IFS has launched Virtual Maps, a route planning tool which overlays information about ongoing and planned jobs with road and satellite maps using Microsoft’s Bing Maps platform.
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The TNT group saw operating profit (EBIT) fall 34 per cent to 648m euros for 2009. Sales were down 6.7 per cent to 10.4bn euros “mainly as a result of the various one-offs and impairments”.
The German government is pushing ahead with its target of getting one million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, by trialling a fleet of Smith Electric Vehicles.
The number of business failures is continuing to fall in 2010, according to business information provider Equifax.
Farmers’ co-operative First Milk has signed a contract with Bibby Distribution worth £50 million to provide a farm collection service in west Wales, as well as retaining a similar contract in Scotland and north Cumbria.
Cat has launched the N-Series of 4.0 – 5.5 tonne lift trucks to replace the existing K-Series, which had reached the end of its lifecycle.
Landmark Wholesale, the buying group, has selected Oakland Distribution to providing a centrally located ambient and chilled consolidation service to Landmark’s 32 independent wholesale members and their UK customer base
About 124 million lorry miles have been taken off UK roads as part of a sustainable distribution initiative – a year earlier than originally planned
Asda is set to work much more closely with parent company Walmart on sourcing products globally
TM Logistics has won an £18 million contract extension with consumer packaging company Rexam Beverage Can Europe.
