By Steve Purvis, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Space A report published this month by the global commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield reveals a rapid increase in the take-up of industrial space across key European markets, including the UK, last year. A 28% rise in take-up, to 9.6 million sq m, isRead more
By Steve Purvis, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Space With the Easter out of the way, many retailers and their supply chain partners will be starting to plan and secure their warehousing space and resource requirements for the Big One – the ‘golden quarter’ and the Christmas peak. Predicting requirements seven or eight months aheadRead more
By Steve Purvis, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Space We all know ISO9001 as a Standard that marks an organisation out as following Quality Management processes, but what are the tangible benefits for businesses involved in the warehouse space sector? What does accreditation to ISO9001 mean for businesses providing warehousing and, perhaps, more importantly, whatRead more
By Steve Purvis, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Space Many, perhaps most, manufacturers and retailers experience pronounced peaks in their requirements for warehousing and distribution centre space. This may be part of the normal business cycle – ramping up stocks before a seasonal sales peak such as Christmas or Easter, or in advance of launchingRead more
By Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director, Bis Henderson Space 84% of UK businesses are planning on moving from JIT to Just-in-Case supply chain models. What will this mean for pre-Christmas planning? By Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director at Bis Henderson Space Many retailers depend for their profits on the ‘golden quarter’ – the season running roughly fromRead more
By Steve Purvis, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Space Demand for warehousing is at an unprecedented high, but many owners of storage space are failing to maximise their returns. It’s an acknowledged truth that the United Kingdom is ‘under-warehoused’. Demand is soaring while new capacity fails to keep pace. And yet, from megasheds to theRead more
By Steve Purvis, Operations Director at Bis Henderson Space Despite reports, the High Street isn’t dead. However, it is going through another of its periodic transformations – one which may have considerable impact not just on the use of retail space but on the requirements for the warehousing that supports the whole shopping experience. AmidRead more
By Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director, Bis Henderson Space The recent COP26 summit has, despite some disappointments, highlighted the need for radical change in every area of the modern economy, supply chains not least… This need is widely accepted and being acted on in transport – electric or perhaps hydrogen powered vehicles, modal shift to rail,Read more
By Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director, Bis Henderson Space For a decade, requirements for operational warehousing and distribution space have been growing fast. As the pandemic hit the economy we might have expected demand to ease, as it did in the financial crisis after the Lehmann Brothers collapse, but in fact the pandemic has further amplifiedRead more
By Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director, Bis Henderson Space When it comes to warehousing, the food sector presents many unique challenges. It can seem that almost every ingredient or product has different storage needs. Some have to stay cold – frozen, or in various ‘chilled’ regimes. Others, like bananas, have to be stored above a certainRead more
