Weak market conditions, particularly on the North American trade lanes, hit volumes and sales at IAG Cargo in the first quarter

Norbert Dentressangle has been chosen to provide St Austell Brewery with a distribution platform in Avonmouth, to support the company’s expansion beyond the West Country

The Fork Lift Truck Association has urged caution when working at heights, following Pakistani politician and former world-class cricketer Imran Khan’s accident involving a fork lift truck

Specialist in material handling, Barloworld Belgium, has become fully independent from its parent company, the Barloworld group, and been renamed B-Close, as part of a management buy-out agreement

DB Schenker Logistics has invested €53 million (£44.8 million) in a new terminal in Vantaa, Finland, to operate land transport, parcel services, home deliveries and air and ocean freight

The United Kingdom Warehousing Association has adopted Transaid as its official charity, pledging to raise significant funding in support of various of the charity’s projects

ToolsGroup’s Service Optimizer 99+ supply chain planning suite has been implemented by Costa Express, as part of its supply chain transformation, which has also included changes to its logistics and warehousing partner

Marks & Spencer has officially opened its new 900,000 sq ft distribution centre in Castle Donington, which will be used both as an e-commerce distribution centre and a national distribution centre

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency has warned van operators that those not complying with regulations would be targeted by the authorities, at the Freight Transport Association’s recent Van Excellence conference

Parcel carrier DPD will invest £100 million to build a new 330,000 sq ft parcel hub at Hinckley Commercial Park in the East Midlands