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Government Plan Unlikely to Solve Driver Crisis Until 2022
The announcement that a government plan has been put into place to support the recovery of the logistics sector and tackle HGV driver crisis acknowledges industry concerns over testing delays and the simplification of the process involved in the acquisition of an HGV licence. However, according to business group Logistics UK, the plan does not deliver on the critical promises made to the industry over three years ago on the need to increase safe and secure parking facilities for drivers...
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Online Tool Launches to Address Warehouse Fulfilment Challenges
A new online software tool has been launched by smart warehouse solutions provider, Breathe Technologies, to provide a simple assessment of the friction points in a warehouse that could be causing delays in fulfilment. Taking no longer than 30 seconds to complete, the Breathe-O-Meter uses a series of simple questions to unpick physical and digital friction points in the warehouse, which are potentially putting pressure on operational speed, accuracy and productivity. The higher the friction score the greater the need...
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Zenobe Joins Extreme E as Official Energy Storage Supplier
Zenobe, the UK’s leading independent owner and operator of battery storage and EV fleet specialists, will be providing a second-life battery to provide power to Extreme E’s site operations. These include the team garages and critical broadcast infrastructure, helping the series meet its net-zero target and highlighting the power of a circular economy. The battery’s first life saw it operating in Sweden, where it helped bring cleaner air to Stockholm, powering an all-electric bus in the heart of the city....
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The Scarbrough Group Gives Operational Processes a Facelift With AI
The Scarbrough Group is giving its operational processes a facelift after signing a deal with Vector.ai. The Kansas City headquartered freight forwarder, which serves thousands of customers in the US, Europe and globally, is rolling out an AI platform to automate its accounts payable and customs declaration tasks. The platform from Vector.ai is an intuitive, action-based operating system, which provides The Scarbrough Group with a central hub for its customs brokerage and finance teams to collaborate on critical transactions. It...
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Aviation Industry ‘Call for Action’ to Secure a Vibrant Future for UK Air Freight
A landmark ‘call for action’ setting out 11 key recommendations for the UK to facilitate the sustainable growth of the economically-vital aviation industry has been presented to the Government by Aberdeen Standard Investment’s AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) and Logistics UK, the logistics industry business group. In February 2021 Logistics UK and AIPUT jointly hosted a policy roundtable to discuss the steps that need to be taken by both Government and the industry to secure a prosperous future...
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Govia Thameslink Railway Partners with Quantexa to Stop Fraud
Quantexa, the data and analytics software company pioneering Contextual Decision Intelligence (CDI), announced today that it has partnered with leading UK rail firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to help stem the rising tide of rail fraud. The UK government is pushing forward with efforts to create a more unified rail system from 2023 onwards. GTR, a staple of the British railway industry, has taken the initiative by turning to the leaders in CDI technology to tackle its multi-faceted fraud problem....
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