Travis Perkins has extended its contract with Masternaut to cover a further 1,000 vehicles, after it reduced vehicle idling by some 70 per cent with the telematics systems firm

Deutsche Post DHL has set out plans to expand the number of drop-off points available for private parcel shipments in Germany

Speed Welshpool is investing £150,000 in a new, purpose built depot on a 3.5 acre brownfield site at Buttington Quarry just outside Welshpool

The Mini Plant at Oxford has installed a bespoke conveyor system from LB Foster Materials Handling to provide a constant supply of wheels to the fitting operators on each side of the production line

Toys “Я” Us has signed a deal with Gazeley for the development of a logistics campus and head office south of Paris

The Ministry of Defence has awarded an £87 million contract to Briggs Equipment to manage and maintain a mixed fleet of mechanical handling equipment

UPN has launched its first mobile application, hoping to provide track and trace facilities to its customers and depots

DHL Global Forwarding has become one of the first to test the Tworty Box, a new container which the company says enables a standard 40ft container to be created from two 20 ft containers

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg joined Sainsbury’s in opening its new 250,000 sq ft Thameside distribution centre in South East London, which is set to create more than 600 jobs when fully operational

Norbert Dentressangle has won a two-year warehousing and distribution contract renewal with small domestic equipment provider Groupe SEB