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Brighthouse, a fast growing chain of high street stores offering a wide range of home entertainment products, domestic appliances and furniture, has awarded Exel a further, three year transport contract, worth a total of £6M.

Linde Material Handling (UK) now offers a single, dedicated point of customer contact which has led to improved efficiency as well as a “dramatic increase in uptime”.

Slough Estates has announced the first wave of lettings at its newly re-branded West London portfolio, ‘theLHR.com’. Six lettings have been completed totalling 2,511sq m of warehousing/manufacturing space.

UCI Logistics has picked up more trade from Land Rover – it is now responsible for the manufacturer’s inbound supply chain across the UK and continental Europe. The extra business is the latest stage in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing processes a

Sainsbury’s has ordered more than 280 Volvo trucks, a deal that is claimed to be one of the largest in the UK over the past year. The order comprises 165 4×2 FM12 tractor units; 82 6×2 FM12s; 28 6×2 rigids; and six FL 4×2 rigids.

Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (TI-RFid) Systems has developed an integrated facilities and asset management solution that uses RFID smart labels which will enable a company to manage inventory more efficiently.

Focus Logistics has selected Portsmouth for its new warehouse and distribution centre, which is one of the largest commercial lettings in the city for two years. Commercial property consultant Vail Williams and joint agent King Sturge have let unit 1 Inte