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Whichwarehouse has been finding clients suitable warehousing for their commercial goods for the past 10 years. With many warehouse members offering a range of different warehousing facilities, Whichwarehouse can find the solution to any warehousing problem.
Whether you are simply looking for somewhere to store your pallets or perhaps bulk storage for your oversized items, or are looking for storage, distribution and fulfilment services such as pick and pack etc, Whichwarehouse can assist.
We are even able to assist with leased warehouses, therefore if you require a leased warehouse either short term or long term, call Whichwarehouse today.… Read More
Norfolk news – Public Health Risk from Illegal Storage
Councils and emergency services around King’s Lynn are currently drawing up emergency plans to deal with the major health risk posed by the mass illegal storage of tyres. A tenant of the Hardwick Estate had secured permission to store up to 1,000 tyres on the site, but a recent report has revealed that there are now as many as 140,000 tyres being stored there.
The public health risk posed by such illegal storage is vast. Should the tyres catch fire, such hazardous pollutants as sulphur dioxide, acrolein and hydrogen chloride would be released. As well as those with heart … Read More
Halfords’ Coventry Endeavour Proves Good Business Means Good Warehousing
Halfords’ new distribution centre in Coventry was meant to bring hundreds of new jobs to the area, but the company’s failure to properly manage the project has resulted in substantial losses. According to reports in the Evening Standard, the car parts and bike retailer failed to capitalise on the boom period it experienced last year. During the summer of 2010, Halfords did a roaring trade in bicycles, SatNavs and other accessories as people sought to enjoy the sun. Despite this, Halfords’ profit figures saw a sharp decline, which some experts have blamed on the problems the company has experienced … Read More
Birkenhead Warehouse Snapped Up by Spills Firm
Kent-based firm Darcy Spillcare snapped up a 27,000 sq ft warehouse and office facility in the Wirral, north-west England this week, according to reports in the local press today.
Search for warehouse space in the North West region
The company, which manufactures spill prevention and spill control products, bought the Birkenhead warehouse from a private investor for an undisclosed sum, reports said. The warehouse was previously used by The Desk Centre, which makes furniture suitable for homes, offices and schools.
Negotiations to buy the warehousing space
Negotiations to buy the warehousing space began earlier in the year, with lawyers Smith … Read More
City Warehouse to Become Upmarket Eatery and Apartments
The oldest remaining warehouse in the City of London is to be hived off into a trendy bar and restaurant complex, according to reports this week in the Evening Standard newspaper.
The paper said that the Old Bengal Warehouse near Bishopsgate in east London is being redeveloped, as the old trading character of the Square Mile is gradually replaced with upmarket eateries and delicatessens. The developers are to turn the 10,000-plus square feet of warehousing space into a fish restaurant, a chop house and a vintners, to be operated by the D&D London group, with luxury … Read More
Amazon Snaps Up Warehousing Space in Staffs
The recent takeover of a huge warehouse space in Rugeley by online retail juggernaut Amazon has been welcomed by the local community, who expect it to lead to the creation of 700 new jobs.
The 700,000 square foot warehouse, near the Staffordshire town’s power station, has been unoccupied for some time, but it is believed that the recent acquisition by Amazon of the building will lead to a new lease of life for the warehousing space.
The Flair building is set on a 40-acre site and the local paper revealed that is “the largest remaining speculatively built industrial shed in … Read More
Doncaster Warehouse Chosen for Logistics Link North Exhibition
The 2011 Logistics Link North exhibition will take place this year in a massive new warehouse in Doncaster.
The exhibition, which runs between 27 and 28 September, will showcase a number of products and services associated with business logistics and transport, including warehouse services, materials handling machinery, packaging systems and storage. The event is backed by the United Kingdom Warehouse Association, the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport and the Road Haulage Association.
The warehouse complex that will be home to the exhibition boasts an internal space of some 240,000 sq ft, with high roof clearance and a great deal … Read More
Xbite Acquires Additional Warehouse Space
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The video games industry has always been one of the UK’s more discreet economic success stories, and it is continuing to flourish, as the recent warehouse acquisition of independent games retailer Xbite showed this week.
In order to compete with the brand leaders in online video games retail, Xbite announced that it has increased its warehousing space and its staff numbers, plus what it called a “solid management team to take us through our next growth phase.”
Xbite sells games on eBay as well as via its own dedicated sites, and is expecting to require more … Read More
Heavy Metal – Recommendations for Delivery Loads from LME Warehouses
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This week the London Metal Exchange (LME) said that it is taking on board recommendations made following a study of its warehousing system.
The LME warehouses have been suffering from a problem where long queues form in its delivery operations, and the study looked at ways to alleviate these bottlenecks.
In a press release the Exchange said that it “has accepted the recommendations put before it in respect to loading out rates above 300,000 tonnes per company per location per day.”
Research carried out by the Europe Economics consultancy urged the LME to raise the minimum delivery … Read More
Paint Warehouse Blaze in the Philippines
The dangers of flammable paints in a warehousing environment were underscored this week when a fire caused serious damage at a paint storage facility in the Filipino capital of Manila.
The fire broke out on Monday afternoon at a warehouse belonging to Topboss Plastics Inc, taking fire-fighters more than an hour to bring under control and extinguish.
Chief Inspector Roy Quistro of Manila’s Pasig Fire Station told local reporters that damage caused by the blaze was estimated at more than £1 million.
Mr Quistro said that one difficulty when it came to tackling the fire was access to the warehouse, … Read More