Derrick Potter, board member of the Rail Freight Group and chairman of the Potter Group, a leading independent UK road and rail logistics service provider, has welcomed a new incentive to boost rail freight announced by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA).
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LOGISTICS LINK 2004 proved to be yet another winner, for the third year, running with more than 1,600 logistics professionals having converged on Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey, to see the latest technologies and service provision designed to drive down cost
In the early months of 2004, here at Gazeley we have seen the emergence of a significant number of specific requirements for large distribution centres around the UK – in some cases for depots as large as 65,030sq m – and I am sure that we are not alone.
The Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA) reports that is “more than satisfied” with tap, the UK’s first online vehicle service planning and scheduling tool which automatically updates and archives service, maintenance and legal documentation and prov
Fullers Logistics, the key logistics partner to Masterfoods’ (formerly Mars Confectionery) site in Slough, has awarded a major contract to integrated materials handling and storage equipment company Locators to supply a range of Toyota industrial equipmen
The Elica Group, which manufactures cooker hoods, has selected TXT e-solutions to provide software solutions to support new developments throughout all of its supply chain. The agreement envisages implementation of an organisational model assigning resp
IN this country, Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) have seen a flurry of planning applications for logistics developments, characterised by large-scale high quality schemes in strategic locations with good road networks. NAI Fuller Peiser undertook a surv
Electrical retailer Comet has awarded two major contracts to Exel, which will see the 3PL managing a new 41,850sq m regional distribution centre (RDC) in the North-west as well as operating Comet’s entire UK transport network. The two and a half year tran
British industrial and logistics locations are among the most expensive in Europe with London remaining at the top of the table according to research by international property adviser DTZ, which employs more than 6,550 staff at 125 offices in 33 countries
Europe’s transport network faces many challenges and concerns with congestion, tolling, higher operating costs and worsening environmental impact being just some of the continuing constraints and problems imposed by the growth in road transport. Such issu
