By 2017 the UK logistics sector will need 843,600 new employees.
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There may be a dearth of existing buildings and no speculative development on the horizon, but there are other options, says Liza Helps.
The retail sector has seen some high profile automation projects in the past couple of years often driven by the move to multi-channel retailing. Malory Davies reports on developments in the market.
Europe’s leading companies are competing in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2011 – and the winners will be announced at a spectacular gala dinner at the Park Lane Hilton in London’s Mayfair on 1st November
DB Schenker Logistics has appointed Diederick de Vroet has been appointed to head global ocean freight, as of 1st October
Chilled food and drink distributor NFT is opening a £2m depot in the North West on 1st October to add shared user capacity
Southampton-based Meachers has become the UK representative of the Global Freight Group – an international network of independent freight forwarders and logistics companies, covering 52 countries
Norbert Dentressangle has opened offices in Santiago, Chile and Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the continued development of its freight forwarding business in line with its mid-term objective to reach a turnover of 250 million euros
Truck operators should prepare for new tachograph rules, which will impose a quality standard for the paper that is used to print data from the vehicle unit where this is used as a legal document, as of 1st October
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has strengthened its freighter connections with China and Hong Kong, following the launch of China Southern Airlines’ twice weekly B777F services to Chongqing
