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Purple Foodservice Solutions has won a contract with the Ministry of Defence, to distribute its global food supplies, worth £150m per year.

Home Delivery Network has launched a specialised delivery service for parcels over 25kg.

Palletways London, which was created to provide a hub facility for depots in the capital and the South East, is expanding its operations on the back of significant growth in the business.

The Department for Transport is investigating the cost of rail rolling stock leases. It is concerned that there is a lack of effective competition within the market and lack of transparency as to how leasing charges are applied.

It’s surprising, but true. Despite stringent security measures put in place for the movement of cargo following 9/11, worldwide trade has actually speeded up.

Collaboration is not quite the no-brainer it seems at first, taking a great deal of planning, but the benefits are real. By Sam Tulip