Construction company Glencar is to build an 80,000 sq ft of speculative industrial space across three new units at a site in Coventry for logistics commercial property developers Bericote Properties. The project, at Coventry Logistics Park which…
Online electricals retailer AO is on the hunt for 100 HGV drivers and warehouse operatives and is offering up to £1,000 in starter bonuses to new recruits. The company said this week that it is seeking to recruit drivers nationwide, with over 10…
Solihull integrated logistics provider OnLogistics has signed a deal with Circular Economy Solutions (C-ECO) to provide and operate a UK sorting station for used automotive parts. C-ECO’s CoremanNet service collects over four million used automo…
Hermes UK has opened a ‘pop-up’ distribution depot in Eccles to handle the Black Friday and Christmas peaks. The delivery firm said over 65 temporary jobs had been created at the 80,000 sq ft warehouse and it will be able to handle more than 120…
Hermes UK is opening a new distribution depot in Valor Park, West Thurrock ahead of the Black Friday and Christmas peak periods. The delivery specialist said over 60 permanent jobs have been created at the 157,000sq ft warehouse which will be ab…
The Pallet Network (TPN) has appointed industry veteran Bob Richards as operations director. Richards takes on the role that TPN MD Mark Kendall vacated last January after he replaced Mark Duggan as MD. TPN’s new operations director will take re…
Parcel delivery giant Hermes UK is set to open a new distribution depot in Test Lane, Southampton ahead of the peak season. The company said the new 118,000 sq ft facility will create 20 new permanent, full-time jobs and over 80 seasonal tempora…
Building consolidation centres close to where people live and work is key to the future of UK logistics, according to property developer Prologis UK, which is funding a report into the future of freight. It said there was a “damaging misconcepti…
Scottish logistics firm Streamline Shipping Group is celebrating its 40th year in business with a move to a multi-million-pound new depot at Aberdeen Harbour and plans to double its driver numbers and fleet.The new 7,800 sq m harbourside facilit…
DX has continued the expansion of its network with the opening of a new depot in Verwood, East Dorset. The 14,000 sq ft hub is located on Ebblake Industrial Estate and will serve the DX Express division, which specialises in secure, next-day par…
Amazon Logistics is set to open a new final-mile delivery station in Crawley which will create more than 100 driver jobs, the online giant has announced today. The 9,000 sq m facility is expected to be fully operational later this year, and will…
UPS has officially opened its expanded East Midlands Airport (EMA) hub which has more than doubled the packages it can sort to 22,500 parcels an hour. The delivery company said the expansion of the hub is aimed at helping UK exporters scale up m…
Whistl subsidiary Parcelhub has expanded its local collection service to Essex and south east London via a new collection point at Basildon. The launch sees Parcelhub provide a single daily parcel collection service for SME and mid-market retail…
Parcel and freight delivery group DX has opened three new sites as it accelerates its depot network expansion programme. The three new depots, at Dewsbury, Grimsby and Luton, add further capacity to both of DX’s divisions – DX Freight, which spe…