Cold store and distribution specialist Yearsley has snapped up the former Innovate logistics facility in Chesterfield for £6.3 million.

Developer Muse has started what is believed to be the first speculative big shed development in the country for nearly a year with its proposal for two warehouses of 92,000 sq ft and 67,000 sq ft on Plot F at its Eurocentral scheme in Scotland.

Food packaging specialist, Ono, has received Class A certification for planning and control at its French plant, following a successful business improvement programme. The company has enjoyed 30 per cent growth, reduced handling, warehousing and freight c

Coventry beckons for logistics buyers as Logistics Link Live gears up for live demonstrations of the latest technology at the Ricoh Arena.

Graylaw Freight Group has seen greatly improved visibility and fleet efficiency since deploying Isotrak’s vehicle telematics solution which links to CANbus.

Cadbury has saved £145,000 since introducing Deltion’s web-based transport management system, CarrierNet, to its operation last year.

The Home Depot, one of the world’s largest home improvement retailers with more than 1,600 stores, has rolled out Descartes’ software-as-aservice fleet management package to allow stores to better manage delivery of goods.

Nestlé reckons it can trade with small customers as efficiently as it does with major supermarket groups after implementing OmPrompt’s Intelligent Message Management service.

Focus is shifting from cost reduction to customer service improvement to increase revenue and reduce total cost across the extended supply chain, according to Mark Parkhurst of One Network. An approach which he says requires improved collaboration across

Huhtamaki, the global speciality and consumer packaging company, has created £80,000 of savings in the first year after deploying Snapfulfil’s WMS at ts three southern area UK warehouses.