Half of the athletes’ apartments for the London 2012 Olympics have already been fully furnished, with 117 days to go, and the entire village due to be completed by May, according to UPS which is responsible for the event logistics
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Wincanton has created a dedicated Olympics area on its web site
FedEx, Eddie Stobart and DHL have all made the Top 20 Business Superbrands for 2012
MP Margaret Hodge has visited the Coca-Cola Enterprises sustainable warehouse at Voltaic in Dagenham, operated by Howard Tenens
The Food Storage and Distribution Federation has launched a programme of events to help support its members with their planning and preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games
The British International Freight Association is offering logistics advice for the staging of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games at a number of locations throughout the UK, via its web site
Companies based in transport hot-spots that make or receive freight deliveries need to start planning for the Olympics now, London’s transport commissioner Peter Hendy has warned
Almost a third (32 per cent) of logistics firms run the risk of not capitalising on the economic opportunity of the Olympics because they are not making basic preparations such as plans to deal with staff absenteeism or adapting their delivery schedules,
DPD UK, the express parcels operator, has hired Mark Donnellan to devise a plan to avoid disruption to deliveries during the Olympic Games
Jones Lang LaSalle predicts growth by the middle of 2012, and already has some 24 million sq ft of stated enquiries for logistics units in the Southern and Midlands markets alone
