Asda has come under fire again this month from the General Workers Union (GMB), amid claims that the supermarket’s daily target pick rate of 1,400 boxes is equivalent to exercising for eight hours in a gym.
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During 2005, one out of every four trucks sold in the UK was a DAF, according to end-of-year statistics from DAF Trucks NV.
The Irregular Dimension and Weight (IDW) parcel specialist, Nightfreight, is set to take delivery of 200 new vehicles from MAN ERF.
Nissan are to supply Renault Trucks S.A.S with its own brand of light duty vehicles through its specialised dealer network.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA), has welcomed the publication of the Department for Transport’s report on congestion.
Peter Hendy, who took over as London Transport Commissioner at the beginning of February, is to deliver the keynote address at the Freight Transport Association’s London Freight Summit 2006.
Cert, a bonded warehousing, distribution and contract packing operator, has won a multi-million pound contract to be Red Bull’s logistics partner in the UK.
An employment tribunal at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne has found that Asda illegally offered an inducement to 340 trade union members, to give up the collective agreement negotiated by the GMB union.
Kettering transport company Knights of Old (KOO) has switched its palletised distribution network to Palletforce, in a move that complements the network’s new consolidation programme.
Hutchinson Ports (UK), owner of the Port of Felixstowe, has announced that the Government has given the go-ahead for the reconfiguration of the southern part of the port.
