Scania has released a £508m (SEK £7bn) special dividend to its shareholders, freeing up cash from within the company and making any other takeover attempt more expensive.
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Smeg, the Italian manaufacturer of white goods, has purchased eight new Mercedes Atego rigids to help deliver to retailers and customers around the UK.
Paul Cunningham, previously a partner at LCP Consulting, has been appointed managing director of Holistica Solutions, the new joint venture between APL Logistics and Christian Salvesen.
SDI Greenstone has helped WH Smith achieve a 20 per cent increase in dispatch productivity, at its Dunstable distribution centre.
Wincanton has bought RDL Holdings for £22 million. This is the second business that Wincanton has bought this month, following the purchase of distribution company, Lane Group.
Broughton Controls, a security and site entrance control specialist, has developed a high security vehicle entrance control for busy industrial and logistics sites.
The Cartwright Group is supplying 206 curtainsiders to TDG between now and December.
Paul Carvell, the chief executive officer of Business Direct, has joined the Industry & Manufacturing Practice advisory board for Norman Broadbent, the executive search and leadership consultant.
RS, a distributor of electrical products, is opening three new Call and Collect branches in Park Royal, Enfield and Central London.
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), an international cargo handling organisation, has made a number of new management appointments to support its growing business in the UK.
