UPS calculates that it avoided driving 63.5 million miles last year saving about 68,000 tonnes of greenhouses gases, according to its annual Sustainability Report.

Visitors to Logistics Link North will be able to access free wi-fi throughout the show – enabling them to can concentrate on the cost-saving and productivity-raising ideas on offer while staying on contact with the office or warehouse

Martyn Pellew, the former group development director of PD Ports, has been appointed president of the British Chambers of Commerce

John Lewis Partnership hopes to save one million litres of fuel a year after fitting the Daimler FleetBoard telematics system to the entire heavy truck fleet for John Lewis and Waitrose

Members of the British Industrial Truck Association have reported sales of just over 24,000 units in the year to June, up 25 per cent from the same period last year

Plans to speed up the movement of rail freight from Felixstowe to the Midlands have taken another step forward after the Infrastructure Planning Commission accepted for examination proposals for the Ipswich chord

More than two thirds of fleets that use vehicle tracking reckon it cuts costs, according to the Ctrack Vehicle Tracking Survey

BMW has signed a three year contract with DHL Supply Chain to increase dealership deliveries in Scotland and Northern England

United Biscuits has refurbished and upgraded 22 automated high bay cranes at its Ashby-de-la-Zouch distribution centre resulting in a 27 per cent increase in capacity, 45 per cent fewer errors and faster, safer repair and maintenance procedures

Professional development is critical to improving your career prospects – and visitors to Logistics Link North will have the opportunity to experience some of the courses and CPD support offered by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport