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FTA president Stewart Oades is joining forces with Transport for London Commissioner Peter Hendy to cycle from London to Paris to raise money for Transaid. They will be joined by Transaid chairman Graeme McFaull, CEO Gary Forster and about 50 others

Australian clothing and linen retailer Best & Less had been operating from two distribution centres in Sydney and Brisbane for several years before moving to a single automated warehouse

Shop Direct Group has renewed its contract with Damco and additionally has agreed to be a pilot customer for the operator’s new Dynamic Flow Control system

Trade union Unite has suspending its planned strikes by cargo workers at Swissport Cargo Services at Heathrow airport

Wholesale distribution companies are expected to increase revenues from direct sales by £16bn this year, according to research from Vanson Bourne

Volvo has developed a system that acts like an auto-pilot for commercial vehicles, taking over gearchanging and uses gradients to save some five per cent on fuel. Hayder Wokil, product manager, said: “The saving will be about 1,000 litres of fuel annually