GXO Logistics is deploying more robotics innovation and technology to support customer start-ups and the holiday peak season than in any other quarter in its history, the logistics firm announced this week. By the end of the year, GXO aims to ha…
With margins under pressure and labour in short supply, forward thinking logistics service providers are taking a new, radical approach to winning business using flexible automation. There is an emerging sea change in the traditional 3PL–client …
The UK is leading the pack on the adoption of drone and autonomous vehicle technology but lags behind a number of European countries on other key metrics, according to a new study. The European Delivery Innovator Index, conducted by return loads…
Royal Mail is ramping up its transformation to a parcels-led business with the launch of two new large parcel conveyors which can handle parcels upto 30kg in weight. First off the chocks is a large parcel conveyor at Gatwick Mail Centre with pla…
Transport businesses claimed £55m in research and development (R&D) tax relief in 2020/21, according to HMRC’s latest R&D tax credit statistics. However tax relief specialist Access2Funding, part of the Ryan company, is warning that tran…
DHL Supply Chain has extended its partnership with Henkel, which has seen the FMCG company move its retail operation to the new COMAH facility, Manton Wood, in North Nottinghamshire. Henkel, the business behind leading brands including Schwarzko…
Wincanton has made a multi-million-pound investment in 48 autonomous mobile robots to accelerate its e-commerce capabilities. It said the new AMR fleet would provide it with greater flexibility in its operations, enabling it to better manage the…
Wincanton has revealed the five global start-ups that will take part in its 2022 W2 Labs programme. The five firms are French digital fulfilment company Find & Order, Polish business No Magic, Manchester-based Automedi, US company Navflex an…
Richard Skidmore, head of customer service delivery with Mercedes-Benz Trucks, has urged the industry to embrace the benefits of increased collaboration to save costs and improve efficiencies. Speaking at last week’s Microlise conference, he sai…
Self-driving vans, buses and shuttles could soon hit the UK’s roads following the launch today (23 May) of a £40m funding competition. The move aims to kick-start commercial self-driving services, including delivery vehicles. The ‘Commercialisin…
Temperature-controlled logistics giant Lineage Logistics has expanded its Peterborough warehouse to create its South East Superhub. The launch follows the expansion of Lineage’s Northern Superhub near Manchester, in September 2021, which added 2…
The use of drones in logistics could result in £2.8bn of savings and boost productivity, according to a government report into robotics. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said investment by companies such as Ocad…
Ian Truesdale (pictured) has been appointed MD of Unipart Logistics with a brief to help clients “reimagine” their supply chains using smart technology and automation. Truesdale will succeed Frank Burns, who has been named executive vice preside…
Europa Warehouse has made an £11m investment in automation at its 715,000 sq ft facility in Corby, completed last year. A division of Europa Worldwide Group, it is working with psb intralogistics, based in Pirmasens, Germany to introduce Goods-t…