newsThere is an urgent need to decarbonise the logistics industry but further government clarity on the route to net zero is required immediately to ensure businesses have the confidence and certainty needed to invest in low emission solutions, according to Logistics UK.
newsWith the HGV driver shortage continuing to place pressure on UK supply chains, Logistics UK is urging HGV drivers who have left the workplace to consider re-joining the profession, with hundreds of spaces now available on government-funded refresher training courses, called Skills Bootcamps.
newsOPERATION BROCK – a Kent traffic management system intended to keep vehicles moving when there is disruption to travel across the English Channel – is leaving hundreds of HGV drivers stuck without access to basic hygiene facilities, food and water.
newsTHE GOVERNMENT’S decision to cut fuel duty in today’s Spring Statement (23 March 2022) will help logistics businesses to afford to keep supplying the nation with the goods it needs in the face of increasing fuel prices and other inflationary pressures, as Elizabeth de Jong, director of policy at Logistics UK.
productIn the first of a new campaign-focused column from Logistics UK, Michelle Gardner tackles decarbonisation.
newsDavid Wells, chief executive of Logistics UK, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list, for services to transport and logistics.
articleThe climate crisis is now one of the most pressing challenges facing the global community, and the UK logistics industry understands the part it must play in decarbonising the nation’s economy, says Michelle Gardner.
news96% OF UK logistics businesses are now reporting problems recruiting HGV drivers, according to Logistics UK’s September 2021 Performance Tracker.
newsBrexit controls on food and animal products that were due to come into effect in January are being delayed by the Government until July 2022 because of the potential impact on businesses.
newsLOGISTICS UK has joined six other groups in writing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, to urge him to extend the eligibility criteria for the super-deduction allowance (SDA) to include leasing and short-term hire.
newsBUSINESS GROUP Logistics UK has called for government to review its decision not to grant temporary work visas to EU HGV drivers, in the wake of mounting pressure on the UK’s supply chain caused by a lack of available delivery personnel.
newsAlmost one in ten logistics businesses (9.8%) say the recruitment of drivers is an ‘extreme barrier’ to the recovery of their business, according to a Logistics UK report released.
newsAfter issues have occurred moving goods between GB and Northern Ireland since the start of the year, business group Logistics UK has raised the concerns of the sector.
newsBusiness group Logistics UK has written to the government to request an urgent review of traffic management and welfare arrangements for HGV drivers in the wake of chaos experienced when France closed its borders to traffic for two days over the Christmas period.
newsWith 34 working days remaining until the end of the Brexit transition period, Logistics UK has reacted with incredulity at today’s announcement by the government of a Business Task Force at such a late stage in the process.
newsLogistics 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.
newsBusiness group Logistics UK is warning of the potential economic impact which a No Deal Brexit could have on the fortunes of UK PLC.
articleThe UK has affirmed its commitment to becoming a carbon-neutral economy in law; the Climate Change Act 2008 now includes the target to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 2050. While the UK’s total carbon dioxide emissions are falling steadily, having decreased by 39% since 1990, the transport sector still has a long way to go before it reaches its goal of complete decarbonisation, says Zoe McLernon, Policy Manager of Multimodal at Logistics UK.
newsLogistics UK has responded to Michael Gove’s letter to the haulage industry warning exporters of 7,000-truck-long queues in Kent and two-day delays to trade after the Brexit transition period ends.
newsLack of pace in some government preparations for the end of the Brexit transition period could put the UK’s interconnected supply chain at risk.
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