Gem Logistics has hired Frank Ring as business development manager with the task of bringing new customers into its site at Raunds in Northamptonshire.

Furniture manufacturer and retailer Steinhoff which includes such brands as Harveys, The Furniture Store and Bensons for Beds has bought the 422,784 sq ft Hydro warehouse at Magna Park from the Receivers

Developer Gazeley has introduced new computer software called G3volution that allows customers to walk through a 3D model of their warehouse and make changes in real-time

Arla Dairies has secured planning for a 235,364 sq ft warehouse facility at Goodman’s Hatfield Business Park in Hertfordshire

I shop; a lot. In fact I so like shopping that I also shop at work on the net. It’s marvellous. I can buy what the heck I like but the big problem is that I have to be at home when it is delivered

The Rail Freight Group has called the Office of Rail Regulation rethink proposals for a levy on operators moving power station coal, iron ore and spent nuclear fuel, which could amount to an additional £60m year

I’ve heard it said that Apple knows more about what is going on in its competitors’ supply chains than the competitors do themselves. Just hyperbole? Probably. What is true is that Apple has come out top in the Gartner Top 25 supply chain listing

Software company Foursoft saw its EBITDA rise by 62 per cent in its financial year 2011-2012

Palletforce has appointed a European network director to push forward the expansion of its network on the continent

Engineering mobility firm SCHAD has hired Simon Cassar as UK sales manager