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Associated British Ports (ABP) has welcomed the Government’s response to the House of Commons’ Transport Select Committee’s wide-ranging report on ports.
The number of mergers and acquisitions deals undertaken by the largest European logistics companies leapt by 23% in 2003, suggesting that an appetite for acquisitive growth has returned to the industry.
The Big Food Group (BFG), parent of Iceland Foods and Booker Cash & Carry, has been supplied with 118 Volvo FM12 4×2 tractor units plus a very special high-spec flagship, an FH12 4×2 Globetrotter with XL cab for its best drivers to use on a rotational bas
TNT Express Services has won a multimillion pound contract with the National Health Service Purchasing and Supply Authority (PaSA).
Davis Derby’s TruckLOG system has recently been specified for a fleet of nine new trucks at the Sony distribution Centre in Thatcham, Berkshire. The TruckLOG system has been in place on the existing fleet of about 45 trucks for five years. Sony is curre
Faster and safer working methods are being realised by Harman Motive having installed new powered pedestrian stackers and pallet transport from Jungheinrich at its Bridgend manufacturing complex.
What happens when you discover, to your horror and great irritation, that your new mobile phone is faulty? Okay, it may be an inconvenience to you, the consumer, but for the retailer and for the manufacturer it’s not only an irritation, it’s a cost.
The EU’s delightfully-named WEEE recycling directive must be ratified by August and will take effect in 2005. Brace yourself for similar chaos as engendered by that famous directive about fridges – for which the UK government had also failed to plan.
Companies must seize the opportunities offered by the accession of 10 new countries into the European Union this May.
