Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca has extended its contract with Yusen Logistics to include the transport of prescription drugs to Australia under temperature-controlled conditions.
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Birds Eye has extended its logistics partnership with Norbert Dentressangle to include the storage and supply of packaging and ambient raw materials, along with on-site shunting operations into the manufacturer's award-winning manufacturing complex in Lowestoft.
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Britain's manufacturers are calling for government to prioritise investment in roads, act faster on increasing airport capacity and take the politics out of transport infrastructure by setting up an independent commission.
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Westmill Foods has awarded Potter Logistics a £1m contract to handle raw materials for its rice milling and packaging facility in Selby, Yorkshire. The two-year deal includes handling, warehousing and transportation of bulk and bagged rice.
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Coatings and speciality products supplier PPG Industries has renewed its long-term supply chain contract with Norbert Dentressangle.
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Egg and dessert distributor Noble Foods has improved efficiency, decreased manual handling and reduced product damage with a fleet of pallet trucks which can be charged on-board its delivery vehicles.
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Underlay and flooring manufacturer Interfloor has outsourced transport of goods from its two production sites to retailers around the UK, with a three-year contract awarded to logistics business Norbert Dentressangle.
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Automotive product manufacturer Brose has signed a new three-year deal with Gefco for the transport of seat frames from its Coventry facility to a customer site in Redditch.
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Yorkshire-based logistics firm Nidd Transport has replaced its trucks with a fleet of environmentally-friendly vehicles.
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Manufacturers who move goods by rail will be heartened by the government's announcement this week of a £9 billion investment for the rail freight network.
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Steel profiling firm Malthouse Engineering has taken delivery of five new DAF trucks to help it meet a 50% surge in orders.
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A recent decision by the employment appeal tribunal that Eddie Stobart had failed to comply with its TUPE obligations should serve as a warning to other businesses which are involved in third party logistics contracts, says the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA).
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Fleet managers could need to install new safety kit on lorries before 2015 if the recommendations of a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) are adopted.
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Animal health firm Elanco has renewed its contract with Potter Group Logistics for the warehousing of finished goods from its Speke factory.
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Norbert Dentressangle has picked up a further three-year deal to manage transport and distribution of parts from the Far East into Honda's UK manufacturing operations.
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Carling and Coors Light brewer Molson Coors is making changes to its distribution structure following a year-long review of its supply chain which included simulating journeys to assess transport and delivery times.
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Plans to charge foreign hauliers to use UK roads were announced today (25 January) by the government. Roads minister Mike Penning says overseas hauliers should pay to use UK roads in the same way that British lorries are charged on European soil.
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Brewer Carlsberg UK has signed a five-year deal which will see logistics firm Norbert Dentressangle taking sole responsibility for the flow of materials into and out of its Northampton brewery and distribution centre.
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Speciality chemicals manufacturer Scott Bader has cut costs and improved efficiency in its transport operation at Wollaston, Northants. The comprehensive review was carried out with the help of logistics consultancy Davies & Robson, which included value stream mapping as part of the exercise.
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Glasgow-based manufacturer Cullen Packaging has appointed Norbert Dentressangle to handle all UK deliveries to its customer base including Marks & Spencer, NHS and Numatic International, manufacturer of the Henry vacuums.
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A Sony distribution centre has been torched by rioters in London.
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The great and the good from the UK warehousing and logistics industry came together recently to celebrate outstanding achievement with the UKWA annual awards in London.
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Norbert Dentressangle has begun road testing a hybrid truck powered by a diesel engine and electric motor on the streets of Paris.
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Logistics business Widdowson Group has increased turnover of its contract packing division by 90% and expanded the operation to enable it to offer more services.
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BPI Recycled Products has awarded a contract to TDG – now owned by Norbert Dentressangle – for warehousing and transportation of goods to and from its three UK manufacturing sites.
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