HSE Checking Businesses Are COVID-Secure
In the run up to the festive period, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is working with local authorities to inspect businesses in the transport and logistics industry to ensure they are managing the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19). With the current lockdown restrictions, the demand for online shopping is already high and this is expected […]
Robotics and Automation Sees Birth of New Business
With increased growth in E-Commerce in the UK, especially during the recent pandemic, many businesses are looking at ways in which they can become more efficient. As a result, the Big Box Group has launched a new subsidiary company, Big Box Automation, on the back of increased enquiries for robotics. The Big Box Group specialises […]
Next Generation of Drivers Challenging Stereotypes in the Haulage Industry
Two women tanker drivers are bucking the trend in a male-dominated industry, achieving distinctions in their Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) Driver apprenticeship with water supply, treatment and waste disposal company Severn Trent. Molly Fox and Catherine Bradley joined Severn Trent’s first LGV tanker driver apprenticeship scheme last year and, despite the logistical challenges and public […]
Logistics Calls for Clearer Vision on Zero Carbon HGVs
In the response to the government’s Ten Point Plan on Reaching Net Zero, Alex Veitch, General Manager for Public Policy at Logistics UK, comments: “Logistics businesses fully support the government’s aim to transition to a low-carbon economy, but the switch must be affordable for businesses. Logistics UK is urging government to ensure there are practical […]
Dawsongroup Finance Wins £15M Christmas Leasing Deal
Asset finance company, Dawsongroup Finance, is helping logistics and material handling companies prepare for what is expected to be an unprecedented peak in Christmas shopping by enabling them to temporarily expand their fleets. The Ringwood-based asset finance company has won a major leasing contract worth £15 million to supply delivery trucks and trailers to a […]
Logistics UK Response to Welsh Government’s Strategy
In the response to the launch of the Welsh Government’s transport strategy and associated consultation, Chris Yarsley, Policy Manager for Wales at Logistics UK comments: “The new transport strategy shows the Welsh Government is ready and willing to work collaboratively with the logistics industry and that it recognises how vital the sector is in supporting […]
Sonoco Recycling Invests in Three New Hiab MULTILIFTs
Yorkshire-based waste management firm Sonoco Recycling has invested in three new Hiab MULTILIFTs as part of its ongoing modernisation programme. The hook loaders join a 15-strong fleet which operate across Halifax collecting and redistributing commercial paper and cardboard waste for recycling. Sonoco Recycling has been operating in the region for more than 30 years helping […]
Logistics UK’s 2020 Logistics Awards Winners Announced
Twelve of the UK’s finest logistics businesses have been recognised as the ‘best of the best’ at Logistics UK’s 2020 Logistics Awards, sponsored by Port of Dover. The awards celebrate supply chain leadership and excellence and recognise leaders who have made a significant contribution to the industry, either as individuals or as businesses. “Logistics UK […]
Retailers Are Making Final Christmas Order Dates Earlier
The impact of Covid on delivery networks means the trend for ever-later Christmas final order dates will be reversed this year, warns the parcel price comparison site ParcelHero. Help is at hand as it brings back its popular retailers’ Christmas deadline tool. Online Christmas shoppers have been able to put off last-minute ordering later and later […]
Expand Grid Capacity to Support EV Revolution
Reports of the ending of sales of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans from 2030 (brought forward from 2035) will present additional challenges for commercial vehicle operators without urgent government action to ensure the energy and charging infrastructure is ready to support the switch to electric vehicles, as Denise Beedell, Policy Manager for […]
Van Security Report 2020 Launched by Logistics UK
There were 11,729 recorded incidents of contents theft from vans/light commercial vehicles in the first six months of 2020, according to Logistics UK’s Van Security Report. So how can operators foil would-be thieves and protect their valuable vehicles? Denise Beedell, Logistics UK’s Policy Manager for Vans and Urban, will be launching the report at the […]
Get Brexit Ready with Logistics UK Online Conference
With just two months until the end of the Brexit transition period, logistics businesses must ensure they are as prepared as possible for the new trading environment on 1 January 2021. To help hauliers get ‘Brexit ready’, Logistics UK is holding a virtual conference on 25 November 2020, sponsored by Port of Dover. The half-day […]
How to Avoid Autumnal Road Hazards
As temperatures start to drop and the days get shorter, drivers have been offered advice on how to avoid the dangers autumn can bring to UK roads. The motoring experts at LeaseVan.co.uk have revealed their best advice for coping with autumnal hazards on the roads. From replacing wiper blades to checking and replacing fog lights, drivers […]
Logistics UK Launches Partnership with AEB to Aid Business with Customs Processes
With only two months until the end of the Brexit transition period, Logistics UK, the business group representing the logistics sector, has launched an exclusive partnership with experts in customs declarations AEB, to help members prepare for new trading conditions with the EU. As Al Richardson, Head of Membership at Logistics UK explains, the partnership […]
60% Workers Spent Lockdown Searching for New Role
The supply chain sector will experience a job market boom over the coming months as over 60% of workers in warehouse, logistics and delivery spent time during lockdown searching for a new role, according to latest research. All stages of the supply chain experienced a growing increase in vacancies during September 2020, with over 40,000 […]
Logistics UK Says that Road Safety Is a Shared Responsibility
In response to the government’s review of the Highway Code, Denise Beedell, Policy Manager for Vans and Urban at Logistics UK, comments: “Logistics UK has serious reservations about the proposed revisions to the Highway Code and is urging the government to make it clearer that all road users have a responsibility to use the roads […]
Logistics Businesses Face £240 Million No Deal Bill
Logistics UK, the business group representing the sector responsible for moving all goods and services for the UK’s economy, has warned that a No Deal Brexit would add more than £240 million to the industry’s annual bills, thanks to the imposition of WTO tariffs on new vehicles, parts and equipment. And, as David Wells, Logistics […]
Totalmobile to Partner with Bowmark Capital to Advance Position
Totalmobile, the UK’s leading Field Service Management (FSM) software provider, has announced that after five successful years in partnership with Horizon Capital, it has secured a major investment from Bowmark Capital LLP to accelerate its investment in R&D, organic growth and further acquisitions. After a number of transformative years which have seen Totalmobile transition to […]
Mytraffic Measured Covid-19 Impact on Vehicle Flow
Mytraffic, European expert in the analysis of pedestrian and vehicle flows for retail, real estate companies and cities, has tracked post-lockdown traffic in over 900 commercial areas in the UK. Through the statistical analysis of anonymous geolocation data, Mytraffic measures visitors’ traffic, being pedestrians or vehicles, in a district, a street or at the front […]
Supplier Strengthens Operations with MULTILIFT Trailer
One of the UK’s specialist collectors of surplus food product has strengthened its operations after a major investment in a revolutionary new MULTILIFT trailer. A Tucker and Son Ltd specialises in collecting surplus food products and converting this into animal feed which is distributed all over the country using specialist HIAB lifting equipment. This benefits […]
Secure Data Exchange in the Age of Industry 4.0
Networked production processes and digital factories provide an important key to securing Germany’s competitiveness and innovative strength as a business centre. This is the subject of the lighthouse project IC4F – Industrial Communication for Factories – in which STILL has been significantly involved for almost three and a half years. The Hamburg-based intralogistics provider also […]
How to Transport Bulky Items Without Breaking the Law
Drivers have been advised on the safe and legal practices to adhere to when transporting bulky items that might have to stick out or be fixed on top of vehicles. Motoring experts from LeaseVan.co.uk have warned drivers about the rules of overloading their cars and vans. When travelling with items sticking outside of a vehicle, […]
Broker Warns Fleets to Watch Driver Eyesight
Commercial and passenger transport insurance broker, McCarron Coates, is warning fleet managers and courier companies that the driving capabilities of their drivers could have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, through failure to take an eye test. McCarron Coates is emphasising one of the messages of Eye Injury Prevention Month in the USA – […]
Goods Arrive On Time with New Arrivals Board
Relay Technical Transport, leaders in electronic equipment handling, have added Mandata’s new Arrivals Board software to their TMS system so that their customers can be given accurate ETAs ahead of each scheduled delivery. “In former times,” explains Sales Director Daniel Rangecroft “our account managers would email customers each day with notice of an approximate AM […]
Brighton Works Warehouse Welcomes New Business
The Great British Charcuterie Co is the latest business to move into Brighton Works, which is a striking warehouse and industrial development in Bevendean. The Brighton specialist food retailer has expanded its wholesale and online operations to become one of the country’s leading British cheese and charcuterie suppliers and needed a new base of operations […]
Logistics UK Statement on Operation Brock Consultation
In answer to the release of the government’s Operation Brock consultation response, Heidi Skinner, Logistics UK’s Policy Manager for the South East, said: “The Operation Brock consultation response provides some reassurance for logistics businesses that contingency plans will be in place to enable them to deal with any disruption to the supply chain from 1 […]
Cool Chain and IATA Sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Cool Chain Association (CCA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) supporting the drive for the safe, sustainable transport of perishables and pharmaceuticals. CCA and IATA have joined forces as part of a common goal to improve the quality of the temperature-controlled supply chain by sharing feedback, […]
Tuffnells Wins Three Awards At IoC National Awards
Throughout lockdown earlier this year, Tuffnells was tasked with delivering manufacturing parts for vital pieces of life-support ventilators that were, and still are, needed to treat and save the lives of those in a critical condition from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Their corporate client was noted as saying: “Your delivery network is helping to distribute […]
Job Market Boom Predicted in the Supply Chain Sector
The supply chain sector will experience a job market boom over the coming months as over 60 percent of workers in warehouse, logistics and delivery spent time during lockdown searching for a new role, according to latest research. All stages of the supply chain experienced a growing increase in vacancies during September 2020, with over […]
Traffic Commissioner Headline Fleet Engineer Conference
Traffic Commissioner for the West of England, Kevin Rooney, will be giving his views on maintaining compliance in today’s technological world at Logistics UK’s popular Fleet Engineer Conference, which is back due to popular demand on 21 October 2020. Mr Rooney will be explaining the obligations placed on operators when undertaking safety inspections on their […]
Insulation Distributor Expands with HSBC Funding Support
Thanks to the seven-figure HSBC UK funding package, a Sheffield-based insulation distributor has managed to expand and open an eighth branch in Bedford. Moreover, the continued growth of the company and backing from HSBC UK are set to support the opening of a ninth branch in the North East in early 2021. At the start […]
AI Tool Offers Lifeline to Logistics Companies
With the threat of a second nationwide lockdown, an AI employee health data management tool is offering a lifeline to logistics companies which are under pressure to maintain a safe working environment and minimise disruption to operations. Created by Delfin Health and DocHQ, Klarity can help them remain operational by predicting, monitoring and testing the health and safety of their diverse […]
Rail Investment Provide Economic Boost
In response to the announcement made this week by the Rail Minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, on the allocation of £17 million to increase rail freight capacity between Southampton and the Midlands, Zoe McLernon, Policy Manager of Multi Modal at Logistics UK, comments: “The government’s latest investment into rail freight infrastructure will provide a significant boost to […]
How to Transport Bulky Items Without Breaking the Law
Drivers have been advised on the safe and legal practices to adhere to when transporting bulky items that might have to stick out or be fixed on top of vehicles. Motoring experts from LeaseVan.co.uk have warned drivers about the rules of overloading their cars and vans. When travelling with items sticking outside of a vehicle, one of […]
Britain’s Couriers Prepare for the New Covid ‘Red Alert’ Plans
At the height of the coronavirus national lockdown in March, the Government prioritised delivery drivers as key workers. Under the Government’s new three-stage ‘traffic light’ coronavirus alert plans – which could be introduced as early as Thursday – Britain’s delivery drivers are again bracing for the front door’s return to the front line in the […]
Logistics UK : Government’s Freeport Announcement
“Logistics UK is pleased to see the government progress its plans to establish Freeports across the UK; these sites have the potential to unlock significant opportunities for international trade post-Brexit. We called for an ambitious customs model, measures to speed up planning processes, and a commitment to geographic flexibility and opportunities for all transport modes […]