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WLN - February 15th - No Valentine’s roses, but plenty of grit. WLN - February 15th - No Valentine’s roses, but plenty of grit.

VIEW THIS ISSUE NOW -Welcome to the 15 February Warehouse & Logistics News. The romance may have gone out of the business world this Valentine’s Day, but it’s not total doom and gloom out there. We’ve plenty of success stories to inspire you, including good news from SumoGlove and BPI Films. The message is, the businesses that are likely to see out the current slow-down have the same attitude as the people that kept going through the recent snow: they grit their teeth and get on with the job. This gritty determination to succeed goes hand in hand with keeping a cool head and making plans about the resources you need for the months to come. We’ve got two features to help you get organised, both on items of kit that tend to get taken for granted until things goes wrong! Our Pallet Management feature is a review of the UK’s major national and regional pallet service providers: our Batteries Report covers batteries, battery charging, changing systems and battery management. Nothing succeeds like success - even these days. As... 

WLN - February 1st - A new President - A new Hope? WLN - February 1st - A new President - A new Hope?

Welcome to the 1 February Warehouse & Logistics News. Whether you live in Washington DC, or Washington, County Durham, the biggest news at the moment has to be Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th President of the USA. We’ve had since November to come to terms with this, and now it’s here. The election of a man of mixed race as President is a milestone for America, with its sad history of slavery, then segregation, and in our days, the continuing major gap in life prospects between black people and white people. Here we’ve had waves of immigration from all over the world, which have caused any number of social problems that we’re still dealing with. Equal opportunity legislation here and in Europe means that in the workplace things are more equal than they were, but we still have a long way to go. Against this background then, Barack Obama’s election for his ability, first and foremost, rather than his family background is a symbol of a new hope. One message it sends to employers and workforces alike is that the colour... 

WLN - January 15th - Come on arctic monkeys, we’re ready for you! WLN - January 15th - Come on arctic monkeys, we’re ready for you!

Welcome to the 15 January Warehouse & Logistics News, and a warm hello to our hard-working readers who have kept the UK’s warehouses and logistics operations going during the cold snap. Never mind brass monkeys, it’s been cold enough to injure an Arctic one, but thanks to your efforts the country has kept going. It’s certainly been a chilly start to the year in the retail sector, which in turn means a ‘frost’ for warehousing and logistics professionals. The weather will eventually get warmer, of course, and spring will be here in a matter of weeks. Sadly, that’s going to be sooner than any warming in the economy, but if we can beat the physical frost surely we can come through the financial one too. We’re all in this together, and Warehouse & Logistics News is pledged to continue to bring you the latest news every fortnight, in print and on-line, plus special features to help you and your business succeed. In this issue we’ve got features on doors and curtains, and on fork truck attachments, to help you kit out...