Manchester Airport’s parent group MAG’s outline planning application has been approved for a £100 million world logistics hub in the southern part of Greater Manchester’s Airport City Enterprise Zone

Palletforce has launched a new direct Italian service with pallet network One Express as its strategic partner

UK utilities business UVDB, run by supply chain management firm Achilles, has moved to a new platform for supplier pre-qualification

Honeywell has launched a rugged smart phone, the Dolphin 70e Black Enterprise Hybrid Device

Classic Fine Foods has taken on Balloon One’s Springboard Mobile system to automate its proof of delivery process

Laurence Tanty has joined packaging firm The Notbox Company as European growth consultant

Nestrade SA, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Nestlé has awarded its Belgian distribution contract to DB Schenker

UK software firm m-hance has launched its Delivery Management to further extend the supply chain functionality of its financial management systems

UPS is ahead of schedule on its mammoth task to clear up the London 2012 Olympics, moving out of the athletes’ village today

Darrell Stein, Marks & Spencer’s director of IT and logistics, is splitting his role to become director of IT, while Dirk Lembregts has been recruited to take on the new role of director of supply chain