Author: Christopher Walton

Derbyshire County Council has given Henry Boot Developments the go ahead for a speculative 100,000 sq ft warehouse and office building at Markham Vale business and distribution park in Derbyshire

The van market for the first nine months of 2014 was 18.1 per cent up on last year, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders

Up-to-date IT knowledge, paired with multi-skilled staff, is a necessity if firms want to stay ahead in the logistics sector, according to a report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills

Marks & Spencer’s has awarded Knapp a contract to design and install automated material handling systems at its national distribution centre in Bradford, which is due to go live in second quarter of 2016

Imported Services has been appointed by DP World London Gateway as operator and manager of a common user facility under construction at London Gateway Logistics Park

Kuehne + Nagel is to move to a 130,000 sq ft warehouse at Heathrow South Cargo Centre after reaching an agreement for a long-term lease with owners The Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT)

August air freight volumes were up 5.1 per cent compared to the same period last year, continuing stable growth for the year as a whole, with volumes up 4.5 per cent year-on-year for the eight months to August

Ocean freight is playing technological catch-up with the rest of the freight sector, according to a survey of shipping industry professionals conducted by INTTRA Technology, which also found that the industry’s top technology priority is improving supply

Skills for Logistics has launched the Standard of Excellence Driver CPC, which is designed to enable employers to identify good training providers as well as benchmarking their in-house training schemes

Cruise line Carnival UK has cut its logistics costs by about a fifth following an efficiency review conducted in partnership with Meachers Global Logistics