Bibby Distribution has won a three-year contract with Japanese food manufacturer Mizkan, which has seen it open a new 212,000 sq ft warehouse and distribution facility in Corby and employ an additional 100 staff

Push versus pull supply chain models will come under scrutiny when Gary Curzon, global operations and services planning manager at Waters Corporation, speaks at the Supply Chain Standard 1-2-1 Summit next month

Morrisons has signed a deal with Ocado to launch a home delivery service from January next year. Chief executive Dalton Philips said: “The customer gets our affordable fresh food delivered by Ocado’s state of the art distribution system”

CLECAT, which represent European freight forwarders, is pressing the European Commission not to abandon its goal of a liberalised single European transport area

Cartwright, the Altrincham-based trailer builder, expects to create 300 new jobs using funds from the government’s Regional Growth Fund

Dachser is investing in a new integrated logistics centre in Brackmills, Northampton

The ocean freight forwarding division of U-Freight Group, U-Ocean, is relocating to a new office and warehouse facility in Rotterdam, as part of its expansion in The Netherlands

Power Automation Systems has been chosen by Yearsley Logistics to provide its new Heywood facility with an automated storage and retrieval system, the PowerStor system solution

Stobart Group has reported a 12 per cent rise in underlying operating profit to £44.9m for the year to 28th February, despite what chief executive officer Andrew Tinkler described as a “turbulent year”

Tuffnells Parcels Express has awarded its nationwide delivery fleet renewal contract to Ryder