One area where the industry has come in for criticism is on carbon emissions. The Soil Association is currently running a second stage in its widely publicised consultation programme to decide exactly how it should approach the issue
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A consortium of public sector organisations, including the City of Edinburgh Council, Midlothian Council, East Lothian Council and NHS Lothian have joined forces and agreed terms to pre-let a warehouse at Prestonfield Park in Edinburgh.
Wincanton, has been awarded a five-year contract to manage all national transport operations for Wavin, the supplier of pipes to the construction industry.
Hans-Christer Holgersson has been appointed managing director of Scania UK.
Toyota has enhanced its BT Veflex range of very narrow aisle trucks with improvements aimed at increasing comfort and productivity.
Culina Logistics has won a second Investor in Excellence award.
PD Ports has invested more than a million pounds in three reachstackers along with the refurbishment of its ferry terminal amenity facilities at Teesport.
EcoCooling were called in to provide an energy efficient and effective solution to cool the top floor of Stylo Barratts three floor distribution centre in Bradford.
Jungheinrich UK says it cut its use of electricity and gas by five per cent last year while emissions of carbon dioxide from its fleet of service vehicles were reduced by the same figure.
New regulations for delivery vehicles in central London are to be trialled by Westminster City Council in a bid to cut the amount of parking tickets issued by up to 25 per cent for this type of offence.
