ON April 1, 2005 all commercial properties in the UK will have their business rates adjusted by a Revaluation, with the rateable values being determined by the Inland Revenue Valuation Office Agency (VOA) in England and Wales, and by the Scottish Assessor
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Comet has awarded a major contract to Amtrak Express Parcels as part of moves to improve home delivery services. Amtrak is delivering Comet’s small electrical and electronic items, working alongside existing carrier Parcelforce
Linde Material Handling (UK) is planning three new product launches including a “revolutionary” design which will be previewed next Spring. The company’s sales and marketing director, Stephen Moule, is saying little about the revolutionary product
Delta Impact, strategic supply solutions provider to electronic manufacturers, has spent about £100,000 with ERP specialist CPiO for a Sage Line 500 upgrade. The three-year contract, which includes software, service and support, replaces Delta Impact’s
Interoute Transport Services has invested in five new trailers to handle increases in its next-day express pallet distribution and haulage business. The five curtainsided single deck trailers from Lawrence David have pillarless sides. These offer i
Affimet, part of the Transformation division of Pechiney Group and specialist in aluminium recycling, has completed its first tender with procurement service provider Freight Traders.
A trial of a state-of-the-art wireless delivery system by one of the UK’s fastest growing courier groups has paid off so handsomely that it now plans major investment in this technology for all of its 1,000 vehicles. Peterborough-based Klicka Couriers i
Taunton-based Langdon Industries is using six Scania rigid vehicles equipped with Thermo King multi-temperature Spectrum TS refrigeration, and ten semi-trailers fitted with Spectrum SL refrigeration, as part of a fleet expansion on its Chillnet op
The Metro Group, the world’s fourth largest retailer and the first to deploy RFID technology across the whole supply chain, has chosen Checkpoint Systems to form part of an RFID solutions team that will help suppliers
