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Ensuring that supply chain is on the boardroom agenda is a key challenge for many industry professionals. But how much greater is the challenge of ensuring it is at the core of international trade agreements?

Kuehne and Nagel is to build at 632,285 sq ft distribution centre at Goodman’s 165 acre Derby Commercial Park just off Raynesway

CitySprint has acquired The Courier Service, the Enfield-based delivery company which offers parcel deliveries in the UK and continental Europe

Continental Tyres has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for a further five years, and extended the scope of the operation

Impact Handling has taken over Birmingham-based materials handling firm Abex as part of its plan to strengthen its network coverage as distributor for Cat Lift Trucks in the UK and Ireland

Fashion retailer New Look has started using a bespoke multi-carrier selection tool developed by Global Freight Solutions, which has the potential to handle more than 30,000 orders a day

Seafast is to double the capacity of its temperature controlled handling facility at Felixstowe and rebrand it from Seafast Celsius to Seafast Cold-Chain Logistics

Gregory Distribution has won a £300,000 contract to deliver plastic milk containers from the High Wycombe manufacturer Blowplast to the Medina Dairy operation in Wickham near Fareham in Hampshire

Glen Dimplex Home Appliances, which makes cookers and fridges, has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for three years