Developer Gladman has secured outline planning permission for the UK’s largest distribution warehouse at its Vertical Point distribution park on the former Bevercotes Colliery in Nottinghamshire.

Honey Monster Foods, which makes Sugar Puffs breakfast cereal, has selected Belgravium’s real-time mobile computing system at its Southall-based manufacturing facility.

Heineken UK has replaced its Electronic Data Interchange infrastructure with Kewill’s large enterprise integration as a software offering, MessageBroker, and business-to-business managed file transfer service, Xchange.

DB Schenker Rail has appointed Alain Thauvette head of Region West, as well as chief executive of DB Schenker Rail UK.

Toyota Material Handling has added sites in Kent and Gloucester to its UK network.

Some of the cleverest technology in the supply chain is going into multi-channel retailing. But at the end of the process someone has to deliver the goods to the customer’s home. And that last few feet is where the biggest problems lie.

UK shoppers spent £5.46 billion online in December – the equivalent of £88.93 for every person in the UK – up 17 per cent on December 2008, according to IMRG Capgemini’s e-Retail Sales Index.

Brakes is working with Eddie Stobart Rail Freight to transport fresh produce from Spain into the UK for Pauleys, its fresh produce specialist.

SBS Worldwide has appointed Lars Kloch US managing director, in a bid to strengthen its presence in North America.

Schmitz Cargobull is warning that trailer prices will rise across Europe in the coming months, as a result of spiralling material costs.