Asda and The Co-op to bring logistics in-house
Two of the UK’s biggest supermarket groups, The Co-operative Group and Asda, have announced plans to invest millions of pounds in to their logistics.
Both groups are each putting huge sums of money in to their in-house logistics in an effort to significantly improve their UK networks.
SSI solution leads to 40% productivity increase
SSI Schaefer has provided The Wine Society with a much-needed high-bay storage solution and a picking, packing and sortation solution within its Stevenage distribution centre in Hertfordshire.
The installation, now fully operational and complete with high-bay pallet racking, Live Carton Storage (KDR), shelving, integrated conveyor systems, case-picking, single item zone-picking and carton shipping sortation, has given The Wine Society a 40% increase in productivity since going live.
Kärcher offers pressure washer cashback
Kärcher, the manufacture of cleaning machines, has announced the repeat of its highly successful £100 cashback incentive on new Kärcher HDS hot water pressure washers.
For every HDS machine (excluding upright models) sold through a participating Kärcher dealer between 1st March and 30th June 2012, Kärcher will reward the customer with a cheque for £100. On top of the £100 gift, HDS customers will receive automatic entry into a weekly draw to win an NT 70/2 professional multi-purpose vacuum worth over £500.
Your chance to pitch to Hilary
Last year’s hit BBC TV series Dragons’ Den was record breaking, attracting more viewers than ever before. New Dragon Hilary Devey arrived, arched her shoulder pads and firmly established her place amongst the revered business leaders, and some of Britain’s best entrepreneurs gained the cash they desperately needed to turn their business fortunes around.
Now it’s 2012 and the Den is ready to open once again.
Survey shows importance of apprenticeships
Almost half (45%) of senior managers in UK fork lift truck companies started their careers as an engineering apprentice, according to a survey of British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) members.
The survey, carried out in late January and early February to support National Apprenticeship Week, was based on a poll of the companies making up BITA’s Truck Suppliers Group (TSG).
UPDATE: Man fatally injured by forklift
A 60-year-old man has died after being hit by a fork lift truck at a Jewsons factory in Beaumont Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Police and the Ambulance Service were called to the site of the incident on Friday (10th February) afternoon. The man, who is said to be local to the Banbury area, was taken by ambulance to the Horton General Hospital but later died.
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