With Britain’s busy roads accounting for 90% of motorised travel in the UK for business and leisure purposes, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT) is calling on the Government to speed up its development of a proper high level strategy and funding package for Britain’s strategic roads network.
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All the latest news and views from the world of material handling, logistics, freight forwarding and distribution. This section of the site carries articles relating to new contract wins, product launches, opinion from the trade associations, government departments, research analysts, the vendor community as well as case studies of material handling integration projects across Europe.
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Institute calls for high-level strategy and proper funding package for strategic road network
Sep 11, 2012
Safety first for air accident investigators
Sep 11, 2012
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is responsible for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK and its overseas territories.
Geodis Calberson opens new centres in London, Manchester and Southampton
Sep 11, 2012
Geodis Calberson has opened three new sites across the UK as part of a five-year expansion plan, bucking the national trend in the industry. New jobs have been created at the facilities in West Thurrock, East London; Wythenshawe, Manchester and Hedge End, Southampton.
Forklift truck manufacturers record double digit sales growth
Sep 11, 2012
Sales orders for forklift trucks grew by more than 10% for the year to June 2012, according to BITA (the British Industrial Truck Association). In the 12 months to June 2012 BITA members reported more than 26,800 forklift sales orders, which represents a year-on-year increase of 10.6%.
Cargolux accelerates eCargo ambitions with Champ
Sep 11, 2012
Champ Cargosystems has attracted Cargolux as a customer for its Traxon cargoHUB and cargoWEB+ applications. These IT solutions enable Cargolux to further improve its e-services and contribute to the reduction of communication costs.
AKW Director raises over £1000 for cancer research
Sep 11, 2012
A leading businesswoman from Cheadle’s drive to get fitter has raised over £1000 for charity after she completed a gruelling half-marathon in Manchester.
Data2Logistics infuses both information and action for freight transportation savings
Sep 11, 2012
Global freight bill processor, auditor and cost reduction advisor Data2Logistics has announced efforts to infuse up-to-date, marketplace-based information with cost-saving freight bill auditing actions.
NetFreight hits a century
Sep 11, 2012
Impatex Freight Software, the UK supplier of Customs and freight forwarding software, is celebrating the signing of the 100th customer for its browser-based NetFreight forwarding and Customs processing system, introduced 4 years ago.
