The number of online-only e-retailing businesses in the UK has more than doubled in the past five years from 6,700 in 2008 to 14,400 in 2012, a study commissioned by Royal Mail has revealed
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The fifteenth edition of the European transport prices fell by 8.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the latest Transport Market Monitor by Transporeon and Capgemini Consulting
George Willis has replaced Cindy Miller as UPS UK, Ireland & Nordics’ managing director, after Miller’s recent appointment to president of UPS Europe, Middle East and Africa
Carson McMullan has been appointed as the British International Freight Association’s new national chairman, succeeding Steve Parker
Toyota Material Handling Europe has agreed the acquisition of Dambach Lagersysteme’s Very Narrow Aisle forklift business
The Co-operative Group is extending its waste back-haul initiative to more than 2,800 food stores across the UK in a scheme that will divert all its food store waste – more than 34,000 tonnes – away from landfill each year
Xergi has signed contracts to supply UK-based Tamar Energy with two Anaerobic Digestion plants, as part of Tamar’s plans to build a network of more than 40 new bio-gas plants by 2018
Schoeller Allibert has launched Eureka double-base, a new lightweight stacking container, which aims to offer threefold benefits for automated handling applications
Pall-Ex has launched an operation in France – its fourth network on the continent – with a hub in the Bourges region and 40 member hauliers. During the first full night of operation, a total of 474 pallets passed through the hub
The Royal Mail has secured a 111,000 sq ft warehouse in Beckton, East London, which it will use as a distribution and sorting centre