With immediately available modern space dwindling in the Golden Triangle, is the North Midlands and South Yorkshire the answer? Liza Helps takes a close look.
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With no speculative development currently in the pipeline, is renewed interest being given to good quality second-hand stock? Lucy Tesseras investigates.
The government is funding a new approach to logistics apprenticeships, with the creation of organisations to employ the apprentices and hire them out to “host employers”.
If anyone in the logistics industry can claim to be a cool guy, it’s Chris Sturman. He has been involved in temperature-controlled operations for many years and now heads the FSDF. He talks to Malory Davies.
The disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano has highlighted the importance of having a flexible supply chain, but how well did European networks cope when the skies became a no fly zone? Lucy Tesseras investigates.
As software-as-a-service becomes more established it is fast becoming an option for large companies as well as small. Lucy Tesseras reports.
Over the past few years the Stobart Group has been transformed from a traditional haulier with a cult following into a £450m logistics business. Chief executive Andrew Tinkler explains the thinking to Malory Davies.
As the dark clouds begin to part companies are
redoubling their efforts to come back fighting fitter and
stronger – is now the time to invest in warehouse
automation? Lucy Tesseras investigates
Could the pallet networks be the big winners from
the recession? Certainly, they are recovering fast, says Nick Allen, and seem set to resume their march for growth spurred on by continuing customer demand for smaller, more frequent deliveries.
Sometimes the cost of going green can seem prohibitive – certainly it is going to take time for the cost of some new technologies to come down. But,
says Malory Davies, there are plenty of measures that actually save money.
