Third-party logistics provider Exel is helping retailer Selfridges to get its new store in Birmingham running successfully by providing in-store logistics services so that the shop floor space is dedicated to sales activities only.

Shipping company DFDS Tor Line’s relationship with Volvo Logistics has been extended to the end of 2005. The renewed contract, which uses DFDS Tor Line’s EuroBridge and Anglobridge services, is expected to increase volumes of finished products and compone

Healthcare products manufacturer SSL is using European logistics firm Christian Salvesen to handle its inbound and outbound distribution in the UK as part of a £5M contract.

The North-west is a diverse region and home to seven million people – almost one eighth of the total UK population – characterised by the two major cities of Liverpool and Manchester.

Companies including Tesco, Boots and Sainsbury’s are rushing to use Nightspeed’s new Printspeed service, resulting in a major business increase for the parcels company.

Retailer New Look has selected DTS Logistics to provide a dedicated delivery service to its Scottish stores. Pre-retail and garment logistics company DTS is operating high volume, flexible double-manned demountable vehicles from Cumbernauld for overnight

Worcester-based contract packing, storage and logistics business Oakland International has notched up £800,000 worth of new business since introducing its innovative chilled consolidation and distribution service.

The term future-proof has entered the language through IT systems but applies equally to the modern distribution centre.

Gladman Developments is in the process of obtaining planning permission for another of its ground-breaking ‘Big Five’ distribution / warehouse schemes at Sherburn in Elmet, east of Leeds. And, if given the go-ahead, the scheme will feature one of the larg

Location, location, location remains the property market watch word, although it is no longer safe to assume that a good logistics location is simply measured as the proximity to an arterial motorway.