Amazon announces third new fulfilment centre for 2017

Clothes retailer Gap said it could close down its Rugby distribution centre following a strategic review of its warehouse and distribution model.

Amazon has begun offering a chilled and ambient grocery delivery service in London, with the introduction of its Amazon Fresh service.

Essex-based haulier Simarco increased its workforce by a fifth last year, ahead of its aquistion of freight forwarder IFB in April.