Lorry drivers will be limited to a five day working week on alternate weeks from 2007, the European Union has decided. Under new drivers hours rules, drivers will have to take a 45 hour weekly rest in any two weeks.
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Cranfield School of Management has launched a Supply Chain Risk Forum in response to global events such as; 9/11, the foot and mouth outbreak and hurricane Katrina, which have all impacted on organisations and global supply chains.
The GMB union in Lancashire, has announced that its members employed at the JJB Sports distribution warehouse in Martland Park, Wigan, have voted by 9 to 1 in an official ballot to take strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.
Christian Salvesen has set itself the key target of turning around its UK transport business over the coming months.
TDG has warned that profits for 2006 could be materially below those in 2005 because rationalisation in the retail sector means that renewal rates in UK contract logistics are lower than normal.
Business Post Group announces that Paul Carvell, chief executive, has resigned from the Group with immediate effect to pursue other opportunities.
The Chancellor, Gordon Brown, has announced the creation of a new Government/Industry taskforce to consider the recommendations of the Burns Freight taxes inquiry.
DHL is making more than 60 staff redundant as well as abolishing a number of temporary posts and short term contracts. In total some 120 jobs are affected. There had been speculation that the number of redundancies could be as high as 250.
TNT is to quit the logistics business to focus on its network operations in mail, express and freight management.
3663 First for Foodservice, one of the UK’s leading foodservice wholesale distributors, has opened a brand new multi-temperature depot at Kinswood Lakeside Business Park, Cannock.
