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Anglican Water has opted for Paragon’s multi depot software system to increase the efficiency of its vehicle scheduling process and reckons it has saved £100,000 a year in sub-contracted transport costs and has seen a 2.5 per cent improvement in driver pe

Supreme Brands, the battery and recordable media distributors, found they were getting up to 40 picking errors a day, five of which related to customer complaints about the wrong product or quantity being delivered.

St Modwen has submitted plans to develop a 300,000 sq ft industrial scheme on the 18-acre former car storage site at The Cofton Centre, Longbridge, Birmingham.

JDR Distribution has launched moved4u.com, a business delivery service which offers a regional consolidation gateway, with fast, flexible and cost-effective single or multi-drop delivery options.

Danone has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract for the operation of its new distribution centre for fresh dairy products in Chorzów in the south of Poland.

Electrical retailer Maplin Electronics has taken a 196,000 sq ft warehouse at St Paul’s Developments’ Brookfields Park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire to house its new UK head office and distribution centre.

Deutsche Bahn, the German state-owned rail operator, is to buy EWS. It is also taking a majority stake in Spanish operator Transfesa.

Pall-Ex managing director Hilary Devey has been named Entrepreneur of the Year for Business Services in the southern regional heat.