Burton’s Biscuit Company has entered into a five year partnership with DHL Supply Chain, as part of the biscuit company’s ongoing £12.5m investment in production, warehousing and logistics DHL will
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- £140 million, fully automated, 101,000 pallet cold store comes online in Lincolnshire Magnavale Ltd, one of the UK’s leading temperature-controlled food storage specialists, has announced the official opening of Magnavale Easton. The £140 million investment has resulted in a facility with 101,000...
- Foodex Manufacturing Solutions Returns to the UK Food & Drink Shows in 2025 Foodex Manufacturing Solutions will be back at the NEC, Birmingham this April (7th–9th), as part of the UK Food & Drink Shows. Bringing together the very best of the hospitality,...
- UK supply chains get safeguarding boost UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded £13 million to make UK supply chains more resilient. Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded £5 million to create a new network plus...
- UK Food System Net Zero plan outlines how industry and government can achieve ambitious 2050 emission reduction targets The Institute for Grocery Distribution (IGD) has released the report, A Net Zero Transition Plan for the UK Food System, providing a framework for the food sector to achieve 70% emissions...
- Britvic invests £25 million to upgrade national distribution centre Britvic, the UK-based global soft drinks business, is celebrating the opening of its upgraded national distribution centre in Leicestershire, following £25 million of investment. The site supplies national and international...
- £140 million, fully automated, 101,000 pallet cold store comes online in Lincolnshire Magnavale Ltd, one of the UK’s leading temperature-controlled food storage specialists, has announced the official opening of Magnavale Easton. The £140 million investment has resulted in a facility with 101,000...
- Foodex Manufacturing Solutions Returns to the UK Food & Drink Shows in 2025 Foodex Manufacturing Solutions will be back at the NEC, Birmingham this April (7th–9th), as part of the UK Food & Drink Shows. Bringing together the very best of the hospitality,...
- UK supply chains get safeguarding boost UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded £13 million to make UK supply chains more resilient. Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded £5 million to create a new network plus...
- UK Food System Net Zero plan outlines how industry and government can achieve ambitious 2050 emission reduction targets The Institute for Grocery Distribution (IGD) has released the report, A Net Zero Transition Plan for the UK Food System, providing a framework for the food sector to achieve 70% emissions...
- Britvic invests £25 million to upgrade national distribution centre Britvic, the UK-based global soft drinks business, is celebrating the opening of its upgraded national distribution centre in Leicestershire, following £25 million of investment. The site supplies national and international...
Since its initial implementation in 2011 the Empirica warehouse management system provided by Chess Logistics Technology has supported rapid growth at Scunthorpe-based Via Coldstores. Operating from a 140,000ft2 (13,000m2) site
Fast-growing premium baby and toddler food manufacturer Ella’s Kitchen has chosen Wincanton to manage its supply chain as it seeks to fulfil its ambition of becoming a global brand. Wincanton,
Potter Group Logistics is proud to announce that long term customer Greencore Grocery has renewed its ambient finished food products storage and distribution contract for a further two years. The
H. J. Heinz Company and CEVA Logistics, the non-asset based supply chain management company, have announced a five-year Oceanfreight contract. In a strategy led by Heinz’s global procurement organisation, the
NACCO Materials Group (NMHG) has announced the proposed acquisition of assets and facilities of Barloworld Handling UK by Briggs Equipment UK Ltd for a figure in the region of £36
Potter Group Logistics, one of the UK’s leading logistics service providers for specialist goods, has just received its BRC Global Standard accreditation for the storage and distribution of ambient foods
Premier Foods, the UK’s largest food producer, has extended its existing contract with Jigsaw, the specialist provider of large-scale managed transport solutions, to include transport management and lead logistics provider
Major food and dairy producer Glanbia Consumer Foods has appointed Culina to manage the distribution of its chilled portfolio into the UK market. The first products to be introduced are
Kuehne + Nagel has launched a new LCL service specifically tailored for drinks imports to the UK. The new service offers weekly sea freight departures from major wine-producing regions around
Bute Island Foods has awarded a new distribution contract for its Sheese brand vegan, dairy free cheese products to Culina Logistics, the market leading provider of logistics services for food
Telford & Wrekin Council’s cabinet has approved the appointment of Europe’s largest rail freight company as the new operator of the town’s International Railfreight Park DB Schenker Rail has been
SDC Trailers is bucking the economic trend after attendance at recent trade shows and its innovation around longer semi trailers has helped to boost sales and increase orders by more
Forth Ports provides high levels of handling and logistics-related services to customers who are looking for solutions to move goods cost effectively and efficiently. We operate eight ports – Dundee
Established in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland in 1978, SDC has grown into one of the leading trailer manufacturers in Europe. SDC now manufacture the widest selection of trailers available, designed to
NYK President Yasumi Kudo said the company plans to double sales from logistics operations in future as global vessel overcapacity depresses freight rates in its container and other sea-borne cargo
DFDS and Volvo have signed a new agreement for the transport of cargo on three DFDS routes: Gothenburg – Ghent (including a weekly call at Brevik), Gothenburg – Immingham and
UK logistics company Torque has announced plans to unveil a fully comprehensive freight forwarding solution at its North West Distribution Centre in Wigan Since the third party logistics provider moved
The German competition authority, Bundeskartellamt, has approved the deal between Stena Line and Scandlines Deutschland GmbH, which was presented on 30 May, for the acquisition of five ferry routes between
Promoting effcient and safe driver behaviour across its fleet Bullet Express, one of the UK’s leading logistics specialists, has invested in Smart Telematics from Navman Wireless to help promote efficient
Women in Logistics has unveiled its first two annual award winners at a glittering ceremony which also raised £8,000 for charity Transaid Adele Waite, general manager of a $1.25bn global
Rhys Davies Freight Logistics has announced the opening of its new 5,100 m2, 7 acre depot in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The new facility replaces a smaller 930 m2 unit in
SWIP (Scottish Widows Investment Partnership) today announces that its Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) – a specialist owner and
Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kewill. This deal
Yusen Logistics announces the launch of a specialist automotive operation at its Tamworth facility. Adjacent to the M42, the 81,000
Malcolm Logistics Services is ideally equipped to satisfy supply, warehousing and distribution needs throughout the UK – and increasingly into
Three projects to improve vital freight and passenger links on the railway network are to receive €14m (£11m) from the
Leading independent freight forwarder The Woodland Group has been listed in The Sunday Times International Track 200 league table, placed
ADM Londis, the Irish grocery retail group owned by retailers for retailers, has signed a €20m contract with Norbert Dentressangle
As a first result of its global alliance, GM and PSA Peugeot Citroen have reached a long-term, exclusive agreement to
The UK’s leading baby specialist, Kiddicare, has chosen supply chain specialist Wincanton to provide logistics services as it grows from
Maersk Line and APL, the containership subsidiary of Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines, have won lucrative contracts for international shipping of
Egemin has signed a contract with La Costena, a Mexican producer of canned foods. Egemin is to install a new
Thermo King, a manufacturer of temperature control systems for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll Rand,
Based in Ashbourne County Meath, multi temperature supply chain specialist, Oakland International, has been selected to work in partnership with
One of our FMCG clients is looking to outsource their established UK Transport Network for the distribution of products to
Readers at three German trade magazines have recognised Thermo King as the top brand in the refrigeration units category for
Stand sales for the Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution (TCS&D) exhibition in September next year have been swift since bookings
Logistics specialist to create new ‘super hub’ in North West Yearsley Group is to start work on the expansion of
May 29, 2012 Irish family-run company McArdle Transport Ltd has officially announced that it has acquired Skeath Refrigerated Transport Ltd
Leading commercial vehicle company Euroway have just clinched a major two-year exclusivity for contract hire requirements with Domino’s Pizza Group
Ambient, chilled and FMCG supply-chain specialist, Fowler Welch, is now in ‘peak-time’ operation as the UK’s sole transport provider of
Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport temperature control systems for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll
We are growing fast and the Delta system’s productivity boost has allowed us to keep pace without having to recruit
Krispy Kreme has improved delivery times to its stores and retail outlets across the UK by 20 per cent thanks
Temperature controlled logistics specialists ACS&T have announced their latest figures and demonstrated the success of their management strategies with significant
Thermo King is introducing an additional version of the model SLX 300 refrigeration unit to provide increased refrigeration capacity, optimum
Culina Group Limited, a market-leading provider of shared-user logistics services for food and drink companies, has announced an agreement to
Dairy Partners, a UK manufacturer of cheese ingredients and sales and marketing partner for EU produced consumer branded dairy products,
Culina Fresh, the door-to-door freight management and multi-modal supply chain service for fresh and horticultural producers, has opened its first
204 million heavy goods vehicle miles have been taken off UK roads by food and grocery companies, according research by
Lighter and more compact units offer best-in-class efficiency and performance Brussels, Belgium, March 5, 2012 — The
Pallet network Palletways has struck a deal with continental breads maker Beauchamp Foods to handle its warehousing and distribution Palletways
Multi temperature UK and Ireland supply chain and logistics specialist, Oakland International, is gearing up to showcase its inclusive UK