A trial of a state-of-the-art wireless delivery system by one of the UK’s fastest growing courier groups has paid off so handsomely that it now plans major investment in this technology for all of its 1,000 vehicles. Peterborough-based Klicka Couriers i
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Leading provider of luggage and business products, Carlton Travel Goods, has appointed Amethyst Group Logistics Division to provide full warehousing and distribution support for its UK and European operation.
Warburtons has acquired a site at Tuscany Park Wakefield Europort from AMEC Developments for the construction of new ‘super’ bakery. The company has received detailed planning consent and is currently constructing the new unit on the 13-acre site.
By early 2002, Knowles Transport was aware that its existing in-house warehouse management system (WMS) was under intense strain – escalating inventory levels were making it more difficult to track goods; failure rates were high and pickers were frustrate
Sherry producer and shipper González Byass has set up its own distribution company in the UK – González Byass UK – and has also awarded an exclusive three-year bonded warehousing contract to Cert Logistics.
Express delivery giant TNT has opened a new £8.2M purpose-built facility in Birmingham. Handling tens of thousands of parcels and packages each week, the state-of-the-art depot at Network Park, Saltley, provides a vital strategic link for the deliv
Last month, Mars announced that its king-size Mars and Snickers chocolate bars will be cut down to size in 2005 in response to growing pressure about portion distortion and rising levels of obesity. It seems that confectionery manufacturers update their p
Medical equipment manufacturer Eschmann Equipment has opted for an integrated solution, which includes pallet racking, shelving and forklift trucks, having centralised its operations from four facilities into one larger building on the same
US manufacturer Briggs & Stratton Corp and Exel have extended their co-operation. Following the transfer of generator assembly work from Manchester to Veghel in the Netherlands and the management by third-party logistics provider (3PL) Exel
Westway Industrial and Distribution Park in Renfrew, Glasgow has been sold by Prestbury WestCoast for £46M to a special purpose vehicle established by Moorfield Group, Halifax Bank of Scotland subsidiary Uberior Investments, and Westbrook Partne
