Developer Graftongate and industrial property fund specialist Blackrock are planning to build nearly one million sq ft of warehouse and industrial space in Leicester
Author: Christopher Walton
Christopher Walton
Chris succeeded the legendary Malory Davies in September 2019 as Editor of Logistics Manager and host of the Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Day-to-day Chris writes about all things supply chain; materials handling and industrial property and is curator of the annual LM Top 50 Service Providers. He has worked as a business journalist since 2002 and his career as a logistics journalist started in 2008. Before joining Logistics Manager, he was Editor-in-Chief for road transport titles at DVV Media International.
DHL Freight has added nine terminals to its Eurapid service, the European day-definite service for less-than-truckload shipments up to 2.5 tons
Knight Frank and Moriarty & Co have been appointed as joint letting agents for a 190,000 sq ft warehouse located four miles from junction 16 of the M6 motorway at Kidsgrove
Retailers and delivery companies are braced for Cyber Monday – reckoned to be the busiest day of the year for online sales – amid reports that online deliveries are up 22 per cent on last year
Fashion designer Markus Lupfer, whose celebrity fans include Madonna, Beyonce and Alexa Chung, has appointed Lutterworth-based Core Management Logistics to handle wholesale warehousing and distribution
It’s time for a fundamental rethink of the role of the driver in view of the fact that some transport businesses have vehicles standing idle owing to a lack of drivers in the run-up to Christmas, according to CILT chief Steve Agg
ASDA has increased throughput at its Brackmills garment distribution centre following equipment upgrades from conveyor and sortation system provider Dürkopp Fördertechnik
Ford has awarded a contract Yusen Logistics to handle less-than-truckload collections in Central Europe, for Ford of Europe’s Material Planning and Logistics function
GRF is to exhibit at IntraLogisteX, the only logistics exhibition to take place in the UK in 2015. The exhibition will include a host of special zones and pavilions highlighting different aspects of intralogistics
The Freight Transport Association has warned that the problem of driver shortage is not just going to affect the Christmas rush – it is a long term issue
