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Wincanton says trading results since the start of it financial year in April “give grounds for cautious optimism with a recovery in customer volumes and of a stronger new business pipeline”.

Over the past few years the Stobart Group has been transformed from a traditional haulier with a cult following into a £450m logistics business. Chief executive Andrew Tinkler explains the thinking to Malory Davies.

Palmer & Harvey has selected VSc Solutions’ Integrated Mobile Delivery Management System for its 550-strong fleet, which handles 5,800 deliveries a day across 12 depots.

Talk about property in the air cargo business and everyone thinks of Heathrow and high rents. But regional airports like East Midlands and Manchester have big plans for growth, Malory Davies reports.

Chevron Australia has signed a deal with Toll Group, an integrated logistics services provider in the Asian region, to manage the Barrow Island Supply Base and Logistics Services contract for the Gorgon Project.

All across Europe, banks are writing off billions of euros as the credit crunch takes its toll. Deutsche Bank’s last figures show that pre-tax profit for the quarter April-June at 642m euros was down from 2.7 billion euros the year before.