DAF Trucks’ managing director Ray Ashworth is to retire after 48 years in the UK truck industry.
He will be succeeded by Robin Easton, who was previously managing director of Paccar India.
Ashworth will complete formal duties over the next few months.
Amazon has set out plans to integrate Whole Foods Market into the rest of its business once the takeover is completed on 28th August. The companies are working on merchandising and logistics to enable lower prices for Whole Foods Market customers. Amazon Lockers will be available in select Whole Foods Market stores. Customers can have…
In addition to a 2,800 m² office building, the new integrated terminal includes 3,500 m² for cross-docking and transhipment as well as about 27,000 m² logistics area. The total area of the site is 70,000 m². DB Schenker hence doubles its area in Styria and creates capacity for 250 jobs. The new building will be…
Angela Morrison, has joined Debenhams from Direct Line as IT and supply chain director, tasked with leading the changes to make its supply chain customer-led rather than process-driven. Source: Debenhams. In a trading update the group said it had now completed the transition to a single warehouse management system, and begun a consultation on closure…
At Unitcargo Spedition the final preparations for the establishment of another foreign branch are under way. In an interview with Österreichische Verkehrszeitung, managing Director Mag. Davor Sertic announces the opening of an office in Novi Sad for the second quarter of 2018. The company is responding to the fact that a growing number of Turkish,…
XPO Logistics has refinanced some $1.6 billion of debt in the latest in a series of measures to cut the debt burden on the business. Bradley Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer, said: “In the past week, we’ve opportunistically completed $2.6 billion of debt refinancings, achieving all three of our objectives. We reduced our expected…
Philip Day, who owns Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has put forward to take over as chairman of the Stobart Group, by a group of investors led by Andrew Tinkler. Day would replace the existing chairman Iain Ferguson. The company said it had received a requisition from shareholders holding more than 33 per cent of the company’s…
