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Xero has awarded TNT Logistics UK a three-year contract to manage the company’s critical spare parts operation. The contract involves the management of the London central parts warehouse and delivery to Xerox engineers – typically within 40

The Transnorm Group, the unit load conveying technology provider, has been bought from Swisslog by a management buyout team led by Detlef Walter, chief executive officer of Transnorm Germany. Together with Nord Holding based in Hanover,

Gold Crown Foods has bought a fleet of 11 new Still counterbalance forklift and warehouse trucks to support the tea and coffee manufacturing, packaging and distribution operations at its plant based in Liverpool.

Kuehne & Nagel (K&N) is to transport wine sourced by British Airways (BA) from the world’s major wine growing areas into the UK as part of a new agreement with the airline. The contract ensures that customers always have guaranteed availabil

The Widdowson Group, which offers a variety of services including storage, distribution and freight forwarding, has been supplied with a very narrow aisle (VNA) racking solution to provide 14,000 pallet

Argos Direct is using a fleet of 80 Crown trucks to speed the despatch of furniture, leisure and electrical goods from its 60,450sq m warehouse and distribution complex in Marsh Leys, Bedford.

DIY superstore operator Homebase has awarded a warehousing and distribution contract to Unipart Logistics, the specialist supply chain management arm of Unipart. The contract, covering the warehousing and distribution of around 30% of Homeba

Independent tyre wholesaler Bond International is one of the first customers to trial VSc Mobile Solution’s integrated supply chain fulfilment and real-time vehicle tracking solution. The company is rolling out the solution to a third of its fleet. Rich

Two 2.4 tonne heavy-duty Toyota powered pallet handlers featuring double pallet handling forks have helped the Fyffes Group’s Basingstoke site reduce the time spent off-loading bananas by 80%.

Castleford-based Lambsons Chemicals Group has signed a new five-year freight contract, worth about £9M, to DHL Freight. As part of the contract, DHL has invested £1.5M in a fleet of specialist vehicles in a bespoke plan unique to Lambsons.