Home and leisure retailer The Range has launched a consultation on plans to build an 775,000 sq ft distribution centre in North West Chippenham. The site would also contain a 40,000 sq ft store

Dairy Crest has chosen Proxima, the procurement services provider, to manage some £250 million of spend, focusing on indirect costs in areas such as fleet and logistics, corporate services and supply chain

Australian electric bike maker Dillenger has chosen Norbert Dentressangle to manage its European import, storage and distribution operations

The government has raised the speed limit for lorries on single carriageway roads from 40mph to 50 mph saying that it could result in savings of up to £11m a year

Acumen Automotive Logistics has moved to a new operating centre in Coventry to accommodate its growing finished vehicle logistics business

Jungheinrich’s EFG S40s counterbalanced truck has been named International Forklift Truck of the Year for 2014

Linde Material Handling has appointed Richard Smart as head of business development. He will be based at Linde’s head office in Basingstoke, and his prime objective will be to increase profitability within the UK business

The Freight Transport Association says it has had concerns on the resilience of transport networks for some time, given the changing climate and increased trend of severe weather events and that keeping transport and logistics operators informed is vital

UTi Worldwide has named Naran Andreyev as senior manager, trade services for its Asia-Pacific region

A quarter of delivery drivers arrive at customers’ houses with faulty or broken goods at least once a month as a result of jolting caused by potholes in the roads, according to a survey by packaging group Versapak