I hesitate to mention it, but the time is approaching when we have to use the “R” word. Not recession this time, but recovery. Everyone is being very cautious – understandably – but there is now some early evidence of a small improvement. The most notable
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Tesco is saving 50,000 road miles and cutting 61 tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions annually since installing a Transdek double-deck lift at its Belfast DC to receive its new double-deck trailers.
It’s one thing to survive a rocky economic period, it’s another to thrive from it. But one man who is set on making this a reality is Tim Scharwath, Kuehne + Nagel’s chief executive for North West Europe. He talks to Jessica Davies.
Hazard designed a loading bay bumper for Cadbury after the chocolate maker reported problems with its loading bay blocks at its Midpoint logistics site near Birmingham.
It’s a tough time for all businesses, but none more so than the forklift truck market, with the British Industrial Truck Association’s predictions in May that the industry can expect an “extended and significant downturn” during 2009. Based on its members
Sacred cows are being slaughtered, shibboleths abandoned, and traditional practices challenged as companies search for ways to reduce the costs of distribution. Malory Davies finds that minds are opening to innovative shared user and network concepts.
A smart loading bay design is a key part of what makes a warehouse successful, but if neglected can be a company’s undoing. Jessica Davies reports
Brixton has secured its first letting at its double-decker warehouse X2 in Heathrow.
Cold Store Logistics has taken a warehouse at Easter Developments’ Faverdale East Business Park in Darlington.
Chinese Lighting manufacturer NVC has secured a distribution depot at Horton and Sladen Estate’s Hollymoor Point development in Birmingham. The company has taken Unit 301, a 40,584 sq ft warehouse on a five-year term. The building boasts 8.5m eaves, a 50k