Schoeller Arca Systems has appointed Johan Thans managing director of its UK operations. Thans is based in the company’s European headquarters in Hardenburg, Holland but will spend a large part of his time in the UK working with his local managers.

It’s a month before Christmas and the world’s in a state, There’s a shortage of elves and our gifts will be late, “We can’t get the elves” shouted Santa with dreaad, “They all work in plumbing and banking instead”

A major training programme has been at the core of establishing a common culture for NYK, following the merge of its two large divisions. Japanese owned logistics giant NYK merged its UCI and New Wave logistics divisions a few years ago, to form a new bus

It was more than 20 years ago that supply chain companies first started asking why they needed space suppliers. If they found their own site, surely they wanted a “space enabler”. It sounded cheaper.

The return of the M62 corridor as a logistics location is back on the cards. According to Andrew Pexton of GVA Grimley: “The M62 corridor has always been a relatively strong location in terms of the requirements of distribution companies. Over recent year

Clearstone’s Driver of the Year award has gone to Tom Cross, Aspray Transport driver from Shropshire. As first prize, Tom and a friend have won a trip to Florence, Italy to see the 2007 Ferrari World Finals at the Mugello International Racetrack. The rema

In 2000 it was calculated that the average Londoner ate their way through more that 680 kg of food of which 81 per cent was imported from outside the UK and how did it get into the city – well it was transported there.

Hot on the heels of the news that St Modwen has sold the Antalis unit for nearly £2 million is the news that the company is developing a further 80,000 sq ft of speculative space at its 55 acre Access 18 scheme in Avonmouth.

Royal London Asset Management in conjunction with Development Managers Industrial Securities has secured consent for the first phase of a one million sq ft mixed-use scheme on the 50-acre former BAE Systems site at Greengate, Chadderton, Oldham.

Hong Kong-based power tools manufacturer Ryobi has taken Oxfordshire’s biggest speculative building the 167,409 sq ft ProLogis Park Didcot on Purchas Road.