The two suitors for TDG, Wincanton and Laxey Partners, have been told they have a month to launch a formal bid. Both have indicated that they are interested in making an offer, but so far neither has launched a formal bid.
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Trilogy Logistics is set to quadruple in size following the acquisition of CM Lane, an independent third party logistics company operating in the entertainment industry.
Scotland’s H-Logistics has won a contract to procure and deliver supplies to Banlaw Afrique Sarl, a mining services company based in West Africa, in order to help it complete work on a new gold mine before the rain season begins in July.
DATS Group has bought Altrincham-based logistics and distribution recruitment provider Dixon-Stewart Associates for an undisclosed sum.
TDG is introducing a series of initiatives to support its environment policy statement published earlier in the year, which will look at preventing pollution, improving efficiency, reducing the burden and checking progress.
JF Hillebrand unveiled its Transport Carbon Calculator at the London International Wine Fair to enable wine and spirits distributers to measure their carbon footprint.
The FTA has called for the introduction of longer and heavier lorries in the UK at a conference on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology held in Paris for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
British Airways World Cargo saw a 4.7 per cent increase in sales, after the impact of exchange rate movement, to £615.7 million for the year ended March 2008.
Asda’s distribution centre in Teesport has been presented with an award for its health and safety management by the British Safety Council.
Marks & Spencer reckons it has reduced carbon dioxide emissions from its warehouses, delivery vehicles stores and offices by nearly 50,000 tonnes, a nine per cent decrease on last year, despite opening 103 new stores.
