Delhaize will optimise its supply chain with the scheduling and collaboration functionality of the RedPrairie solution.

Meachers Group has leased a further 30,000 sq ft of warehousing, adjacent to its five-acre site at Nursling, to cater for an increase in demand for storage for existing contracts and to cater for additional new business.

The Bottlegreen Drinks Company has awarded its outsourced warehousing and UK distribution to Gloucestershire-based Downton.

The latest fuel duty rise will push many businesses already struggling with the economic downturn over the edge, according to the Freight Transport Association.

TecnoCom, the Spanish information and communication technology service provider, has renewed its contract with Ceva Logistics.

The Ordnance Survey has released new “steep road” information for satnav providers to route lorry drivers more appropriately.

Tate & Lyle has signed a deal with Russell Group to deliver sugar from East London to Scotland by rail.

Iveco has delivered a Eurocargo diesel-electric parallel hybrid urban distribution vehicle to Coca-Cola Enterprises at the European Business Summit in Brussels.

Hyster has extended its Fortens forklift range with the introduction of an 8-9 tonne capacity series.

Surefreight, which operates between Britain, Ireland and continental Europe, reckons it has achieved cost savings equal to an annual £300,000 in trials of the EcoTrak system.