At the time of writing this column, we have another surge of interest in the popular press and TV on “Scourge of the White Van Man”.

Hi-Store has been involved in designing and installing industrial ‘back-of-house’ floors for many years, meeting the needs of a rapidly expanding market.

A huge demand for distribution warehousing is transforming the sector in the North and North East. While many will agree the past few years have seen a distinct move away from the Midlands to areas such as Doncaster in South Yorkshire,

The advice from the government is that operators will need to be ready to use digital tachographs in new HGVs and PSVs from May this year.

The site features a combination of Link 51 pallet racking and shelving systems much of which is centred on a two-tier ‘floor over’ structure which was also installed by Link 51.

The increase of 9.5 per cent means that rail freight has grown by 60 per cent since 1995, and that the amount of freight moved, measured by billion net tonne kilometres, is at its highest level since 1977.

Hyster will unveil its new VNA man-up turret trucks at this year’s Manutention in Paris. The C-series offers application-matched performance and dependability, productivity, and low cost of ownership.

Target Express has completed the first commercial mailing through its new postal service, Target Post.

Industrial PC and terminal specialist, DLoG (UK) has introduced a new hand-held industrial computer with seven-inch TFT touch-screen display.

Oracle has launched a transport management system based on the software it obtained through its acquisition of G-Log.