The government’s high fuel duty strategy, coupled with the increasing operation of foreign lorries in the UK, is causing serious problems for the Scottish transport industry, according to the FTA.

RFID technology has not yet delivered in all that many places, Peter Ward, supply chain and RFID leader for IBM UK told delegates to the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s 6th Retail Logistics Summit in London last month.

TNT Express is to introduce the first-ever express road service between the United Arab Emirates and Iran.

Retail group Nisa-Today’s has signed a five year contract with Bibby Distribution extending the relationship between to two companies to 25 years.

NYK Logistics has won a major logistics contract with computer and peripherals retailer, PC World, part of DSG International.

Mitsubishi is changing the way it does business in the UK involving a radical switch from a distributor-based operation to one that puts dealers in direct communication with the parent company’s European base at Almere in the Netherlands.

There has been a run of freehold deals in the North-West.

ProLogis has won two industry awards. “Property Week” magazine and Germany’s “Immobilien Zeitung” named ProLogis “European Industrial/Distribution/ Logistics Developer of the Year” for 2005 at the recent Expo Real conference in Munich.

Palletline is investing around £360,000 over three years in 39 LPG powered Linde 39XH20T forklift trucks, with 33 going to the Birmingham hub and the remainder to Greenford.

Everton Football Club has increased the space in its relocated warehouse with the installation of double deep racking and an Atlet XTF extending forks reach truck.