Hilary Devey, founder of the Pall-Ex network, has died, aged 65. The entrepreneur (pictured), who gained nationwide fame as a Dragon’s Den panelist, died on Saturday at her holiday villa in Morocco after battling a long illness. Devey left schoo…
Fortec Distribution has launched a logistics depot at its Watford Gap site. Launched in December 2021, the depot will now operate as part of both the Fortec and Pall-Ex distribution networks offering delivery services to manufacturers and distri…
Fortec Distribution Network has seen an investment of £430,000 in its Northamptonshire hub in a move to improve efficiency and capacity. The bulk of the investment has been spent on a new fleet of 36 forklift trucks from Still, with an additiona…
Owens Group has strengthened its service offering by becoming a shareholder member of Pall-Ex. The Llanelli-based family firm joined Pall-Ex in February having taken ownership of longstanding Fortec member Celtic Couriers in late 2021. Owens emp…
Universal Courier Logistical Services (UCLS) in Willenhall has joined Pall-Ex Group subsidiary Fortec, covering the TF and WV postcode areas. Founded only in 2018, Fortec said UCLS had experienced rapid growth and now had 17 depots across Englan…
Southampton-based company 4PLinks has joined both the Pall-Ex and Fortec pallet distribution networks as a shareholder member. E-commerce Supply Chain, which trades as 4PLinks, was founded in 2017 and provides general and container haulage, cust…
Pall-Ex Poland has rolled out its freight management and tracking software Nexus to its members. The group said the software gives firms better control of their freight and allows its membership to communicate better than before. Nexus was built…
Pall-Ex Group has become the first pallet network to start using the addressing system what3words to improve deliveries to residential properties. The grid location system identifies precise locations by creating three-metre squares across the g…
EV Cargo UK chief executive Michael Conroy (pictured) is to leave the business just two months after being promoted to the newly formed role from his former position as Palletforce chief executive, which he held for 13 years. The group said that…
Fortec has rolled out a new IT system to its shareholder members following a multi-million pound investment, which it said had already propelled sister network Pall-Ex ahead of the market. It said that Nexus, built by Pall-Ex Group’s IT team, wo…
Pall-Ex is purchasing more than 500 mobile and vehicle-mounted computerised scanners from Honeywell, via The Barcode Warehouse. This latest investment supports the group’s NexusScan project which will deliver a new hub scanning application to th…