Logistics Link South 2006 had a record 1,937 attendees – a massive 14 per cent increase on last year’s event.
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Toyota Industrial Equipment has launched a 24 volt, 3-wheel electric forklift truck, designed for tight spaces.
Oracle has launched a transport management system based on the software it obtained through its acquisition of G-Log.
Amtrak Express Parcels has launched a new range of international express services which can be booked and tracked via the web.
FDB Distribution has launched a contract packing service. Director Francis De Beer says: “We saw an opportunity, noticing we were storing goods, picking to orders and delivering to local packers on behalf of customers. This is also saving transport costs.
Instore, the discount retailer, has blamed increasing costs at its distribution warehouse for its second profit warning within a month. The owner of the Poundstretcher chain said it had “seen a significant shortfall in sales against internal expectations”
Industrial PC and terminal specialist, DLoG (UK) has introduced a new hand-held industrial computer with seven-inch TFT touch-screen display.
There comes a time in every build project where a developer will think to himself or herself: “If only I could set my own building regs.” Those regulations came about to put a brake on shoddy practice.
Geoff Newton, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, has left the institute after little more than a year in the job.
An employment tribunal at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne has found that Asda illegally offered an inducement to 340 GMB members at its Washington site, to give up a collective agreement.
