The food and grocery industry is losing millions of pounds every year by encouraging demand for products, then failing to properly plan to meet that demand, according to grocery experts IGD.
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P&O Ferrymasters and European Rail Shuttle (ERS) have renewed their existing partnership and extended it by agreeing to increase the number of rail consignments from January 2007.
Kerry Logistics has bought a majority share in Indian freight forwarder Reliable Freight Forwarders.
The Department for Transport has commissioned Scala Logistics Consulting to conduct surveys into the cost of ‘food miles’ on the environment and the UK transport system.
CitySprint has bought the multi-drop and same day courier business of the Owner Driver Network from ODN Logistics.
Target Express is helping Jane Norman, a high street fashion retailer, to expand.
CPD Logistics has purchased two new warehouses totalling 160,000 sq ft with 20,000 pallet locations on a site adjacent to its Wellesbourne headquarters.
E.M. Rogers, a Northampton-based transport company, has joined the Palletforce network.
National Grid has renewed its fleet contract with Ford.
Ed Balls, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, has announced that freight forwarders will be “removed from the scope of FSA insurance regulation”, a move designed to decrease regulation in the industry and help promote its international competitiveness.
