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FedEx Express has launched a direct round trip flight operating five days a week between Hong Kong and Paris enabling it to offer a next-business-day service from Hong Kong to major cities in Europe.

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing Supply and the US Institute for Supply Management have agreed a reciprocal arrangement that allows members of each organisation to apply for professional credentials from the other.

It’s no joke. On the 1st April, five thousand companies in the UK became affected by new legislation requiring all companies on half-hourly electric meters to register for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

Freshlinc Distribution, the Lincolnshire-based refrigerated distribution company, has expanded its fleet with an order of 17 SLX Spectrum units from Thermo King to be fitted to Gray and Adams trailers.

Agility, the Kuwait-based logistics group which is in dispute with the US government, has reported a 5.1 per cent increase in operating profit to 168.8m Kuwaiti Dinars (£383m) despite a 7.1 per cent drop in sales.

GS1 and the Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (BIC) have agreed to co-operate and encourage the harmonisation of supply chain standards for freight, transport and logistics.