Kewill has appointed Nicole van der Meijs as international business consultant within its Global Trade Management team in Europe.

The FTA has described plans to increase fuel duty by 2 pence per litre in the UK as “unthinkable” instead insisting it should be cut by 25 pence per litre to bring it in line with the rest of Europe.

The Royal Mail Group has awarded IT and business services company Logica a five year contract to install and support two centralised business intelligence systems for the Post Office.

Laura Ashley has introduced a new fleet of forklift trucks at its Coalville site, which it reckons will cost less over the trucks’ lifecycle than the fleet that it replaces.

Demand for logisticians is as strong as ever. Industry challenges such as increasingly complex supply chains, shorter lead times, and global sourcing means customers are demanding more, and companies such as DHL Exel Supply Chain, need

I am privileged to have worked in the logistics sector for many years. While I don’t quite go back to the days when Pontius was a pilot, I have been fortunate enough to work with and for some real characters whose working lives dated back to the post-war

Over the past few years insurance costs for commercial buildings have risen beyond inflation. High profile incidents such as the Buncefield fuel depot explosion in Hertfordshire in 2005, have continued to drive premiums higher.

Over recent years the A14 corridor, which snakes its way east from the heart of the golden triangle to the Port of Felixstowe, has grown in stature as the importance of the east coast ports themselves has

When all is said and done, the West Midlands is still the best logistics location in the country and agents say there are plenty of enquiries for space in the region.

Kuehne + Nagel has secured ProLogis’ Crossflow 540 warehouse at its ProLogis Park Wellingborough scheme at WEAST on a ten-year lease at a rent of around £4.50 per sq ft.