Prohire Plc, the Commercial Vehicle Contract Hire, Fleet Management and Short-Term Hire specialist headquartered in Staffordshire, has announced that its Commercial Director, Dave Barlow has been appointed its Group Managing Director. Barlow and his team will build upon the company’s continuing …
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Delivering the (white) goods
The Gas Superstore was established in 1969 with its first retail outlet in Leicester. The company specialises in supplying kitchen appliances, fires, fireplaces, and barbeques and, while the retail stores remains a popular destination for consumers from across the East Midlands, sales from The Gas …
Jungheinrich Benchmast shortlisted for safety award
Jungheinrich’s Benchmast has been shortlisted in the Safety category of the FLTA Annual Awards for Excellence 2015. The Fork Lift Truck Association’s prestigious awards ceremony, now in its 21st anniversary year, will take place on Saturday, 28th February 2015 at The International Centre in …
Do 3PLs offer the only solution to shared warehousing?
According to the Property Data Report 2013* there is £80bn worth of warehousing in the UK, writes Nigel Greenslade. But, at any one time, how much of it is lying dormant, unutilised? Business strategies change and companies are often left with a significant amount of empty …
One giant leap for ecommerce SMEs
How can SMEs gear-up for e-commerce and take on the giants in their market? Consumers now expect everybody to offer next-day delivery, guaranteed time-slots, the right product every time, and no-quibble returns policies – areas that the larger companies are well tuned into, writes Ian Roper. But …
British Gas moves safety up a gear
Jungheinrich supplies British Gas’ National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Leicester with hydrostatic trucks British Gas’ National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Leicester supplies over 13,500 service engineers across the UK with spare parts, consumables and workwear from some 40,000 stock lines. …
Norbert Dentressangle gains external excellence endorsement
The Standard of Excellence Driver CPC has been introduced by Skills for Logistics in response to a need voiced by employers and providers to showcase excellent training provision. The Standard’s aim is to recognise and celebrate providers who consistently deliver high quality training and provide …
AIM for Excellence Endorsements
AIM Commercial Services is among the first Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) training providers to be endorsed as a ‘Skills for Logistics Standard of Excellence Driver CPC training provider’. Skills for Logistics’ Standard of Excellence Driver CPC has been introduced in response …
Data Academy’s blue chip Standard
Having carried out Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) training from the start, Data Academy can now proudly claim its place among the first training providers to gain the Standard of Excellence Driver CPC. Since 2005, the Leicester-based company has trained individuals for …
