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EDITOR'S COMMENT

Retailers are leading the way in energy conservation regards the warehouse and supply chain. IGD reports how retailers have got together to reduce the number of lorries used on our roads and Tesco has innovated by using waste to generate energy at its new distribution centre in Widnes.

POLL

What should be the maximum permitted size for an uncompartmented or unsprinklered warehouse?
 
a) 2,000m2
b) 9,000m2
c) 20,000m2

PAST POLL RESULTS

The relief effort for the earthquake disaster in Haiti has been heavily criticised. Is this due to:
 
Logistical failures : 20%
Political failures : 20%
Both : 20%
Neither, the criticism is unwarranted : 40%

DIARY DATES

27 February 2010 2010 FLTA Annual Awards Barceló Hinckley Island Hotel 21 - 24 March 2010 Food & Drink Logistics Show Birmingham NEC 27th-29th April 2010 Multimodal 2010 Hall 4, Birmingham NEC 25 - 27th May 2010 TOTAL Processing & Packaging Birmingham NEC

 


NEWS

Retailers reduce lorries on road
The food and grocery industry has saved 124 million HGV miles from UK roads through sustainable initiatives according to the retail industry information and training body IGD....
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Tesco turns food waste into power
Retail giant’s new distribution centre in Widnes will be powered by renewable energy generated from food waste.....
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Three arrested after warehouse fire
Fire service staff have been arrested over the deaths of four firefighters in a Warwickshire warehouse in 2007......
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RTPI berates Government on 'half-baked' ports policy
The Royal Town Planning Institute has slammed the Government’s recently published draft planning policy on ports provision as ‘unfit for purpose’ in a formal response to the consultation on a National Policy Statement for Ports.....
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Online shopping slows in January
The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index has recorded the lowest annual growth rates in the history of the Index......
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Fuel duty 'blows up' in Treasury's face
The Government has dealt itself a poor hand having revealed that one of the largest culprits for the sharp rise in annual inflation last year was fuel costs – a factor exacerbated by successive, above-inflation fuel duty rises, according to the Freight Transport Association...
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All rolls from one machine
The new STE01-RCG01 Quick Changer developed by STS Safety Trolley Systems can pick up and rotate rolls with different internal core diameters...
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Aisle-Master reaches new heights for Primeline
Three AC electric Aisle-Masters have enabled Irish logistics and supply chain provider Primeline to increase available storage space at its distribution centre in Dublin by an extra 2,000 pallet spaces....
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Samuk seals it with KISS
Boasting a philosophy that promises KISS, or Keep It Simple Specification, Samuk claims success for the approach in the UK as new orders roll in....
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