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Property problems have been hitting the headlines recently with the scandal of the Members of Parliament who make outrageous claims for their second homes – such as moat-cleaning and payments for non-existing loans.

As the fifth largest industry sector, worth £75 billion to the economy and underpinning all other sectors, an efficient and well skilled logistics workforce can make a difference

Architect Laurie Chetwood and landscape designer Patrick Collins teamed up with Gazeley and P&G Prestige Products to create a garden that combines Elizabethan scents with the latest sustainable technology for the 2009 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The inspirat

Paragon and Isotrak have completed the “transport efficiency jigsaw” in a project for Sainsbury’s by combining the capabilities of the former’s routeing, scheduling and resource optimisation software with the latter’s real-time transport execution and

There is a lack of appreciation about just how influential the logistics sector is to the UK economy – a damning statement, but when it comes from someone as high-ranking and industry-renowned as NYK Logistics’ UK chief executive Ian Veitch

Instead of stand-alone programs, software is accessed over the internet often by a web browser and the data is held on a remote server. It sounds absurdly simple, but not only is the number of applications growing, the sophistication of the applications i

This time last year 3PLs were struggling with the problems of growth: this year, of course, the market is very different. The motor industry has been hit hard and volumes are well down, but the big supermarkets have held up surprisingly well. The challeng

Don’t believe everything you read – an adage normally reserved for the susceptible readers of red tops and celebrity rags, but the same advice, it seems, should also be adhered to by truck drivers if they want to avoid (quite literally) being led up the g