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29/10/26

With Black Friday One Month Away Manual Handling Expert Highlights The Need for Pre-Emptive Maintenance Checks

Black Friday lands on 27 November, five weeks from now, leaving little time for retailers and warehouses to adapt to increasingly selective shoppers grappling with the higher cost of living, Pallet Truck Shop has warned. KPMG’s latest retail figures with the British Retail Consortium showed total sales up just 1.3% in September, with online non-food …

22/10/26

Right Equipment Stacker Table Truck

Pallet Truck, Stacker or Table Truck? Choosing the Right Equipment for the Job

Moving a pallet from a delivery bay to a storage area is quite a different operation compared to moving a load up onto racking or transporting individual packages to a packing bench. However, firms choosing handling equipment are tempted to get obsessed with load capabilities and characteristics, forgetting about their actual requirements. It is an …

15/10/26

Load Security Safe Handling

New Load Security Guidance Is a Reminder That Safe Handling Starts Before the Vehicle Ever Moves

Logistics UK has published a major update to its best-practice guidance on load security for the brewing and drinks industry, produced jointly with the DVSA and the Health and Safety Executive. The guidance sets out practical advice for breweries, drinks manufacturers, logistics operators, loaders and drivers on securing loads safely from the moment goods are …

08/10/26

Manual Handling

Height Is the Overlooked Part of Manual Handling Says Pallet Truck Shop

When businesses assess manual handling tasks, weight is often the first thing considered. Yet the height at which a load has to be lifted, lowered or positioned can also make a significant difference to the physical demands placed on workers. That is why Pallet Truck Shop is encouraging businesses to look beyond the number on …

07/10/26

What Equipment is LOLER Relevant to? This is What Operators Need to Be Aware Of

If you work with heavy machinery day in, day out, there’s probably a lot on your mind: keeping equipment downtime as low as feasibly possible, completing daily safety checks, routine maintenance tasks, and above all, ensuring tight compliance with the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. After all, as a materials handling professional, compliance …

01/10/26

Short Halloween Shopping Window Puts Pressure on Smaller Retailers’ Handling Equipment

Halloween has grown into a genuinely significant retail event in recent years, with last year’s six-week season worth more than £65m according to recent data. This year’s date falls on a weekend and coincides with October half-term – a combination expected to concentrate spending even further into a short window. Leading supplier of material handling …

23/09/26

Scale Up, Scale Down: The Importance of Equipment that Moves with Demand

Uncertain or unpredictable consumer demand is now a top concern for around four in ten UK small businesses, according to the Simply Business SME Insights Report 2026. Pallet Truck Shop says this makes it exactly the wrong moment for smaller e-commerce operators to commit to large, fixed automation projects, and exactly the right moment to …

16/09/26

Zero-hours Contract

E-commerce Warehouses Urged to Plan Ahead of 2027 Zero-hours Contract Restrictions

New restrictions on zero-hours contracts, due to take effect under the Employment Rights Act during 2027, are expected to push many e-commerce and fulfilment businesses towards more structured, predictable staffing models. Pallet Truck Shop says that while the changes are still some way off, businesses that currently lean heavily on flexible or casual warehouse staff …

09/09/26

What Britain’s Reindustrialisation Drive Could Mean for Equipment on the Ground

The UK government’s renewed focus on rebuilding domestic manufacturing capacity, alongside plans for greater regional devolution, is expected to bring a wave of new and expanded manufacturing sites across the UK in the coming years. As this agenda takes shape, businesses setting up new operations should expect the equipment standards they’re judged against to rise …

03/09/26

AI Cost automated storage

Big Savings, Bigger Price Tag: Why AI Cost Cuts Don’t Apply to Everyone

New figures from McKinsey show AI adoption is accelerating across UK logistics, with AI-driven route optimisation already delivering cost reductions of around 10%, according to a recent industry report. While the headline is genuinely impressive, Pallet Truck Shop says it risks giving smaller businesses the wrong idea about what’s achievable – and affordable – right …

02/09/26

Here’s How to Improve Warehouse Efficiency & Uptime, From Logistics to Equipment

Meet the powerful yet frequently misunderstood propellent of your supply chain’s success: warehouse efficiency. Oh, you’re already well-acquainted? That’s perfect. Because, in this guide, I’m going to walk you through 12 tangible ways you can make your operations all the more productive, so your organisation is even better positioned for sustainable growth. And, no, I’m …

26/08/26

Ageing Warehouses

Ageing Warehouses Make Equipment Checks More Important Than Ever

The age of Britain’s warehouse stock is putting renewed attention on the condition of the equipment operating inside it, with industry figures showing that 82% of UK warehouses were built before 2000. The figure, highlighted by Maersk in its analysis of the UK’s ageing warehouse stock, illustrates the scale of the challenge facing operators working …