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=20541 City Link is expanding into cross border small packet delivery with new services aimed at the business to consumer market http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20541 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20540 Wincanton has won a five-year warehousing and distribution contract renewal with Pernod Ricard UK, which will see the supply chain specialist take responsibility of Pernod’s UK warehousing, repacking and customer delivery transport operations http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20540 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20539 The European Commission reckons Britain has the best railway in Europe and is urging other member states to follow and adapt to the UK rail system, according to Jim Steer, the new president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20539 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20538 Deutsche Post DHL plans to help make Bonn the first city in Germany with a carbon-free vehicle concept, when it switches its delivery services there to electric vehicles http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20538 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20537 Both Smiths News Trading and Menzies Distribution have won contract renewals with the Telegraph Media Group, which will see its newspaper wholesaling agreements extended from to October 2019 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20537 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20536 DHL Express has signed a cooperation contract on domestic distribution with Itella Mail, which will see Itella take care of the nationwide distribution of DHL’s Day Definite shipments in import to Finland http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20536 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20535 Yodel will provide its drivers and customer facing employees with the first recognised customer experience qualification in the industry, with the launch of its Customer Experience Academy http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20535 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20534 Jochen Krapp has been appointed as Suttons new regional director Asia, as part of the company’s expansion and development in its Asian bulk logistics services http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20534 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20533 DHL has become the 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia’s naming rights partner, expanding the company’s portfolio of rugby partnerships around the world http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20533 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20532 Maersk Line made a profit of $204m in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a loss of $599m last year, mainly as a result of a determined effort to cut costs http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20532 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20531 Pall-Ex has recruited Jean-Paul Benizri as its new marketing director, as it seeks to expand across the continent http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20531 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20530 Freight Forwarder Expeditors has secured a 15,000 sq ft logistics hub at the Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT)’s Air Cargo Centre at Glasgow Airport http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20530 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20529 The three buildings at Lancashire Business Park, Leyland are being built by Lancashire County Developments Limited will replace a 450,000 sq ft building which was destroyed by fire in December 2011 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20529 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20528 APC has bought two warehouse units totalling 12,800 sq ft at Piper Court, Blackpool Business Park in Lancashire as part of its on-going expansion plans http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20528 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=20527 The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport has elected three new members join the board as well as the return of three well-known members, who were seeking re-election 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