Dozens of fire fighters were called to tackle a massive blaze at Primark UK’s 440,000 sq ft / 40,920 sq m warehouse at Lutterworth, last Tuesday evening.
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IGD’s 6th Retail Logistics Summit was held yesterday (November 2, 2005) at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, with the plea for logistics professionals to “get involved and collaborate”.
TNT N.V, the Dutch Logistics and mail company, has announced that it has teamed up with Japan post, the world’s second largest mail group.
Prolock (Europe) has announced that it has become the European agent for a new range of freight container and trailer locks.
Commercial vehicle operators in Northern Ireland must take a close look at their loading and unloading arrangements, according to a warning from the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
The John David Group, owner of JD Sports has announced the acquisition of its rival Allsports for £18M.
This week Logistics Manager has launched lm-jobs.com, a specialist logistics and supply chain jobs website.
Foreign hauliers operating on UK roads are imposing wear costs of some £195M per year, according to research gathered by the National Economic Research Association (NERA).
Former Culina Logistics group chief executive Thomas van Mourik has joined food, beverage and grocery logistics specialist Baylis Distribution managing director.
Asda is creating 300 jobs at its new £20M import centre with PD Teesport, part of PD Ports. The new facility, being built near Middlesborough, will save Asda an estimated two million road miles a year by shipping 70% of its distribution direct to Teesport
