Chester-Le-Street-based haulage firm Simpson Bros has taken delivery of 22 new Scanias, as part of its £2 million investment in its fleet

Hermes is expanding its head office in Morley, near Leeds. It has signed a six year lease on Tomlinson House opposite Capitol House, the existing head office, to create additional capacity

Tesco is seeking planning permission to construct a distribution development on part of the former Esso Research Centre in Milton Hill, Vale of White Horse, near Didcot

Royal Mail is shifting its focus to capitalise on the growth of online retailing to compensate for the decline in the number of letters it handles

Howard Tenens has won the Alternative Low Carbon Fuels and Technologies category at the Freight Transport Association’s Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme Awards

Yusen Logistics has added two new routes to its LCL network, as part of the company’s expansion of its Direct LCL Services

Lymm- based factory and logistics automation company, Conveyor Networks, has acquired control systems company Capley Marker Systems

Damco is taking steps to simplify its business, increase efficiency and expand its office network from 350 to 600 over the next three years

Following strong annual results from its shareholder, PayPoint, CollectPlus has increased its parcel volumes to 7.7 million transactions a year rsulting in revenue growth to £17.8 million

SSI Schaefer has expanded the logistics centre of food retailer Lidl in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany with an automated picking warehouse