Manufacturing continued its “marked rate of expansion” in May, according to the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index.
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The Khafji Joint Operations has awarded a £11.8m ($17m), five-year contract for fourth party logistics warehousing and solutions in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia to Agility.
American Airlines has launched a direct service between Chicago and Beijing offering 150 tonnes of cargo capacity per week
We can all point to some of the initiatives that companies are looking at to make their supply chains more environmentally-friendly.
Cross-Channel rail operator Eurotunnel has bought GB Railfreight, the UK’s third largest rail freight operator, prompting a call from the Rail Freight Group for cuts in the cost of moving international rail freight between the UK and France.
Royal Mail has chosen DB Schenker Rail to take over its entire rail operation from today. The logistics company is taking over the multi year contract from First Group’s GBRf
Information technology is all too often the elephant in the room, but retail market specialist Penelope Ody thinks it might be time to think small.
The government is funding a new approach to logistics apprenticeships, with the creation of organisations to employ the apprentices and hire them out to “host employers”.
Retailers are facing challenges and opportunities, both in the way they serve their customers and how they interface with suppliers. Nick Allen asks, what are the winning scenarios?
The only “EU 15″members with lower productivity than us are Greece, Spain and Portugal, and look where they are.
