Supply Chain

DHL Supply Chain to invest £550m in UK and Ireland automation

DHL Supply Chain is to invest £550m to expand its infrastructure and speed up automation across operations in the UK and Ireland, targeting growth in e-commerce and life sciences healthcare. The move builds on the €1bn (£861m) the contract logistics firm has spent on automation over the past three years.…

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Waitrose invests in first south west distribution centre

Waitrose has announced a multi-million investment in a 360,000sq ft distribution centre in Bristol to support its expansion and improve deliveries to customers in the south west of England. The facility at Mountpark’s Bristol 360 site will be the retailer’s first in the region. Due to open in late 2026,…

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British retailers search for import solutions amid US tariff chaos

British retailers are looking for ways to navigate recent import changes in the US amid ongoing “chaos and uncertainty” over Trump’s new tariff regime, with some exploring a restructure of their US operations or suspending exports altogether.It comes as the president recently imposed an additional 10% tariff on Chinese-made goods,…

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Evri reports best-ever Christmas and peak trading

Evri delivered record parcel volumes over its peak festive period, including its best-ever week following Black Friday, it has revealed. The biggest week in its 50-year history saw Evri deliver 24.7m parcels (to 7 December 2024) as post-Black Friday deliveries rose by 20.8% on the same period in 2023. This…

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EU border rules to disrupt Christmas food deliveries, warns Logistics UK

Logistics UK, a leading trade group, has warned that a new fingerprint scheme which has been designed to tighten EU border security could disrupt fresh food deliveries in the run-up to Christmas, according to the Telegraph.  According to the new rules, all non-EU passengers at Dover will have to go…

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Amazon opens £500m fulfilment centre in Leeds

Amazon has officially opened a £500m “state-of-the-art” fulfilment centre at Gateway45 in Leeds, which will employ more than 2,000 people by November this year.  The group has already begun recruiting for a wide range of roles, including engineers, HR, IT specialists, health and safety, and finance specialists. This is in…

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Bangladesh protests to delay clothing manufacturing

Political unrest in Bangladesh is expected to delay clothing manufacturing for fashion retailers such as H&M and Zara in the run-up to the key holiday season, Reuters has reported.  It comes as Bangladesh has seen a rise in violence since July, which has forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign…

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JD.com considers Evri bid

Chinese online retailer JD.com is reportedly considering a bid for parcel delivery company Evri. It is now thought to be in the second stage of bidding after tabling a non-binding offer last month, according to Reuters. Other companies involved in the process include Polish parcel locker firm InPost and Alibaba…

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Private equity firms eye Evri deal

A number of private equity firms are reportedly interested in acquiring parcel delivery company Evri, according to Sky News. The outlet revealed that Apollo Global Management and Platinum Equity are thought to be among the parties to have lodged an initial offer for Evri, which is valued at around £2bn.…

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Retailers reportedly scramble for Xmas stock amid surge in shipping costs

European retailers are reportedly scrambling to get their Christmas orders early amid higher shipping costs and trade route disruptions that are impacting holiday deliveries, experts have told the BBC. In the midst of the Israel-Palestine war, many Western firms’ vessels have been attacked by the Houthi rebels backing Hamas over…

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