be undertaken outside of normal working hours, with minimum disruption to normal business.

Council (LPC) demonstrate that 60% of fires were brought under control by no more than four sprinklers.

Fire, in the most severe cases, is a serious threat to business continuity and survival. In fact some businesses do not recover. Deferred customers may never return.

A new logistics training scheme has just been launched in West Lothian, an area of dynamic economic growth strategically located between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The 21st German Logistics Congress will be held from October 20-22 in Berlin

More than six hundred logistics professionals recently met in Barcelona to discuss competitiveness

We must ensure that what we tackle we can achieve,’ says Graham Ewer, the new president of the European Logistics Association

Though build to order continues to elude carmakers, technological developments such as RFID and web-based solutions are speeding up the auto supply chain.

As data capture becomes more widespread in the supply chain, the idea of tracking is increasingly being seen as a way to boost service levels.

Although becoming the first truly pan-European operator has been on the agenda of logistics companies for some time, the record shows all still falling short. Here, we rank the firms that are racing to secure the top spot.