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Forklift truck makers optimistic, study finds
Forklift truck makers are optimistic about the economic outlook, according to a study produced for the British Industrial Truck Association...

Growth plan for Pallet-Track
Pallet-Track, a freight logistics business based in Wolverhampton, is planning to take on hundreds of staff as part of an expansion plan...

Tarmac wins for Seafield
Aggregates firm Tarmac has extended its contract with Seafield Logistics for the distribution of limestone powder from Ballidon quarry for a further two and a half years...

Ejsing appointed MD at DSV Solutions
Brian Ejsing has been appointed as the new managing director of DSV Solutions...

Features

The good news is...
There is lots of space available in the North East and Yorkshire. The trick is to find the best warehouses......

Commercial vehicles: hard sums
Fleet operators face an uphill task to control costs in the face of rising fuel prices. And the task is being made even more complex by the prospect of new emissions regulations coming into force in two years’ time...

Case Studies

Electronics firrm boosts OTIF through optimisation project
Consumer electronics firm Armour Home reckons it is now hitting 99.5 per cent OTIF following a warehouse optimisation project...

Clothing supplier expands warehouse capacity
Corporate clothing supplier Dimensions has doubled the storage capacity of one of its Long Eaton warehouses to handle more than two million garments...

Viewpoint

Speculative schpeculative!
Are they really getting back on the bandwagon? Are developers really looking to speculatively develop again – I mean on a large scale buildings of more than 100,000 sq ft? ...

Cool moves in retail logistics
To an outsider it must look slightly schizophrenic. On the one hand retailers and suppliers are looking for ways to take vehicles off the road. On the other, retailers are increasingly demanding next day delivery of ambient goods. ...