First half pre-tax profit at Business Post fell to £3m from £8.6m last year as a result of difficult economic conditions. Sales were up 21 per cent to £133m.
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Ian Stirling Haulage is the winner of the Skills for Logistics award for Scotland’s Top Training Road Haulage Operator.
Wincanton’s underlying operating profit rose 5.3 per cent to £20m for the first half on sales up 9.9 per cent to at £879.8m.
Sainsbury’s is reorganising its depot network so that the number of miles per case being travelled is reduced and the network’s ability to respond to demand is increased.
Prime minister Tony Blair has officially opened Argos’s new distribution centre in Darlington. The 737,000 sq ft distribution centre is home to Argos Direct, Argos’ home delivery business.
Cranleigh Freight Services has taken delivery of two mega double deck road trains for the European fleet.
Exel, has extended its existing contract with Verlagsunion, one of the largest magazine distributors in Germany.
The European Commission has cleared, under the EU merger regulation, the proposed acquisition of Exel by Deutsche Post.
According to figures released from the Department for Transport (DfT), the number of lorries from the EU states which joined the European Union in May 2004, have shown an enormous growth in journeys to the UK.
P&O’s £325m pension deficit appears to be the last hurdle in the negotiations over a proposed £3bn takeover bid from DP World.
