I’m old enough to remember the creation of Parcelforce – the idea was to rebrand Royal Mail Parcels in preparation for privatisation in the early 1990s
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UTi Worldwide, the international logistics specialist, has expanded its operations in the UK with a new facility at Heathrow creating space for contract logistics activities as well as freight forwarding
Lobster Integration Architects has been announced as Port to Shelf’s first exhibitor, where the company will showcase its core product DataWizard and its LOGSuite solution
DB Schenker Logistics has opened a new facility in Zwevegem, Belgium, to offer its customers there a faster connection to European and world markets
IAG Cargo is launching a new direct Iberia cargo route, which will connect Quito, Ecuador, to its Madrid hub from 26 October this year
Chris Cooijmans has been appointed as Gist’s new business unit director, continental Europe, where he will take responsibility for the management of the company’s entire continental business
Discount retailer TJ Morris, trading as Home Bargains, has awarded Swisslog a general contractor contract, for the materials handling elements of its new distribution centre
The Novus Trust’s founder company, BiS Henderson has been shortlisted for the Women in Logistics UK: SME of the Year Award 2013, in honour of the work that the company’s chief executive officer Andy Kaye has done through the Trust
News UK, which published The Times and the Sun, and Telegraph Media Group (TMG) have signed a joint distribution deal with Ceva Logistics
BVG Airflo has awarded Hermes a two-year national home delivery solution contract for its Clifford James and Samuel Windsor brands, which will see the company handle more than 750,000 items of clothes, shoes and homeware each year
