Bibby Distribution has appointed Nick Graham, formerly director of transport UK and Ireland at Wincanton, to its team of divisional directors

David Scott, head of warehouse and distribution for Torque, has been appointed to the management board of UKWA

RedPrairie has acquired Toronto-based Vortex Connect, a manufacturer of mobile workforce management systems for business-to-employee communications and operations

An FLTA member dealer who had advised that a counterbalance truck was beyond economical repair, was subsequently contacted by the vehicle’s new owner who had purchased it without warranty online

A change in attitudes to parcel deliveries is set to double the volume of items which UK consumers have shipped to alternative collection points rather than their homes over the next five years, according to Global Freight Solutions’ analysis of the pre-C

Operating profit rose 50 per cent at Boughey Distribution to £3m last year, parent NWF Group revealed in its annual results

Caterpillar Logistics Services, which has just been taken over by Platinum Equity, has appointed Jos Opdeweegh as chief executive

Manufacturers are taking production back in house and looking for local supply capability in response to increased supply chain disruption cause by recession and natural disasters

Menzies Distribution, which distributes newspapers and magazines produced an operating profit of £14m in the first half of 2012, up from £13.7m last year, despite a 3.7 per cent fall in sales to £648.2m

VIA Coldstores has taken delivery of four giant stainless steel coolers which can keep 14,000 pallets of frozen produce at -25°C at its facility in Scunthorpe