Meat supplier Tulip has signed a five-year deal worth £50 million with Gist to become a key logistics provider

Big savings in the supply chain helped Nestlé increase profit margins by 30 basis points to 13.4 per cent in continuing operations last year

Kimberly-Clark Europe has extended its contract for OmPrompt to automate its orders and supply chain connectivity, for a further three years

B2C delivery company Hermes reckons that it can reduce the average cost of failed home deliveries by more than 60 per cent

Occupier take-up of industrial and warehouse space in the western corridor region, including the Thames Valley and West London, totalled 2.34 million sq ft in the second half of 2010 – the highest half yearly level since 2006, say Jones Lang LaSalle

Curtis Real Estate and LaSalle Investment Management are looking to speculatively develop an industrial scheme in London

According to Savills latest Commercial development Activity report survey respondents expect industrial/warehouse related activity to rise modestly, continuing the trend of the previous two months

Harrods is set to relocate is distribution hub from Osterley in West London to Newbury as part of new plans to expand the offering of the iconic store by its new owner Qatari Holding

Castlecool, the temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company, has increased storage space at its Castleblayney facility after taking delivery of an Aisle-Master articulated forklift

New KLM board members; City Link hires Hawley as general manager; McKail joins Damco from Agility; Baracoda makes two US appointments