Comedian Rufus Hound presided over a dramatic Awards night in London as supply chain leaders battled it out for the ultimate accolade.

With retail buying power concentrated in ever fewer hands – especially in the grocery sector – CPG suppliers must conform to their various customers’ supply chain processes.

Electrocomponents has reduced scrap value in its UK business from £1.4m to £300,000 in two years under Project Enterprise, a scheme to clear excess stock

Mercedes saw truck sales rise 44 per cent to 94,800 units in the third quarter, according to Daimler Trucks

G&J Greenall, the gin distiller, has moved to Wesupply’s One-Time EDI platform for a fully-managed electronic trading service

Kewill has reached agreements with European partners covering Portugal, Italy and Poland to enhance its global electronic customs network, Kewill CustomsXchange

Automation specialist Knapp has opened a new corporate headquarters and development centre at its site in Graz, Austria

Cargotec has reached a cooperation agreement with Finnish group Ficote for the resale of Fico 4Jet waste bin washers

According to DTZ’s first ever Occupier Perspectives European Occupancy Costs – Logistics 2010 report which compares overall occupier costs across Europe, logistics occupiers in the UK will see the slowest rise in cost levels and benefit from relatively lo

Modular building services maker Crown House Technologies has taken Minton’s 129,000 sq ft Trinity Point warehouse in Oldbury