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ON April 1, 2005 all commercial properties in the UK will have their business rates adjusted by a Revaluation, with the rateable values being determined by the Inland Revenue Valuation Office Agency (VOA) in England and Wales, and by the Scottish Assessor

Comet has awarded a major contract to Amtrak Express Parcels as part of moves to improve home delivery services. Amtrak is delivering Comet’s small electrical and electronic items, working alongside existing carrier Parcelforce

Linde Material Handling (UK) is planning three new product launches including a “revolutionary” design which will be previewed next Spring. The company’s sales and marketing director, Stephen Moule, is saying little about the revolutionary product

The first phase of ProLogis’ speculative warehouse development at the former Michelin Tyre factory at Campbell Road, Stoke-on-Trent is under way. The first unit, DC1, measures 23,250sq m and will be extendable to 46,500sq m.

Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has invested billions of pounds in the past two or three years to create a state-of-the-art automated distribution network. The only problem is that the network cannot cope with Sainsbury’s supply chain. Why? Barcodes.

When Center Parcs wanted to bring excellent customer service to thousands of holidaymakers at its Elveden Forest village, it approached materials handling specialist Allibert Buckhorn

One way of easing road congestion is to develop the efficient end-to-end moving of goods using two or more forms of transport in an integrated transport chain.