http://www.logisticsmanager.com The online home of Logistics Manager magazine: news, jobs, and features for supply chain professionals http://www.logisticsmanager.com/images/logistics_logo.gif http://www.logisticsmanager.com http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18442 Forklift truck makers are optimistic about the economic outlook, according to a study produced for the British Industrial Truck Association http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18442 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18440 Pallet-Track, a freight logistics business based in Wolverhampton, is planning to take on hundreds of staff as part of an expansion plan http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18440 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18441 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 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18441 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18439 Norbert Dentressangle has taken delivery of a 26 tonne hybrid vehicle from Renault for a UK trial of alternative technologies http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18439 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18438 Brian Ejsing has been appointed as the new managing director of DSV Solutions http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18438 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18437 Agility reported a 41 per cent rise in EBITDA to 15.4m KD (£34.5m) on sales up one per cent to 321.8m KD (£721.6m) http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18437 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18436 Container line Maersk lost $599m (£375m) in the first quarter compared to a profit of $424m (£265m) last year http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18436 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18434 Dennison Trailers has selected the Epicor ERP system to upgrade a number of systems that have built up in the company’s recent history http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18434 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18432 Lloyd Fraser has taken on 55 vehicles on contract from Ryder after a logistics win with a leading fashion house http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18432 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18429 TV consumer champion launches campaign on failed deliveries Retailers and home delivery operators are facing a new campaign launched by TV money saving expert Martin Lewis that encourages consumers to claim for failed deliveries. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18429 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18431 Luggage retailer Tripp has increased its warehouse space by 16,000 sq ft to accommodate the increase in stock volumes required to fulfil a rise in internet orders http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18431 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18430 Swedish mobile operator 3 has taken software from Relex to manage the replenishment of its stores and central warehouse, on a software-as-a-service basis. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18430 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18428 Proctor and Gamble has extended its global real estate alliance with Jones Lang LaSalle http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18428 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18427 Nearly half of non-exporters actively considering international trade see the cost of international connections from the UK as a barrier to export, a new report by the British Chambers of Commerce has revealed http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18427 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18426 Innovation can be game changing in supply chain – in fact, it is such a vital area for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards that it needs three categories http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=18426