Northgate has acquired the entire issued share capital of FTL, a UK fleet management company for a consideration of approximately £5.7m. Northgate says the acquisition is in line with its new strategic plan.
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Wincanton, has been selected to support retailer Argos in managing a 700,000 sq ft direct imports centre in Kettering.
FDB Distribution has launched a contract packing service. Director Francis De Beer says: “We saw an opportunity, noticing we were storing goods, picking to orders and delivering to local packers on behalf of customers. This is also saving transport costs.
Fashion retailer Next has agreed a lease on a 1.1m sq ft distribution complex at St Paul’s Developments and Tritax Assets 85-acre Brookfields Park in South Yorkshire.
DAF is aiming to improve flexibility and reliability with an improved CAN bus system ‘Body Builder CAN’.
The offices of British Airways and a number of other air-cargo companies, have been raided by European and US anti-trust officials, as part of a co-ordinated investigation into alleged cargo price-fixing.
RedPrairie has announced that it has completed the acquisition of MARC Global Holdings.
Figures released from the DVLA this week show that only 10,640 Smart cards have been issued to drivers in the UK.
Kuehne and Nagel has won a five-year contract to manage national spare parts warehousing for Japanese carmaker Toyota.
Tradeteam, an Exel company and now part of DHL, has won a four-year contract with Mitchells & Butlers, the leading operator of managed pubs and restaurants in the UK.