City Link has taken Glasgow City Council Pension Fund’s 37,933 sq ft warehouse at Ashburton Point in Trafford Park at an annual rental of £204,838 and GLP Properties’ 40,599 sq ft unit at Roman Way in Preston on a ten year lease at £4.25 per sq ft. Savill
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With growth in the UK econom slowing down, companies are go ing to expect more from their supply chain managers. Jessica Davies reports on the changing demands on logisticians.
Here at Logistics Manager we were delighted to sponsor a yacht at the Kuehne + Nagel Cup in the Solent in June, especially as we won the regatta with our head of sponsorship Rhiannon Spurgeon at the helm.
Traffic speed data for heavy goods vehicles in the UK is now available from independent traffic intelligence company Journey Dynamics.
François Bertreau, the newly appointed CEO of Norbert Dentressangle, has reaffirmed his confidence in the group, despite challenging market conditions, after the company posted a strong growth in revenue for the first half of 2008.
Yell has consolidated delivery arrangements for its Yellow Pages directories after signing a five-year sole distributor contract with Deya in the UK.
APC Overnight has invested £250,000 in extending its national sortation centre at Essington near Wolverhampton.
Woolworths is committed to strengthening its supply chain following a review of the business and after reporting a 3.1 per cent drop in group sales for the 25 weeks to 26 July 2008.
The Tehran International Book Fair has enlisted Davies Turner to handle the delivery of books and publications to the event on behalf of many British and international publishing companies for the twenty-first year in a row.
The Port of Felixstowe has taken delivery of a further two ship-to-shore gantry cranes at its Trinity Terminal, increasing the total number of quayside cranes serving the port to 31.
