productDHL EXPRESS has launched 50 new electric vans, taking to roads across the country as part of its UK fleet. A further 50 electric vehicles will be introduced before the end of the year, with 220 more in its UK-wide fleet before the end of 2022.
article2021 has seen the UK Grocery market explode into life, with ultra-fast fulfilment solutions launching in London and rapidly expanding across the country. Chris Moss explores the implications for the logistics sector.
newsTHE COLD Chain Federation has demanded answers from Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng as his department broke its promise to support food chain businesses on reds diesel.
productREBOUND RETURNS has partnered with beauty specailist agency Seen Group and Handle Recycling to help beauty influencers and media recycle empty packaging and containers produced every month from beauty samples and cosmetic tester pots.
newsCLIPPER LOGISTICS grew group revenue by 39.1% from £500.7m to £696.2m for the year ended 30 April 2021. Underlying EBIT was up 52.4% to £31.4m (2020: £20.6m).
newsTHE FIVE year supply chain contract extension builds on existing services provided by Wincanton for BAE Systems, incorporating supply chain solutions across its Air Sector and UK shipbuilding operations, extending a 23-year relationship
articleEUROPA WAREHOUSE is developing its 715,000 sq ft 3pl facility in Corby further with £11m investment in automation.
productSUPPLY CHAIN solutions provider Nulogy has been praised by a growing number of global contract packers and manufacturers for the sustainability benefits its software is delivering.
articleAF Blakemore chilled operations manager Chloe Ball won the Leader in Warehousing Award at the prestigious 2021 Amazon everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards. She tells HSS Editor Simon Duddy about her focus on process improvements.
newsA TOXIC combination of the current HGV driver shortage crisis, post-Brexit immigration rules, an unprecedented increase in demand for transport due to a change in shopping habits, and the recent ‘pingdemic’, is steering the industry towards a potential ‘Perfect Storm’ this Christmas, says the BCMPA’s Emma Verkaik.
newsXPO LOGISTICS has completed the spin-off of GXO Logistics creating two independent, publicly traded companies.
newsTOPPING THIS year’s list is innovative parcel delivery company, DPD Group (DPD). Elaine Kerr, CEO at DPD said the recognition meant an awful lot.
newsXPO Logistics has announced its financial results for the second quarter 2021, with revenue increasing to $5.04 billion for the second quarter, compared with $3.50 billion for the same period in 2020.
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.
newsDelamode International Logistics has announced a partnership with wholesale games distributor VR Distribution.
productDHL SUPPLY Chain has grown its fulfilment business by 150% in eight months, following soaring demand in e-Commerce.
productHALFORDS IS using Descartes’ last mile delivery solution to enable dynamic delivery pricing in its customer-facing mobile tire replacement service and as its new international field service software solution called Avayler.
newsCLARE BOTTLE, the new Chief Executive of the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), has written to Rachel Maclean, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, making the strong case for logistics workers to be exempt from self-isolation as the ‘pingdemic’ sweeps the country causing shortages of supplies.
newsTHE UK service will run out of dedicated fulfilment centres in Leicester and Birmingham and will be operated by global logistics firm Orange Connex, which eBay part owns.
newsLAW FIRM Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) launched its UK Freeports business sentiment report this week, representing the views of over 500 UK businesses in response to the Government’s announcement in March 2021 of the eight Freeport locations across England.
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