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Browsing: Logistics
Brooks Brothers has chosen PB Logistics as its logistics partner when it expands its retail operations in the UK.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has moved into larger offices at Prestwick Airport, 30 miles from Glasgow.
The nature and scope of third party logistics contracts reveals a lot about the state of the market. Our exclusive survey looks at some of the major deals signed in the past year and looks at industry confidence for the coming year.
Transport secretary Ruth Kelly has promised more than £200 million to start work on a strategic freight network in the Department for Transport’s rail White Paper.
GLS, Royal Mail’s European parcels business, has opened a subsidiary in Romania.
Haulier Eddie Stobart is to become the core of a new multi-modal logistics organisation set up by the Westbury Property Fund.
Palletways has opened a hub in Spain to serve its growing Iberian business.
French group Geodis has reported sales of 2.3bn euros for the first half of 2007, up 22.1 per cent. The company bought TNT Freight Management from TPG group, boosting its presence in the international forwarding market. Integration costs meant than net pr
Unilever has announced plans for a major supply chain restructuring. Patrick Cescau, group chief executive, said the business would be reorganised into a series of multi-country organisations.
