Container shortage leading to more supply chain headaches
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Container shortage leading to more supply chain headaches

Internet retailers and other companies that import products from the Far East to the UK are facing major supply chain disruption and increased logistics costs as a result…

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Can a WMS help your retail store re-open efficiently?
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Can a WMS help your retail store re-open efficiently?

After what seems like a lifetime, high street shops like Next, IKEA, Shoe Locker, John Lewis and Primark, have finally reopened. Some, Primark being an obvious example, had not offered online shopping during…

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NEW VISUCLEAN FROM BEAVERSWOOD COMBATS BACTERIAL GROWTH
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NEW VISUCLEAN FROM BEAVERSWOOD COMBATS BACTERIAL GROWTH

A new anti-microbial adhesive vinyl from visual communication solutions specialist Beaverswood provides improved protection for people against the risk of contamination from germs and bacteria.  Part of the Visusafe Personal Protection range, Visuclean can be cut-to-size for…

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Ergo Real Estate’s £25 million high-spec logistics hub in Markham Vale North is now ready to occupy.
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Ergo Real Estate’s £25 million high-spec logistics hub in Markham Vale North is now ready to occupy.

Ergo Real Estate, together with NFU Mutual, operating as the joint venture Aver Property Partnership have concluded their development with HBD at Markham Vale North delivering high-quality logistics…

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SKILLS GAP FOR ACCIDENTAL MANAGERS
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SKILLS GAP FOR ACCIDENTAL MANAGERS

Adrian Grove, Business Development Director at Qube Learning, asks “What can employers do to level up professional skill sets to ease the responsibilities of leadership for accidental managers?”  Are you an accidental manager – or have you promoted…

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An IT recipe for success
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An IT recipe for success

A world of opportunity is opening up for smaller and more specialist food and beverage producers – but only if their manufacturing and business information systems are fit…

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Wowcher goes live with CitrusAd retail media platform
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Wowcher goes live with CitrusAd retail media platform

Wowcher, the ecommerce marketplace that showcases experiences and luxuries at an affordable price, has launched a new retail media platform from CitrusAd, which gives its network of merchants greater…

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HGV traffic spikes as retail and hospitality returns
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HGV traffic spikes as retail and hospitality returns

New Department for Transport figures show that HGV traffic hit a three-month high on the weekend of 11-12 April as many non-essential shops, restaurants and pubs prepared to…

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Automation: Learning the secrets of uptime
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Automation: Learning the secrets of uptime

Automation offers a route forward for hard-pressed e-fulfilment operations – particularly, when it comes to packaging processes. But how do you build in operational resilience? What are the…

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No online sales tax is good news – for now
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No online sales tax is good news – for now

For online retailers what the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not announce in his Spring Budget statement was arguably more significant than anything that he did unveil, says…

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