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Industry news from across material handling, warehouse automation, storage and supply chain technology, summarised by Evara, alongside the occasional letter from our founder. The original reporting is linked on every news piece.
Intralogistics Intelligence Reports
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Intralogistics Intelligence Reports · No. 3
European Intralogistics Talent Report 2026
Evara's market-by-market read on the commercial side of European intralogistics across thirteen countries: the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Poland. Recent verified moves, the labour market data behind the talent squeeze, executive commentary in their own words, and what it means for sales and commercial leadership talent. Every figure is attributed to a named public source.
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Intralogistics Intelligence Reports · No. 2
UK Intralogistics Buyers Landscape Report 2026
Built for industry sales professionals
Evara's read on the demand side of UK intralogistics: who buys automation, equipment and software across the major sectors, the people who sign off projects, and the pressures that drive investment. Each sector chapter includes a curated list of buyers to know, plus a field guide for sales teams. Every figure is attributed to a named public source.
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Intralogistics Intelligence Reports · No. 1
UK Intralogistics Talent Report 2026
Evara's flagship report on the commercial side of UK intralogistics: where the market is growing, where investment is flowing, the sales and leadership roles in most demand, and how buying behaviour is reshaping the job of selling. Every figure is attributed to a named public source.
Read the report →More than recruitment: the Revenue Engine Audit
There was no vacancy and no brief. Rich Evans spent a day with the MD of an ambitious materials handling dealer in the North of England, running a Revenue Engine Audit that looked at the whole business through a commercial growth lens. A look at why Evara is more than recruitment.
From the founder
Why I founded Evara
After eleven years inside Toyota Material Handling, Rachel Lunn explains why she left to build the kind of specialist talent partner she always wished the industry had.
Executive Intralogistics Conversations
Why intralogistics leaders are choosing to build, not climb
Across Europe's intralogistics sector, a quiet shift is under way at the top of the career ladder. Some of the industry's most capable corporate leaders are stepping off it altogether, choosing ownership over hierarchy. After 13 years at SSI Schäfer, Felix Lütkebomk could have joined almost any major intralogistics business in Europe. Instead, he chose a management buy-in at specialist pallet handling manufacturer Baust Materialflusssysteme.
Executive Intralogistics Conversations
Leadership isn't about consensus. It's about creating impact.
Some leaders build careers by maintaining the status quo. Others build them by changing it. In a conversation with Evara Consultancy, international business leader Alfredo Sabatino shared his perspective on transformation, commercial leadership and why the organisations that succeed over the next decade will be those prepared to make decisions, stay close to customers and embrace change before they are forced to.
Executive Intralogistics Conversations
Why would someone leave a successful business to join yours?
Every UKMHA member wants the best people. Salespeople, engineers, marketing, operations. In a conversation between Rob Fisher, CEO of the UK Material Handling Association, and Rich Evans, Co-Founder of Evara, one question cut through everything else: why would someone leave a successful business to join yours?
Executive Intralogistics Conversations
Why Sales and Marketing should no longer be separate
For years, businesses have treated Sales and Marketing as separate functions. Marketing built the brand, Sales closed the deals. In a conversation between Łukasz Korzinski, former Global Director of Marketing & Communications for Kardex AutoStore, and Rich Evans, Co-Founder of Evara, one message became clear: the future belongs to businesses that unite Sales, Marketing and Product under one commercial vision.
Events
The commercial engine of 2030: join the roundtable
The Intralogistics Sales Leaders Forum opens with an online executive roundtable on Thursday 27 August 2026 at 12:00 UK time. Hosted by Jim Beattie, Rich Evans and Sam Rasdall, it asks what a high-performing commercial organisation will look like by 2030, and what leaders should be implementing today. Email Rachel to reserve a place.
Sales careers
Why more top sales professionals are choosing intralogistics
Ambitious salespeople chase SaaS, recruitment and finance, while an industry that underpins Amazon, Tesco and every modern warehouse quietly builds six figure sales careers. A long read on intralogistics, the people who thrive in it and how to get in.
Market data
Europe's intralogistics market is scaling fast
Europe's intralogistics market was worth around 15.2 billion dollars in 2024 and is forecast to reach roughly 33.8 billion dollars by 2033. Behind that growth sits a deep manufacturing base, Europe's busiest logistics gateways and rising demand for commercial talent.
Sales careers
One of Britain's best industries for a sales career
New research suggests the UK warehousing workforce is more than 70 per cent larger than the official count. Behind that number sits one of the best and least known industries in the country to build a career in sales.
Safety culture
Dawsongroup makes the case for prevention
For National Forklift Safety Day, Dawsongroup Material Handling has set out a prevention first message, arguing that routine checks and good maintenance help prevent incidents before they start.
Milestones
Flexi Narrow Aisle turns 50
The Black Country manufacturer behind the articulated Flexi forklift is celebrating half a century of designing and building space saving warehouse trucks in Britain.
Decarbonisation in action
A hydrogen reachstacker for the Port of Tilbury
Hyster and Briggs Equipment are putting a hydrogen fuel cell reachstacker to work at the Port of Tilbury, one of the first of its kind at a UK port and a practical step towards zero emission container handling.
Manufacturer momentum
Linde leads on compact order picking and sustainability
Two announcements from Linde Material Handling stand out: the most compact integrated lithium ion horizontal order picker on the market, and a third consecutive EcoVadis Platinum medal.
Safety and longevity
A Combilift still working after 28 years
The first ever Combilift C-Series is still in daily use at J.G. Kelly Supplies in Monaghan, nearly three decades on, a quiet case study in build quality, safer handling and choosing the right equipment for the job.
Industry outlook
UK logistics named the engine room of the economy
A new industry report puts the sector's annual contribution at around £175 billion, even as firms absorb tariffs and global disruption.
Automation
Robotics moves into the warehouse mainstream
An industry survey finds robotics adoption widening and deployments speeding up, as operators move past pilots and scale automation across the floor.
Safety and technology
Hyundai and Matrix put AI vision on the forklift
A new partnership builds collision-avoidance AI into lift trucks, targeting the blind-spot incidents that plague busy warehouse aisles.
Network and sites
Powerlift opens a major new North West depot
The family-run materials handling specialist has brought its departments under one roof to speed up service across the region.
Commercial strategy
Clark Europe leans into direct sales in the Ruhr
The forklift maker is opening a branch opposite its European HQ to sell direct to customers in one of the continent's densest industrial regions.
Mergers and moves
SHS acquires WSS to widen engineering coverage
The acquisition folds three decades of pallet truck servicing into SHS, adding engineer density and faster response times across the North.
Network and sites
CMC Lift UK adds a Worthing showroom and demo centre
The access platform specialist is building a 120 square metre showroom and indoor demonstration and training space at its West Sussex site.
People and talent
Palletways Birmingham promotes two for growth
The West Midlands palletised freight depot has promoted Jessica Browne and Joshua Marklew to support a growing customer base.
Technology and fleet
GearJoT lands in the UK with Stevens Equipment Rental
After a three year pilot with Stevens Equipment Rental, the fleet management platform is launching to UK contractors, rental firms and dealers.
Network and sites
Marq Logistics plans two Magna Park warehouses
The operator is set to submit plans for two warehouses totalling more than 750,000 square feet at its East Midlands scheme.
Property and development
PLP secures a 29 acre West Midlands site
The logistics developer has acquired the Longbridge Warwick site from Severn Trent's property arm, with room for hundreds of thousands of square feet.
Manufacturer momentum
A milestone year for Toyota Material Handling
Seventy years of the counterbalance forklift, new products and new thinking at LogiMAT 2026, and a measured push into warehouse automation add up to a strong year for the manufacturer.
Safety
Forklift Safety Day focuses on technicians
The UK Material Handling Association's twelfth safety day focused on the risks faced by engineers and service technicians.
Commercial strategy
HCUK backs forklift dealers as a growth partner
As the UK's exclusive Hangcha distributor, HCUK is pitching product confidence and partner reliability to dealers nationwide.
Technology and delivery
Digital Next Ventures launches ShipSherpa
The new platform targets the UK same day and on demand delivery market, the first move in a dedicated technology and ecommerce arm.
Commercial strategy
Hyundai pushes electric forklifts in Europe
A new growth strategy pairs systematic electrification with a bigger dealer network and an expanded sales operation across Europe.
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