Over 400 guests filled the Ballroom Suite of the Dorchester Hotel in London for the UKWA’s (United Kingdom Warehousing Association’s) 16th Annual Awards for Warehousing presentation ceremony and Annual Luncheon, sponsored by Jungheinrich UK. The annual highlight in the logistics calendar, held on …
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A flexible business universe
How can a logistics operation gain the skills needed for smooth growth in an environment of uncertainty? John O’Reilly, operations director at FlexPlus, explains the ‘Flex Way’ for achieving a ‘flexible universe business model’ to mitigate risk and future-proof your business. A sustained …
10,000 pallets of shared user space on the M25
BiS spaceXchange, the warehouse brokerage service, has announced the availability of up to 10,000 pallet spaces at a fully serviced, state-of-the-art warehouse just north of the M25 in Hatfield. The secure and fully resourced facility lends itself to short or long-term agreements and is …
UKWA announces Peter Ward as new CEO
Following the recent announcement that Roger Williams, UKWA’s longstanding CEO, is to hand over his current role in mid- January 2015, the name of his successor has been released. He is Peter Ward, until recently Commercial Director and Head of Cargo Supply Chain at London Gateway. Ward has …
Delivering the (white) goods
The Gas Superstore was established in 1969 with its first retail outlet in Leicester. The company specialises in supplying kitchen appliances, fires, fireplaces, and barbeques and, while the retail stores remains a popular destination for consumers from across the East Midlands, sales from The Gas …
Do 3PLs offer the only solution to shared warehousing?
According to the Property Data Report 2013* there is £80bn worth of warehousing in the UK, writes Nigel Greenslade. But, at any one time, how much of it is lying dormant, unutilised? Business strategies change and companies are often left with a significant amount of empty …
Is automation right for your business?
Producing a sound business case for introducing some form of automation to a warehouse or distribution centre is often perceived as something of a ‘dark art’. Steve Richmond, Jungheinrich’s director of Systems & Projects, examines some of the principal considerations that may dispel some of the …
