A leading figure said recently “For the last three months it’s been like planning for Christmas, but not knowing which day Christmas will be”. But, asks Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment, will Christmas-as-we-know-it happen at all this year? To what extent will …
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Flexing the stockroom for a ‘new’ future
By Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis Henderson Consulting Even before Coronavirus, bricks and mortar retailers were facing an existential crisis. Soaring business rates, rent reviews, and minimum wages were already putting pressure on the size and scale of physical shops. And …
Preparing supply chains for a new retail landscape post coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Coronavirus has radically and abruptly changed the way we work and live our lives. Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis Henderson Consulting, examines how this alter consumer behaviour and attitudes and what this will mean for retail and the supply chains that support it. …
Bis Henderson Space secures COVID-19 relief storage deal for NEXT with Clipper Logistics
Warehouse space strategist, Bis Henderson Space, has successfully sourced significant garments-on-hangers (GoH) relief storage for high street fashion retail brand NEXT. The deal secures storage for up to 10,000 linear metres of rail at Clipper Logistics’ warehouse in Derbyshire. The 12-month …
Recovery from lockdown is all about the people
The Coronavirus pandemic has created business challenges and opportunities alike, but how will it impact the future of supply chain recruitment? Leigh Anderson, Managing Director, Bis Henderson Recruitment explores. When 6.3 million employees are on furlough, and 2 million have joined the ranks …
Whitepaper outlines flexible space strategy for ‘new reality’ supply chains
Findings from a new white paper published by warehouse space strategists, Bis Henderson Space, suggest that logistics professionals will be seeking to create supply chains that are far more flexible, resilient and better suited to the ‘new reality’ that emerges from the Coronavirus crisis. The …
Urgent logistic change and 60,000 drivers needed but who will manage it all?
‘Scale and pace’ is the imperative for supply chain transformations in this time of crisis. A critical need for a further 60,000 home delivery drivers is just one concern – managing complex transformations is another. By Leigh Anderson, Managing Director, Bis Henderson Recruitment, asks: could …
Bis Henderson Consulting appoints logistics property expert, Matt Whittaker
Bis Henderson Consulting, the specialist supply chain and logistics consultancy within Bis Henderson Group, has engaged Matt Whittaker, an experienced logistics C-suite director and Real Estate Development specialist, to head up its new Property Services offering - helping customers realise greater …
Mitigating the risk of Coronavirus to UK supply chains
By Steve Purvis, Operations Director at Bis Henderson Space As manufacturers and retailers run down their ‘pre-Brexit’ stockpiles, pressure on warehouse space in the UK may appear to be tempered for the moment – although there can be little doubt that there will be another ‘cliff-edge’ event at …
