Brewers Scottish Courage and Carlsberg-Tetley are already doing it, and others are set to follow. What is causing such a stir? Pooling. According to mobile asset management company TrenStar UK, all the breweries in the UK are accepting pooling “as a damn

Manchester-based lozenge and cough sweets producer Cadbury Adams has dispensed with traditional one-trip packaging and associated packaging waste in favour of Linpac Materials Handling’s versatile reusable reel delivery system. Until now the 70kg film lam

Stationery and office supplies company Spicers has taken on a fleet of Atlet reach trucks and pallet transporters at its Greenwich regional distribution centre (RDC). Spicers selected the trucks because of their ability to “multi task” in a warehouse that

Factory gate pricing (FGP) is here to stay for the UK retail logistics supply chain, although there is still much to learn as the FGP model continues to evolve. More and more suppliers and hauliers are becoming involved in FGP, albeit some begrudgingly. T

Manufacturer BT Rolatruc has devised a programme to help companies save money by reducing the amount of damage that occurs within materials handling operations.

British Waterways is to develop an inland port at Stourton, Leeds, for use by barges delivering non-time sensitive freight to the area. The company has bought eight acres of canal-side land at Stourton as part of plans to encourage more freight to be carr

The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) is to consult with government planning and transport officials in order to improve the planning process for developing major rail freight interchanges. There are proposals to create at least 40 rail freight interchanges

Savi Technology, Matrics and the MIT Auto-ID Centre have teamed up to offer an integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) solution that simultaneously monitors the conveyances that transport products.

The need for traditional, costly distribution hubs could be eliminated by using an advanced new logistics strategy, claims Walsh Western International (WWI). The third-party logistics provider has just launched Dynamic In-Transit Merge (DITM) to cut costs

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the logistics and distribution sectors “are struggling with the burden of in-house IT management”, says a survey commissioned by JBS Computer Services. As a result, says the survey, the SMEs are being distract