Allsports has confirmed more than 1,300 job losses and the closure of 92 stores.
Author: wpengine
Northern Foods, Britain’s biggest supplier of ready meals, has announced that it expects the impact of rising energy costs to be passed on to consumers.
Tony Hall, is the new sales director for Still UK. Formerly sales director for Rack-N-Stak, Still’s North-west distributor, Hall became Northern regional sales director for Still when it bought the Rack-N-Stak company in 2004.
Warehouse logistics company Witron has unveiled its new automated logistic system. The Ergonomic–Dynamic Picking System (E-DPS) which can pick one thousand order lines per module, per hour.
Young managers are the fuel that keeps UK PLC running, says The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT UK). It warns that the industry could be facing a worse crisis than the rising petrol prices if it does not engage young people
John Hancock head of MFI, Britain’s biggest furniture store chain has stepped down following an unsettled appointment. MFI insists that Hancock’s departure has nothing to do with the supply chain problems that the company faced.
Industry rivals Boots and Alliance UniChem are expected to announce a merger deal today worth £7.5Bn. The deal will be the largest retail merger since Morrisons bought out Safeway for £3Bn in March 2004.
Birmingham-based technology services provider Probrand has signed three sector leading company’s to its online IT purchasing hub, The IT Index.
The UK’s largest cement manufacturer, Lafarge Cement, has adopted an innovative ‘truck, track and trace’ system to enable its drivers to focus on driving and at the same time improve ‘real-time’ communications with its 9,000 customers.
Commercial property developer Rosemound is set for a November completion for the 60,387sq m Pioneer Point distribution building in Ellesmere Port.