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The government is changing the planning law to make it easier for local authorities to plan for sustainable economic development. The guidelines for this will be enshrined in its new Planning Policy Statement 4, which will supersede the previous national

Most companies will tell you that recruiting graduates whom they can later train in logistics, is an important part of their recruitment strategies. But there is one company that has chosen to follow a different route. Experience has shown

True grit and perseverance are characteristics a woman needs to reach the top in what is otherwise an almost wholly male-dominated industry. Karen Hester, operations director at Adnams Brewery, has plenty of both.

Deciding whether or not to opt for an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or best-of-breed system has long been a difficult decision for logistics providers. Historically, ERP systems have been thought of as cumbersome, restrictive, and costly. As a result

Have you ever thought that the warehouse floor slab might just be the most important part of your sophisticated new distribution centre? All other elements of the process are affected (for good or bad) by the quality and durability of the floor slab.

Running out of warehouse space? There are a number of options: you could move to a larger site or build an additional warehouse. But these are relatively expensive options and the smart solution might well be to install a mezzanine floor or an oversailing

It’s not often you get fundamental disagreements over the technological direction an industry should take. In the commercial vehicle market, there was a disagreement about eighty years ago over whether steam or diesel was the way forward

The pallet freight network sector has arguably been the success story of the noughties. Now there are nine networks battling it out for market share.

Forklift safety technology has come a long way since Toyota set the ball rolling in 1998 with its System of Active Stability. This system – the world’s first in electronic forklift safety – was designed to calculate potential danger areas the forklift was