The newly-built 3,450sq m regional distribution centre developed by Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration for Littlewoods’ home shopping delivery arm Business Express at the 400-acre Trentham Lakes has been sold to a private investor for £2.5M.
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The majority (80%) of purchasing managers are under increasing pressure from senior management to cut purchasing costs, according to new research from London-based consultant Masai.
Psion Teklogix, which provides solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, has unveiled the NETBOOK PRO task-oriented mobile computer which is aimed at the “rapidly growing” mobile CRM market including sales force automation,
Considerable expansion is planned at overnight palletised distribution network PalletFORCE’s central hub on Fradley Park Estate near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
A new national Thorough Examination scheme for fork lift trucks has been launched to tackle the current deficiencies in the system. The updated Thorough Examination scheme is designed to meet the needs of LOLER 98 and PUWER 98 legislation.
Vocollect has increased the flexibility of Talkman, its voice-directed distribution system, by ensuring its hardware can talk to virtually any warehouse management system (WMS).
The Still MX 15-3 VNA Combination Order Picker has been equipped with the new Optispeed system which enables the picker to work at the optimum operating speed for all height and load conditions.
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has signed a £6M deal with the Burford Group for a 7,355sq m distribution unit at Cabot Park, Bristol. The facility will be the brewer’s new distribution centre and trading office for the region.
The first tender to use Freight Traders new ‘bid upload’ software has gone live and is now in progress. Bid upload is a sophisticated off-line bidding tool enabling offers to be made in less than ten seconds and taking part in tenders is even faster.
New Forest Ice Cream (NFIC) has selected integrated storage and materials handling solutions company Locators to provide a complete racking installation at its new site on Southampton’s Hounsdown Industrial Estate. Won on competitive tender, Locators de
