Ryder has won a contract to supply and maintain 300 vehicles on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council.
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Skills for Logistics, the sector skills council for the freight logistics industries, is to develop the National Logistics Academy – an industry specific academy that aims to provide a focus for skills development and training within logistics by 2008.
Logistics Link South 2006 had a record 1,937 attendees – a massive 14 per cent increase on last year’s event.
Logistics Link Live!, which takes place in May, is a new event with live elements including: a conference sponsored by Logistics Manager, and the Innovation Showcase.
Northgate has acquired the entire issued share capital of FTL, a UK fleet management company for a consideration of approximately £5.7m. Northgate says the acquisition is in line with its new strategic plan.
Wincanton, has been selected to support retailer Argos in managing a 700,000 sq ft direct imports centre in Kettering.
RedPrairie has announced that it has completed the acquisition of MARC Global Holdings.
Figures released from the DVLA this week show that only 10,640 Smart cards have been issued to drivers in the UK.
Kuehne and Nagel has won a five-year contract to manage national spare parts warehousing for Japanese carmaker Toyota.
Tradeteam, an Exel company and now part of DHL, has won a four-year contract with Mitchells & Butlers, the leading operator of managed pubs and restaurants in the UK.