Roles created at Port of Tilbury
The Port of Tilbury has created 40 new jobs, including 10 apprenticeships as well as skilled roles, on the back of business growth working with a major global brand customer in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.
The Port of Tilbury has created 40 new jobs, including 10 apprenticeships as well as skilled roles, on the back of business growth working with a major global brand customer in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.
After three years of heightened trading conditions and untold pressures on the supply chain caused by the global pandemic, business group Logistics UK’s annual Logistics Report shows that recovery is starting to be seen across the sector.
THE PROJECT will reduce Mars UK’s logistics carbon footprint by 7.7% and remove a million miles a year from roads.
XPO HOSTED the event to discuss topics around neurodiversity and menopause that are of importance to many of its employees across the UK and Ireland.
DHL is introducing its first truck fleet running on biofuel, deploying 18 new trucks this season to support Formula 1 in its goal of becoming Net Zero by 2030.
Europa Air & Sea has announced its second investment of the year. The operator is now expanding its service into continental Europe.
Fluctuations in demand and volume are creating challenges in the logistics and supply chain management sector, according to a poll from accountancy firm BDO and Barclays Corporate Banking.
XPO is offering additional paid leave for colleagues if they or their partners are undergoing fertility treatment.
GXO Logistics has expanded its partnership with Bigblue, to include warehouse logistics in France. Bigblue, which offers brands and online stores fulfillment services, started its partnership with GXO in Spain in a shared space facility.
Two major transport companies have been fined a combined total of £2.2m after ‘a loving dad and husband’ was killed when he was hit by a HGV in Birmingham.
The logistics services provider has achieved underlying EBITDA of £121.9 million, up 12.6% on a revenue of £1,462m for the year ended 31 March 2023.
The nearly billion dollar lifetime deal with the UK grocer was a key win as logistics services provider GXO recorded first quarter revenue of $2.3 billion, up 12% year on year.
Check out a wealth of expert speakers and 45+ innovative exhibitors at the upcoming Tomorrow’s Warehouse Event at the Coventry CBS Arena on June 8. It’s free to attend with free food and parking, and you earn CPD points to boot.
Geodis has announced the opening of a new eLogistics platform in the UK.
THE FIRM is best known for its presence at London Gateway and the Port of Southampton, and is set to take a location in Coventry.
Risk within global supply chains is higher than ever. To mitigate threats and reduce reputational risk, businesses must approach supply chain management with proactive digital assurance, says Paul Butcher.
Political risk is a new factor which global high-tech manufacturers have to take into account when structuring their supply chains. Prof. John Manners-Bell discusses the impact of bans on exports and services to China.
With the impact of the pandemic still affecting trade imports and exports, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, focus needs to be firmly on the UK’s supply chains and how best to utilise them, says Jonathan Walker.
Are we simply getting used to ongoing supply chain disruption? In an increasingly fractious and unpredictable world, we certainly should.
Now in its 16th year, the awards celebrate the vital contribution women make to transport and logistics across all sectors of the industry – from freight and retail to automotive, maritime and air transport.