has reported “an exceptionally strong quarter” as its members placed orders for more than 9,000 forklift trucks (FLT), taking the annualised UK FLT market to just over 31,400 units.
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Clarks is building a new central distribution centre (CDC) at its headquarters in Street, Somerset. The new purpose-designed building – which will be the largest of its kind in the county – is nearing completion on a seven hectare site adjacent
Knowsley Development Partnership (KDP) is building four new high quality industrial buildings at Knowsley Business Park. Three of the buildings have been pre-sold to local companies and the fourth, speculative building, is already under offer.
Xero has awarded TNT Logistics UK a three-year contract to manage the company’s critical spare parts operation. The contract involves the management of the London central parts warehouse and delivery to Xerox engineers – typically within 40
The Transnorm Group, the unit load conveying technology provider, has been bought from Swisslog by a management buyout team led by Detlef Walter, chief executive officer of Transnorm Germany. Together with Nord Holding based in Hanover,
Gold Crown Foods has bought a fleet of 11 new Still counterbalance forklift and warehouse trucks to support the tea and coffee manufacturing, packaging and distribution operations at its plant based in Liverpool.
IMI Components has signed a 25-year lease at a rental of £5.50 per sq ft on a new 8,370sq m unit at Birmingham’s The Hub. It is the first tenant to take space at the development. Work has started on the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and I
An innovative electric vehicle designed and manufactured by Gateshead-based SEV Group is streamlining the production of ready-made food dishes at Geest’s
The role of dimensioning within the parcels and warehousing sectors and RFID technology will each be the subject of two seminars at Logistics Link North, being held at Doncaster Racecourse on September 22 and 23.
British businesses are among the best in the world but there is more to be done to become the best and reap even greater benefits. If the UK’s productivity levels matched the US, output would be £6,000 per person more each year. Logistics has its part to
