The FTA has welcomed plans by the Scottish National Party to amend the Finance Bill and freeze or reduce fuel duty in order to compensate for increasing oil prices.
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Materials handling company Still has launched two new pedestrian high lift pallet trucks, the EXV 10 and EXV 12, which can lift one and 1.2 tonnes respectively.
International development charity Transaid is calling on the transport and logistics industry to help raise money during Transaid Week for its work in Africa.
Transport and logistics company Gondrand Group has extended its existing partnership with Kewill by selecting its integrated freight forwarding system to help boost its global positioning.
DPS International has launched the latest version of its logixcentral vehicle routeing and scheduling system www.logixcentral.com, which is designed to be cost effective for fleets of all sizes and is said to help to reduce fuel usage.
NYK Logistics UK has appointed Steve Russell as sales director following a consultancy role at the company.
DHL Express has opened a global head office in Bonn, Germany to house its international management team and help consolidate global operations.
FedEx Express plans to assist its European trade growth by extending its hub in Roissy-Charles de Gaulle in Paris and building a new environmentally-friendly facility in Cologne.
Wincanton’s policy of expanding in growing markets helped it push its underlying operating profit up 15 per cent to 52.4m in the year to 31 March. As the same time sales rose by 12 per cent to £2.16bn.
A number of innovative fork lift truck technologies were unveiled at this year’s CeMat trade fair show.