The overflow of national occupiers from the Midlands, looking for available sites and workforces, means that locations such as Skelmersdale are mentioned freely and without the hint of a smirk in conversations that usually centre around Northampton.
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Musgrave SuperValu-Centra has completed a 12-month scheme to re-engineer its supply chain operations with new warehouse management software, developed jointly with AquiTec, to achieve economies of scale and streamline deliveries.
Mitsubishi is changing the way it does business in the UK involving a radical switch from a distributor-based operation to one that puts dealers in direct communication with the parent company’s European base at Almere in the Netherlands.
The price of sheds today! Land prices in the prime market around Heathrow have soared. Price rises are demand driven: there isn’t enough land to build on. So at ProLogis we have started to look for a solution to this problem.
Sainsbury’s has extended its relationship with Kewill Systems for the deployment of Kewill Trade across all remaining Goods Not For Resale (GNFR) suppliers.
Held for the fifth year running at Sandown Park, the show takes place on 7-8 February 2006, and brings together more than 100 suppliers involved in all facets of the supply chain.
NYK Logistics has won a major logistics contract with computer and peripherals retailer, PC World, part of DSG International.
Dave Lunt has been appointed operations manager for the Haydock department of Rhys Davies Freight Logistics. Lunt brings more than 25 years experience in the distribution industry to the role.
The European Commission has cleared, under the EU merger regulation, the proposed acquisition of Exel by Deutsche Post.
According to figures released from the Department for Transport (DfT), the number of lorries from the EU states which joined the European Union in May 2004, have shown an enormous growth in journeys to the UK.
