Unipart has been awarded a £1.3 million grant for advanced technologies at its Coventry site, which will create 90 new jobs

Paul Heaton has retired from Brian Yeardley after 23 years at the company’s Deep Sea and Airfreight department

Roxhill Developments has acquired a 12.5 acre site at Newbridge, Edinburgh from private equity fund Lone Star. No details of the deal have been forthcoming

Deutsche Post DHL improved its carbon efficiency by two index points in 2012 – giving it a 16 per cent improvement in carbon efficiency since 2008, according to its Corporate Responsibility Report for 2012

Online fashion retailer ASOS plans to extend its Barnsley distribution centre by 25 per cent by 2014 to provide the capacity to meet its £1 billion sales target by 2015

The 2013 edition of LM-Sheds is now available for the iPad.

The concept of Sales and Operations Planning is hardly new, but a surprisingly large number of companies, 72 per cent, have only started to make use of it in the past five years, according to a survey by consultants Bearing Point

The €200 million termination fee from UPS provided a welcome boost for TNT Express in the first quarter pushing operating income to €231m. That compares with €54m in the first quarter last year

Jungheinrich UK is celebrating its 50th anniversary. “We are very proud to have reached such a significant milestone in the UK and are looking forward to our next half century working closely with our customers,” said managing director Hans-Herbert Schult

Distribution specialist Ken Mallinson & Sons has added 30 of Krone’s high volume curtainsiders to its fleet