Discount retailer 99p Stores has taken the former Woolworths warehouse in Rugby, which is being marketed by GVA Grimley
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Transport industry leaders reckon theirs has been the sector hardest hit by the recession, according to a report, “Changing risks – changing responses: risk management in the transport industry”, by Marsh, the insurance broker and risk advisor.
Some 82 per cent of shippers are employing cost-cutting tactics and 60 per cent are rethinking their supply chains and relationships with third party logistics providers as a result of the recession, according to the 14th annual Third-Party Logistics Stud
TNT has taken the top spot in Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the third year in a row, following its decision to source electricity for all 70 of its UK locations from wind and hydro-electric power sources
American Airlines Cargo has launched an express temperature-controlled service – ExpediteTC
Skills for Logistics is launching a consultation on National Occupational Standards for the knowledge and skills needed to work in logistics
The Freight Transport Association is to start supporting TruckersWorld’s Truck Theft Text Alert (TTTA) in an effort bid to cut truck theft.
Fashion logistics company Advance Processing has taken developer Premier Property Group’s 144,620 sq ft 606 warehouse on the Euroway Industrial Estate in Bradford at a rent of £4 per sq ft.
Rangemaster, the UK manufacturer of cookers, sinks and accessories, has selected Gefco to manage the European distribution of a number of its products.
Damco has launched a less-than-container-load (LCL) service from Asia to the Baltic countries with guaranteed weekly arrivals.
