Online grocery sales will almost double over the next five years from £3.7bn to £7.2bn in 2014, according to a study by the Institute of Grocery Distribution

In ten years time key aspects of the UK economy may ultimately fall under the control of overseas governments, and as market opportunities shift, current prominent businesses in both services and manufacturing may move substantially overseas

DSV Road has set up an operation in Guernsey to facilitate the growth of its business in the Channel Islands.

Multipart Supply Chain Solutions will continue to provide parts support to all UK LDV van owners, following its takeover by Indian automotive conglomerate TVS Group.

CitySprint has acquired Midlands-based On The Dot Courier for an undisclosed sum.

Wheelchair supplier Invacare has merged its Welsh operations and taken MGPA’s 151,546 sq ft warehouse at Pencoed Technology Park near Bridgend on a ten-year lease at a rent in the region of £3 per sq ft.

LCD TV maker Kenmark Group has taken ProLogis’ 150,000 sq ft warehouse at Eurohub Corby in Northamptonshire.

The chief executive of truck maker MAN, Håkan Samuelsson, has resigned and is leaving at his own request with immediate effect

The 54,620 sq ft former Vencel Resil polystyrene production and distribution premises located on a 7.1-acre site near Lydney is to be marketed by Lambert Smith Hampton.

Hansen Transmissions International has chosen the RedPrairie Warehouse Management System to support the logistics processes at its new production site in Tianjin, China