Skills for Logistics has established the SfL Research & Policy Group, which aims to help improve the logistics sector and skills development within it by better understanding the political, economic and social environment the sector operates in.

Neal Walker has stepped up as Scania UK’s regional executive director for the South East.

Kraft Foods has implemented Terra Technology’s Demand Sensing software in North America to help decrease costs, improve service levels and reduce inventory.

Home Delivery Network Limited has added a new commercial transport model to its portfolio of customer services, designed to offer a UK-wide delivery and collection service.

Without good supply chain planning it’s hard to understand how any commercial enterprise can operate profitably – particularly so at present, with tight economic conditions placing a heavy emphasis on rigorous cost control

Small and medium sized businesses in the UK transport and logistics sector already struggling to cope with the effects of the economic downturn are owed £727 million on any given day because of suppliers and customers failing to pay on time, according to

Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) is set to launch what it says is the world’s first internal combustion hybrid lift truck to the Japanese market in December 2009.

A new logistics academy designed to boost skills training has been launched in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

Sainsbury’s Online is ordering an additional 50 electric vans from Smith Electrics, which it reckons will make its electric delivery fleet the largest in Britain.

LDV, the Birmingham-based van manufacturer has gone into administration after efforts to find a white knight failed.