Wilkinson has placed a £1.4m order with Psion Teklogix for a picking system which uses voice technology, to boost productivity in its warehouses.

FKI Logistex is expanding its corporate and management structure by creating a pan-European regional office and customer service & support division.

Cat lift truck dealer Briggs Equipment UK, has won a £500,000 contract to supply Uniq Prepared Foods with a range of materials handling equipment including counterbalance and reach trucks.

More than eight out of 10 supply chain professionals say their business has a formal scheme in place to improve sustainable distribution performance, according to the latest research by international food and grocery expert IGD.

The Freight Transport Association is calling for suppliers to produce satellite navigation systems which better suit commercial vehicles during freight operations.

Smith Electric Vehicles has launched its first delivery vehicles for mainland Europe.

SEGRO is expecting to break the £6 per sq ft rent barrier with the first speculative phase of its Meteor Park development in Aston, Birmingham.

Fresh fish and seafood product company Cumbrian Holdings has taken a 125,000 sq ft unit built by Grantside at Foxcover Industrial Estate at Seaham in County Durham at a rent of £4.75 per sq ft.

Gladman Developments has won detailed planning permission and started on site with a speculative 200,000 sq ft industrial and distribution development on the A14 at Saxham, near Bury St Edmunds.

Gazeley and UK Coal developer Haworth Estates have submitted plans for an 850,000 sq ft sustainable logistics building near Ashby de la Zouche in Leicestershire, which could create up to 900 jobs.