Does Africa have the potential to be the next major low-cost manufacturing region, following in the footsteps of Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia? It is certainly possible and quite probable as well.
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Despite whatever the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics – robustly “disputed” by the British Retail Consortium – would have us believe, sales in the high street are rather less than buoyant. The ONS’s 3.8 per cent year-on-year increase
Norbert Dentressagle has opened a custom-built 205,000 sq ft distribution centre for French home retail brand La Redoute in Poland.
The explosion at the Buncefield oil storage depot in Hertfordshire closed the nearby distribution centre of Waverley TBS, in December 2005 – the worst possible time for a company that sell wines and spirits to restaurants, clubs and public houses. The bla
The North’s top logistics show is moving into a £34 million state-of-the-art exhibition hall at Doncaster to provide the ideal showcase for exhibiting the latest products in the industry.
Training is an integral part of any skills-led job, so why do some companies still not give it the emphasis it needs? Lucy Tesseras reports
The government is keen to introduce National Skills Academies across the English skills landscape. The initiative was introduced in 2006 and around 12 have been approved to date in three tranches covering sectors as widespread as construction, financial s
Parcel delivery company City Link has taken a sub-lease on a modern warehouse at Silverstone Drive, Gallagher Business Park in Coventry from STP Group.
You can hire the top supply chain planners, restructure your operations, install the most sophisticated systems and maintain the most modern equipment to maximise the performance of your supply chain and minimise the costs.
The airline sector is in trouble. Losses this year could reach $6.1 billion, more than wiping out the $5.6 billion that airlines made
