Warehouse automation supplier Knapp UK has concluded the first year of its apprenticeship scheme to train engineers to maintain its clients’ automated logistics systems

The Princess Royal has opened Norbert Dentressangle’s warehouse in Tamworth

The global pharmaceutical industry needs to develop different supply chain models for different product types and patient segments, and learn to use supply chains as a means of market differentiation, a report from PwC argues

City Link parent Rentokil Initial has blamed the parcel carrier’s worsening losses on poor operational management

Aerospace group SR Technics has renewed its contract with K+N for a further five year

Builders merchant Travis Perkins has chosen Briggs Equipment for a £5 million contract to supply nearly 400 trucks and other materials handling equipment to one of the country’s largest builders’ merchants and home improvement retailers

Manhattan Associates has appointed Craig Sears-Black managing director, UK

Homebase has extended its contract with Unipart for 12 years after a review of its distribution strategy concluded that it needed a longer term relationship with a partner to supp[ort its growth plans

Panalpina has bought Grieg Logistics, which provides freight forwarding, domestic transport, warehousing, distribution and customs clearance services from 14 sites in Norway

Colliers and CBRE are joint letting agents on the second phase of IM Properties Birch Coppice Business park scheme in Warwickshire