London, UK: Toyota Material Handling Europe has formed an Environmental, Social and Governance committee as part of its commitment to sustainability. The new team will help shape Toyota’s strategy and decision making as the company continues its progress towards becoming a highly sustainable organisation, the company says. Tom Schalenbourg, director – sustainable development, Toyota Material …

Whitchurch, UK: Shropshire County Council have approved plans to convert a warehouse near Whitchurch into a cafe and museum dedicated to temperature-controlled operator Grocontinenal.and its founder Ray Grocott. According to the BBC, Grocott Developments Limited started work on the site in Brookdale, near Whitchurch, in October last year, and had applied for retrospective planning permission. …

Lisburn, Northern Ireland: McCulla Ireland has taken 33 Schmitz Cargobull SKO Cool Smart trailers. The trailers have Schmitz Cargobull’s TrailerConnect telematics and a double deck loading beam to carry 66 pallets. Brian Beattie, operations director, McCulla Ireland, said: “We took our first two semi-trailers from Schmitz Cargobull in 2008 having been exclusively with another manufacturer …

London, UK: The new post-Brexit physical checks on imported goods have not gone well for flower importers, according to Ian Shuttlewood, director, PML Seafrigo. “From what we’re hearing, there have been slightly more flower checks than was expected. A lot of the big nurseries had been able to do checks at their own premises, which …

Grimsby, UK: Andy Driscoll has been appointed chief financial officer at Constellation Cold Logistics . In former posts he helped to establish and grow the Valeo Foods Group Snackfoods Division, where he had overall responsibility for finance, IT and supply chain functions. Previous positions include roles at Kettle Foods, Heinz and Nokia Siemens Networks in …