Northern Foods is selling NFT Distribution for £51m to a management buyout team led by managing director David Frankish and backed by Phoenix Equity Partners.
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The consumer packaged goods sector is embracing retail-ready packaging. Will this mean fewer stock-outs or simply untidier shelves? By Penelope Ody
Homebase has bought six 13.6m step frame tri-axle box van lifting deck trailers and six 13.7m ratchet deck curtainsiders from Don-Bur.
Baylis Logistics has installed the MAN telematics system across its entire fleet.
The WEEE directive, which sets out new rules for the disposal of electric and electronic equipment, is now due to come into force on 1 January 2007. The legislation was due to come into force in August 2004.
As Britain’s manufacturing base continues to diminish, the UK economy is becoming increasingly services centric. A boom in retailing keeps supply chains active, but with congested infrastructure and labour shortages, what makes the UK attractive to invest
Gaz group, the Russian commercial vehicle manufacturer, has acquired LDV for a sum believed to be in the region of £50m.
Lane Group has ordered 12 Tautliner 4.5m trailers from Congleton-based Boalloy to join its 320 strong fleet.
Cert drinks network has opened a 235,000 sq ft bonded distribution centre in Lutterworth, Leicestershire which will act as a national hub for the delivery of drinks brands across the country to the major retail outlets and wholesalers.
Beleaguered logistics managers across Europe are putting radio frequency identification (RFID) projects on the back burner and concentrating on data capture systems with a more immediate payback such as voice technology. By John Lamb
