Transport consultant Ruth Waring, founder of Women in Logistics, has scooped the 'Industry champion of the year' award at the FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics.
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Women in Logistics founder crowned 'Industry Champion of the Year' at FTA everywomen awards
May 19, 2013
No growing pain
May 19, 2013
Based in Chichester, West Sussex Barfoots of Botley specialise in growing, processing, packing and selling semi-exotic fresh vegetables to UK retailers.
Top five tips on managing supplier risk
May 19, 2013
By Tom Grand, Regional Director of Achilles for UK and Ireland.
Reducing exposure to suppler risk in a global sourcing environment requires a keen eye on five key factors. Here is how complexity, effort and cost can be cut from the risk mitigation process.
Plug-in and low emission vehicles in focus at ACFO Conference
May 19, 2013
ACFO members have been urged to sign-up to the Government-backed Plugged-in Fleets Initiative 100 to discover if electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles make sense for their businesses.
Seal away with Eagle Packaging Machinery's tape sealing solutions
May 15, 2013
Eagle Packaging Machinery's EZTAPE sealing solutions are designed to reduce time that is wasted when manually sealing cases.
Steve Porter Transport invests in new fleet of trailers
May 15, 2013
The Isle of Wight's largest independent freight carrier, Steve Porter Transport, has invested £3/4 million in 40 new trailers for its transport and distribution division.
New research from Demica demonstrates growing interest in distributor finance programmes in enabling downstream business
May 14, 2013
Large corporates are showing increasing demand for distributor finance (DF) programmes to enable downstream business in international supply chains, especially in emerging markets. In parallel, global banks are confirming their growing interest in offering DF solutions to their clients.
Barcelona conference open to all independent forwarders
May 14, 2013
Millions of dollars of new business and hundreds of international partnerships are set to be created at the Sino-European Freight Forwarders Conference in Barcelona from 20-23 June.
Second Women in Logistics (UK) awards are open for nominations
May 14, 2013
Following the success of it's first ever Ball in 2012, networking and support group, Women in Logistics UK, is holding another charity ball and awards night this September, but this time with three themes to celebrate.
Britain's manufacturers driving automated storage and handling trend
May 14, 2013
Britain's manufacturing companies are driving a trend towards greater use of automated storage and handling systems. That is the view of Steve Richmond, director of Jungheinrich UK Ltd's Systems & Projects Division.
"Some countries have always been more pro-automation than others and the strongest markets for automated handling systems have traditionally been those territories with a powerful manufacturing base – such as Germany, Switzerland and Italy," he says.
