Are you geared up for Black Friday?

Over the last few years Black Friday has grown to become the largest single online shopping day in the UK in the run up to Christmas. As one of the biggest shopping events of the year, much is talked about Black Friday, from how much shoppers will spend to how long...

Dogs, tides and fork lift trucks

Last weekend we went to see what one of our employees gets up to when he’s not at work. Sean Ferguson, Warehouse Operative at Johnston Logistics UK always has one ear listening for either his pager or mobile to ring. Sean, known to workmates as Skippy, has more reason...

Visit by Danny Douglas from Norwich City Transport

Earlier in August, Danny Douglas from Norwich City Transport made a visit to Johnston Logistics UK at Snetterton to look at one of the few privately owned commercial railway lines in the country. Britain’s rail freight industry generates more than £1.5bn a year in...

Why it pays to be prepared for Christmas

In this blog we’ll look at why it pays to plan your logistics requirements well in advance of peak trading periods like Christmas. For many businesses Christmas is their make or break trading period and with this peak trading time fast approaching (well, it is the...

Johnston Logistics bucks UK trend

Today the British Retail Consortium and KPMG reported that total sales were up by 1.9% defying predictions of post-Brexit slump. It appears that the warmer weather has been a major factor in the sales growth, with more picnics and barbecues helping lift sales in food...

Johnston Logistics sponsors Ride for Life 2016

Richard Johnson Limited 20 years of supporting EACH Richard Johnston Limited have great pleasure in supporting the EACH Ride for Life 2016 as principle sponsor once again this year. We have been supporting the event for 20 years, formally Quidenham Children’s Hospice...