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Awery partners with Cirium

Awery Aviation Software and Cirium have entered a strategic partnership that will see Cirium’s aviation data and analytics integrated into Awery’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. Cirium is a leading provider of aviation analytics, providing fleets, schedules, flights, traffic and fares data, and intelligence to airlines, arports, travel enterprises, aircraft manufacturers, and financial entities globally. […]

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B&Q picks GXO again

B&Q has appointed GXO Logistics to handle its newly acquired distribution hub in Wellingborough. GXO won the contract to run the site, enabling B&Q to bring its bathrooms category sourcing inhouse from the second half of next year. The move also allows B&Q to integrate customer order management within its existing resource and shift the […]

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Beacon Rail acquires Eversholt Rail

Beacon Rail has announced that it has acquired Eversholt UK Rails Group. This move strengthens Beacon’s position as the leading provider of rail leasing services to passenger and freight operators across the UK and European markets. Adam Cunliffe, CEO of Beacon, commented: “This acquisition represents a powerful step forward for our business and for the […]

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Bentley Motors commits to use 100% SAF

Bentley Motors has announced that it will use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for all customer car airfreight movements worldwide. The commitment applies immediately and represents a significant step forward in Bentley’s global logistics decarbonisation strategy. By switching to SAF in cases where flights are essential, Bentley is significantly reducing emissions associated with air transport while […]

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BIFA reveals shortlist for 2025 Freight Service Awards

Thirty-three freight forwarding companies have been shortlisted as finalists for the nine service categories of this year’s British International Freight Association’s Freight Service Awards, with seven of them making the finalist shortlists in more than one category. Those shortlisted in the nine service categories of the awards, which are now in their 37th year, are […]

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BIFA’s bids happy retirement to Robert Keen – A champion of freight forwarding

After a remarkable 26-year career with the British International Freight Association (BIFA), Robert Keen officially fully retired from the association at the end of October 2025. Robert – known to many as Bob – has been a familiar and respected figure across the UK freight forwarding community, having personally visited countless BIFA members and tirelessly […]

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Blackstone gets stake in Tritax after £1bn asset sale

The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT plc has announced it has exchanged contracts to acquire a high-quality portfolio of logistics assets valued at £1,035 million from certain real estate funds advised by affiliates of Blackstone. The acquisition is expected to complete on or around 22 October 2025, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. […]

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Boots signs logistics partnership with XPO Logistics

XPO Logistics will be Boots’ new long-term logistics partner, supporting the integration of its supply chain, leveraging new technologies to improve customer visibility, and driving sustainable efficiencies. Since March 2024, XPO has been managing the primary transport distribution of products from two UK-based Boots Service Centres. This includes the 279-acre site situated at Boots Headquarters […]

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Bretts Transport launches major solar panel installation

Distribution and storage specialist Bretts Transport has kick started the first phase of a major renewable plan with a large solar panel installation at its Guyhirn site in Cambridgeshire.  The move demonstrates a significant step in its ongoing sustainability journey as the business continues to introduce measures to drive down its carbon emissions. Representing an […]

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Brian Adam’s Transport boosts white-glove fleet with new trailers from KRONE

Glasgow-based furniture and home-delivery specialist Brian Adam’s Transport has taken delivery of five dry-freight trailers from KRONE Trailer UK for its Executive Home Delivery operation. The investment, says Brian Adam strengthens the company’s premium “white-glove” service, which supports furniture retailers with national deliveries, warehousing, stock control and trunking operations. The new trailers are UK-spec tandem-axle […]

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