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. …
Coronavirus
Food and FMCG companies need to prepare now for shifting market conditions
Food and FMCG companies must take steps to organise themselves now if they are going to have the right warehouse infrastructure in place to meet post-lockdown trading conditions says John Maguire, managing director of intralogistics solutions specialist, Narrow Aisle Ltd. In the early stages of …
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 …
The best logistics support
Companies seeking to offset the impact of the high street’s collapse with growing emphasis on online sales will need to appoint a logistics partner with the right skills sets to support them, says William Walker. The Coronavirus lockdown and the resultant collapse of the high street has left …
Extra Flexis help Polyco Healthline supply the NHS
Long-term Flexi warehouse truck user, Polyco Healthline, has hired an additional four trucks from Narrow Aisle Ltd to support increased demand generated by the COVID-19 situation to supply the NHS with products from its range of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Polyco is among the largest …
Praise for staff who are keeping Narrow Aisle open for business
John Maguire (pictured), managing director of Tipton-based Narrow Aisle Ltd – manufacturer of the Flexi range of articulated forklift truck-based materials handling solutions , has praised the dedication and commitment of the company’s employees who have continued working throughout the Coronavirus …
Hospitality casualties could join warehousing workforce says UKWA
As government restrictions in response to the COVID-19 threat close pubs, clubs, hotels and restaurants across the country, UKWA is working with Harri – a next-generation workforce recruitment platform – to help redeploy redundant workers from the hospitality sector into the warehousing and …
UKWA postpones flagship Awards event until the Autumn
In the light of the evolving Coronavirus situation, UKWA has announced that its flagship Annual Lunch & Awards will be postponed until Tuesday 10th November 2020. The event, originally planned for 25th June, will still be held at London’s prestigious The Dorchester and will as planned feature …
UKWA members stand ready to provide extra warehousing
Following the news yesterday that online giant Amazon has decided it cannot stock certain items in its warehouses due to the current COVID-19 crisis, due to what it describes as ‘overwhelming demand’, members of the leading trade organisation UKWA (UK Warehousing Association) have stepped forward to …
