Over the weekend, five Balloon One employees tackled the UK’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. After a leisurely 10 hour drive to Scotland, the team arrived early Friday evening – in time for a haggis burger – before camping at the base of the mountain. Prompted by the more energetic […]
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Case Study: Birchall Foodservice achieving warehouse transparency and traceability. Established in 1939, Birchall Foodservice is a family-run business supplying ambient, fresh and frozen foods, catering sundries, alcohol and bar supplies to independent caterers across the care, education and hospitality sectors. With service depots in Burnley, Durham, Sheffield and Stoke on Trent, Birchall Foodservice’s 150 staff
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Next month, five intrepid Balloon One employees will take to the hills to climb Ben Nevis. They will scale the peak in memory of their former colleague, Chris Ring, who very sadly succumbed to lung cancer last year. The climb embraces Balloon One’s company values of support and challenge, and raises money for Macmillan Cancer
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We have just returned from the SAP SMB Innovation Summit 2018 in Barcelona, where SAP and its extended ecosystem of EMEA partners showcased their various solutions. This year’s event demonstrated an impressive array of innovation, and ‘fluffy buzzwords’ gave way to tangible applications of familiar technologies. There were important announcements about the SAP Business One
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There is a general acknowledgement that, after Brexit, companies will need to work harder to compete. According to the FT yesterday, businesses will need to be ‘match fit’ and to address the UK’s ongoing productivity issues. It’s against this backdrop that a number of well-known businesses have come together to launch a new initiative, called
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Balloon One will be exhibiting at IntraLogistex later this month. The logistics and supply chain solutions exhibition takes place on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th February 2018 in the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. More than a hundred exhibitors will be attending IntraLogistex, demonstrating a wide variety of technology and equipment covering warehouse automation, materials handling, picking,
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We’ve just updated our popular Springboard Delivery app and the new 2018 release now includes route optimisation functionality. At the click of a button, you can use route optimisation features that bring reduced travel times for your fleet. Not only do your administrators no longer have to manually plan routes, your customers get their deliveries
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This time last year, we were predicting that the trends in distribution in 2017 would include the rise of drop shipping, process automation, reverse logistics, exports and unified commerce. All of these predictions have been realised and 2017 has seen the supply chain landscape radically changed. But what’s to come in 2018? Read on for
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Star Linen UK provides fine linen, bedding and bedroom products to the hospitality and mid-market hotel sectors. Part of a US company that has been in business since 1987, Star Linen was set up in the UK by an experienced management team and opened for business in May 2017. A new UK startup As a
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We would like to wish all our customers, partners, suppliers and blog readers a very Merry Christmas 2017 and a Happy New Year. We will be completely closed for three days over the festive period: Christmas Day, Monday 25th December Boxing Day, Tuesday 26th December New Year’s Day, Monday 1st January Apart from that, our
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