Swansea-based electronics company Trojan is setting up a dedicated e-tail sales and distribution centre at the Welsh Industrial Partnership’s 33,381 sq ft Olympus B warehouse.

Dorset accessories distributor Kondor is set to expand into a 60,000 sq ft warehouse in Christchurch in March.

Toy firm KandyToys has submitted plans for a new 60,000 sq ft warehouse opposite its existing facility at Hill Barton Business Park.

An online campaign supporting Stobart Group’s redevelopment of Carlisle Airport has been started on social networking website Facebook.

I admit that I have no obvious examples to back up this claim, but I am going to make it anyway: supply chain initiatives saved some companies from bankruptcy during the recession

Tests of mobile phone scanning apps by supply chain experts have highlighted major problems – and some hilarious inaccuracies. Cranfield’s professor Richard Wilding said: “Third-party, generic smart phone apps did not perform well.”

Toshiba has selected Panalpina to handle overland business from its Regensburg distribution centre in Germany to Moscow

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has elected Michael Steen chairman.

Clover shipping has bought a selection of software products from Four Soft, including its global control tower application 4S Visilog, global TMS 4S eTrans and its customs compliance solution 4S eCustoms

GAC has signed an agency agreement with TransAtlantic to support Arctic oil and gas exploration, and extending the use of the Northern Sea Route