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Boyes Conning Freight Services, is expanding its business following a 20 per cent growth in business during 2005.

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, has replaced an outdated, manual forecasting system and has invested in an automated solution that has cut forecasting time, reduced inefficiencies in the supply chain, andimproved communication between divisions.

Wallpaper supplier CWV has extended its contract with DHL Exel to handle its warehouse operations from a DHL shared user site in Middleton, Manchester for the next two years.

The FTA and RHA are calling on the government to introduce a system of collecting information from visiting lorry operators and drivers which, in future, could be subsumed “into a formal European database exchange”.

Stewart Oades can take credit for pushing up operating profit at Christian Salvesen by 15.5 per cent after just a year in the hot seat. Operating profit for the full year rose to £20.9m on sales up just 1.9 per cent at £820.7m.

Laurent Farman is to take over as managing director of Renault Trucks from Thierry Lepercq who is stepping down with effect from 14 July. Farman is currently in charge of the Romanian market.