The Fork Lift Truck Association has opened up the nominations for its awards for excellence 2015. The FLTA has awards available in seven different categories

Hubtex has launched a compact 4000kg reach truck, the SQ 40. It has a lift capacity of 4000kg at 600mm load centre that accommodates heavier loads than conventional reach trucks but with the same working aisle widths

DP World London Gateway has looking for 50 new members of staff at its South Essex deep-sea container hub port.

Harlequin Logistics has signed a long-term distribution contract with Kimberly Clark

Ceva has seen new business wins rise by 31 per cent in the second quarter, increasing to $763 million, compared to $582m for the same period in 2013

Retailers and 3PLs have had to delay scheduled moves into big shed warehouses due to a shortage of good properties. The UK big shed market has paused in the three months up to June according to data from a Gerald Eve survey

DHL Supply Chain’s operating profit rose almost 40 per cent in the second quarter to €109m, while sales were up 2.3 per cent to €3.6bn

Boughey Distribution, the Food division of NWF, produced an operating profit of £2 m in the year to 31st May – up from £1.2m last year

The UK government feeds a lot of mouths each year people in schools, hospitals, armed forces, central and local government, government agencies, prisons and courts. The procurement budget for food and catering services is now running at £2.4bn a year

Argos has ordered 19 lifting deck longer semi trailers from Don-Bur. These trailers will posses the largest internal cubic volume seen on British roads