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3663 First for Foodservice has opened a new multi-temperature depot at Kingswood Lakeside Business Park, Cannock. The depot has retained 100 per cent of its staff with the opportunity for further local recruitment.

Focus DIY has opened its newly extended distribution centre, at Tamworth Staffordshire. Work initially began on the site in April 2005 and was completed, handed over in November.

Kuehne & Nagel has completed the acquisition of ACR Logistics for Euro 440m. With more than 40,000 employees in more than 100 countries, it now ranks among the top five global service providers in contract logistics.

British Airways has extended its relationship with the leading logistics specialist Gist, to manage the receipt, handling and despatch of all of its in-flight retail (IFR) products.

Kent-based transport company UK Freight Masters has switched its palletised distribution network from UK Pallets to Palletforce, one of the fastest-growing networks in the UK.

UPS has today announced the launch of ‘UPS Mail LogicSM’, a new international mail service that allows customers to streamline their mail operations.

Geoff Newton, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has left the institute after little more than a year in the job.