RFID technology has not yet delivered in all that many places, Peter Ward, supply chain and RFID leader for IBM UK told delegates to the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s 6th Retail Logistics Summit in London last month.
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The chief executive of Britain’s largest rail freight operator EWS, has said that the company would have to seek fresh capital, possibly through stock market flotation, to finance ambitious development plans.
Slough Estates International is expanding its operations in eastern Europe with the acquisition of the Central European property development operations of engineering firm.
It seems that everybody is doing it. Deutsche Post and Exel are doing it. Kuehne & Nagel and ACR Logistics are doing it. And now Logistics Manager and Supply Chain Business are doing it. What we are all doing, of course, is getting together.
The government’s high fuel duty strategy, coupled with the increasing operation of foreign lorries in the UK, is causing serious problems for the Scottish transport industry, according to the FTA.
The ‘fork lift tick’ logo of the Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS) Thorough Examination scheme now includes the words “Certification Mark showing that it has met the requirements of the Trade Marks Registry.
Distribution centres have steadily increased in size over the past couple of decades so it’s almost inevitable that we will soon see a number of million square foot warehouses.
First half pre-tax profit at Business Post fell to £3m from £8.6m last year as a result of difficult economic conditions. Sales were up 21 per cent to £133m.
Ian Stirling Haulage is the winner of the Skills for Logistics award for Scotland’s Top Training Road Haulage Operator.
Wincanton’s underlying operating profit rose 5.3 per cent to £20m for the first half on sales up 9.9 per cent to at £879.8m.
