A plan for a 200,000 sq ft employment and distribution scheme at Vantage Park, Grantham, has been submitted to South Kesteven Council by developer Steeple Court.

Acorn Developments, an affiliate of Industrial Process Plants and Equipment Corporation (IPP), has completed an agreement to acquire the former Kodak imaging chemicals production facility at Kirkby Industrial Estate in Knowsley near Liverpool.

Transmec has chosen Tom Tom Work for its fleet. As well as providing track and trace facilities, the system allows real time management of the communication with any of the vehicles on the road.

Tranman fleet software now incorporates web portal technology to enable customers to extend access to specific parts of the software to their clients and suppliers. Web portal access benefits the customer by allowing data, such as mileage updates, vehicle

To enable just-in-time schedules to be met, companies need not only a robust vehicle fleet but they need a robust fleet management system. This ensures minimum vehicle downtime and that commercial vehicles are legally compliant and correctly maintained so

Chris Pavlosky was born and brought up in the village of Thorne in South Yorkshire and worked at Markham Main Colliery after leaving school. His career took him into management consultancy with Coopers & Lybrand in New York. He was also managing director

The decision by the Far Eastern Freight Conference to impose a congestion charge of £70 ($145) per TEU on cargo coming into the UK from Asia has, quite understandably, been greeted with outrage by shippers and forwarders alike.

The regeneration of East London ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games is providing work for many UK companies, among them Spaceway Group, which has just completed the fitting out of Buhler Sortex’s new distribution centre. Buhler Sortex, supplier of optical sor

Increased business at Kwan Yick meant a larger warehouse was needed to store its stock of more than 1,000 ambient food product lines which are aimed at producers of Chinese meals.

A Link 51 pallet racking layout which centres on a very narrow aisle design and the comprehensive use of pick and drop stations is helping Europe’s largest manufacturer of malted ingredients to maximise its storage efficiency. The 1,200 pallet position la