Stockpiling Goods in the UK due to Brexit.
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Stockpiling Goods in the UK due to Brexit.

By Richard Newbold The Warehouse Exchange (Part of Returnloads.net) Business leaders such as Michael Brown of The Logistics Terminal in the Port of Tilbury, explained warehouse space had been “for all practical purposes booked out”,…

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Ligentia Group purchases the business and assets of Air & Cargo Services Ltd
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Ligentia Group purchases the business and assets of Air & Cargo Services Ltd

Ligentia Group purchased the business and assets of Air & Cargo Services Ltd on the 13th December 2018. The deal sees Ligentia providing a home to Air & Cargo Services’ employees and in doing so,…

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Leading tractor distributor gives workshop lighting complete overhaul.
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Leading tractor distributor gives workshop lighting complete overhaul.

Fitzgerald Lighting has recently installed a new LED lighting scheme in the engineering workshop at Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers Ltd in Launceston, Cornwall. Starting in the back of a van in 1982, Alan Snow is now…

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Hermes rolls out updated Alexa features to provide greater control and convenience for customers
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Hermes rolls out updated Alexa features to provide greater control and convenience for customers

Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist, has launched a new range of features for its Alexa Skill, which is designed to provide customers with even more control and convenience when sending or receiving parcels. The move…

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UKWA celebrates 75th anniversary milestone
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UKWA celebrates 75th anniversary milestone

The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its inception in 2019. The Association was launched in 1944 when representatives from warehousing companies formed a Committee to discuss the storage and distribution of…

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Raising the bar on overhead damage prevention.
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Raising the bar on overhead damage prevention.

Workplace safety innovators, A-SAFE, are pushing impact aversion solutions to new heights of technological sophistication. This newest addition to the A-SAFE range protects low hanging infrastructure in environments where high-level vehicles such as forklift trucks…

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EnerSys to present its latest motive power innovations at LogiMAT 2019
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EnerSys to present its latest motive power innovations at LogiMAT 2019

EnerSys to present its latest motive power innovations at LogiMAT 2019   ZUG, Switzerland, 6th December 2018 – EnerSys (NYSE:ENS), the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, will present its latest innovations for motive power batteries and…

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Dematic launches Engineering Design Apprenticeship programme
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Dematic launches Engineering Design Apprenticeship programme

Dematic has launched an Engineering Design Apprenticeship programme this September with a cohort of four students – two starting a four-year course in Mechanical Engineering Design and two in Controls Engineering Design. Under the scheme,…

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How the ‘sharing economy’ is revolutionising warehousing
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How the ‘sharing economy’ is revolutionising warehousing

When new tech businesses are looking to get off the ground, they often talk in terms of ‘disruption’: in other words, how new methods can revolutionise old business models. We’ve seen the effects of a…

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JCB’s Teletruk joins the front line at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue
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JCB’s Teletruk joins the front line at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has added a JCB Teletruk to its range of front line fire fighting and emergency rescue equipment. The Teletruk is deployed at waste and rural fires where it is used…

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