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A government planning inspector is due to set the date for the Planning Inquiry into HelioSlough’s £300m rail freight interchange in Hertfordshire.

The UK is starting to experience a shortage in skilled supply chain professionals, says Hugh Williams, managing director of supply chain planning specialists Hughenden.

A strategy document from the Department for Transport has given long-term support to continued growth of rail freight. Derrick Potter, board member of the Rail Freight Group and executive director of The Potter Group, welcomes it.

British gas is seeing dramatic increases in throughput and capacity, as well as major manpower savings at its new £17 million distribution centre for gas and electrical appliance spare parts in Leicester.

Becoming head of the industry’s largest representative organisation is a significant challenge but Theo de Pencier has ambitious plans. He talks to Malory Davies.

Sales staff at SCC were sometimes hesitant to sell an item if the inventory listed only one or two items, as they didn’t want to let customers down if numbers proved to be slightly wrong. But a new system means that everyone is confident that if the syste