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What is an environmental manager doing in logistics? Martin Johnson, who has just become Kuehne + Nagel’s first national environment manager, explains to Jessica Davies.

Kimberly-Clark is responsible for some of the UK’s most famous brands – Andrex, Kleenex, Kotex and Huggies – but its distribution strategy must cater for products with a relatively low value per cubic metre but standard costs.

Operating margins in the manufacturing sector are being squeezed to their limit, according to Colliers CRE’s April Property Snapshot. It found that while overall growth in the sector is positive, it has slowed markedly in recent months.

British Airways World Cargo has appointed David Shepherd senior vice president, Europe and the Americas, and Tony Nothman senior vice president Middle East, Africa, Asia and Pacific, effective immediately.

In a deal that was turned around in just over a week, sports retailer JJB Sports moved into a 100,000 sq ft unit on SEGRO’s Heywood Distribution Park near Manchester.