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By Steve Purvis, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Space Demand for warehousing is at an unprecedented high, but many owners of storage space are failing to maximise their returns. It’s an acknowledged truth that the United Kingdom is ‘under-warehoused’. Demand is soaring while new capacity fails to keep pace. And …

A leading family owned 3PL has been shortlisted in an amazing three categories at this year’s United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) Awards. Carlton Forest 3PL, which remains family owned as it continues to deploy its ambitious five-year growth plan, has made the final in the categories of Logistics Service Provider …

The carbon-neutral fulfilment and warehouse provider Airbox has secured a £3m investment from the independent asset manager BOOST&Co to expand operations and grow its customer base. The funding will be used to purchase a new 87,000 sqft warehouse in Leighton Buzzard, which will significantly increase Airbox’s overall storage capacity from …

A top female warehouse manager has been shortlisted in the prestigious Amazon Everywoman Awards for Transport and Logistics. Lisa Tomlinson, 3PL Divisional Director, Carlton Forest 3PL has navigated her way through the application and interview process and has now made the shortlist in the Warehouse Leader category. “This is richly …

Wincanton, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, has secured a two-year contract extension to support Co-op’s growth and development as the UK’s leading convenience food retailer. In 2019 Wincanton seamlessly delivered a new 340,000 sq ft regional distribution centre (RDC) in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, for the Co-operative Group, from …

Feenstra will lead the EMEA expansion as Addverb Technologies becomes the intra-logistics automation preference and will represent Addverb at LogiMAT 2022 Addverb Technologies, a leading robotics company in fixed and flexible automation, announces a key appointment in the international leadership team to accelerate its global expansion and enhance competitive positioning. …

By the end of 2021 Yusen Logistics delivered over 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine across the globe. Since the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was approved for use in the UK by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on 30 December 2020, Yusen Logistics has supported AstraZeneca in …

London City Bond today becomes the second leading business in three months to take advantage of the financial benefits of freeport status and locate at DP World London Gateway’s rapidly expanding port-centric logistics park. The lease shows the extraordinary demand for space at London Gateway – where the speculative 146,000 …

A 3PL provider, who enjoyed exponential growth in 2021, has started 2022 in a similar vein with the acquisition of a further warehouse. In a five-year deal in partnership with CPP, Carlton Forest 3PL has secured the final warehouse at Bawtry Park near Tickhill, where it has been operating since …

The recent COP26 summit has, despite some disappointments, highlighted the need for radical change in every area of the modern economy, supply chains not least. This need is widely accepted and being acted on in transport – electric or perhaps hydrogen powered vehicles, modal shift to rail, even low carbon …