Logistics Manager celebrates its Silver Anniversary this month. Malory Davies looks back

Pilots will demonstrate the benefits of encouraging people to develop skills

Perhaps the most widely anticipated announcement of the year came last month when Marks & Spencer revealed that it is building its new southern distribution centre at London Gateway, DP World’s port and logistics park at the mouth of the Thames

Waitrose is starting to producing frozen beef from its own dedicated production facility in Dovecote Park, with the aim of ensuring full traceability of the product

Schoeller Allibert has invested in a blow moulding machine in response to increasing demand for its folding bulk shipper, the Maxipac, hoping to double its in-house production capacity

Baby specialist Kiddicare has developed its use of Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution, under the management of K3 Retail, to support its growing network of UK stores, by transforming the way in which they look, operate and engage with customers

Burkhard Eling is taking over the finance, legal and tax department at Dascher as of 1 July, succeeding Professor Dr Dieter Truxius, who will remain a member of the company’s management until his retirement at the end of this year

Provider of reusable container and pallet pooling services, CHEP, has won a contract extension with Dutch automotive supplier Bosal, for a sustainable solution to the transport of its automotive components in Europe

EnerSys has increased the amp-hour (AH) rating of its 23” Ironclad Workhog and Deserthog batteries, from 85 AH to 90 AH, to to provide more sustained voltages and power to today’s AC lift trucks

Fashion company Mulberry has implemented JDA’s Demand and Fulfilment software, which the brand will put in place using JDA’s Cloud Services offering