Graham Wall, commercial director of PD Ports’ Teesport facility, is set to succeed Derrick Potter as national chairman of UKWA in 2009, following his appointed as vice chairman.
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As part of its contract with pallet pooling operator LPR, TDG has invested in two pallet maintenance facilities to meet increasing demand.
Kellogg’s has relocated its cereals and food warehousing to a site in Manchester’s Trafford Park, which is to be managed by TDG on a five-year contract worth around £11 million annually.
Contact lens maker CooperVision has hired Meachers Group to provide it with overflow warehousing and local distribution following a period of growth including the acquisition of Ocular Sciences.
The Lloyd Fraser Group has acquired a 72,000 sq ft shared user distribution centre located near the M1 and M6 in Rugby.
Tesco has opened a new one million square foot distribution centre in Livingston to serve all its stores across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
PHS Teacrate has implemented several changes to its operations structure following the multi-million pound takeover of Rentacrate last year.
PalletForce has started building a new £30 million hub in Burton-on-Trent.
Berkmann Wine Cellars has signed a multi-million pound contract with logistics provider London City Bond to store and deliver more than 100,000 cases of wine each year.
Seafield Logistics has developed a mentoring programme for new starters and recently promoted staff, which has been shortlisted in the Training Award category for the UK Warehousing Association Awards 2008.
