newsNational mobility retailer CareCo has opened a regional installation and servicing hub in Preston, cutting delivery and installation lead times by up to six days and removing about 70,000 transit miles a year.
newsUK diesel prices have climbed past an average of £2 per litre, prompting campaign group FairFuelUK to call on the Government to cut Fuel Duty by 10p immediately rather than wait for the Budget on 28 October.
newsWarehouse and logistics operators have less than a week to secure a place at a mock Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiry at Tomorrow’s Warehouse Manchester, which takes place next Wednesday (30 September) at Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
newsSainsbury’s, GXO, Greencore, Tesco, M&S and Gist are backing a new AI-driven platform that matches spare capacity on HGVs with surplus food deliveries to frontline charities, which could save food redistribution charity Felix around £1 million in its first full year.
newsPeel Ports Group has appointed Jamie Strain, who ran one of Amazon’s largest UK distribution centres, as port director for its Scottish business, Peel Ports Clydeport.
newsDrinks producers and their logistics partners have new best-practice guidance on securing loads, after Logistics UK published a major update to its sector guide in response to the 2,000 prohibitions the DVSA issues each year for insecure loads.
productVisionTrack, the leading AI video telematics and connected fleet data specialist, part of Markerstudy Group, has announced the appointment of Richard Lilwall as Chief Executive Officer, replacing former CEO Ben Pickard as he returns to his role as Chief Financial Officer.
productPublic charging infrastructure requires reliable protection against transient overvoltages.
newsTickets sold out in record time, and the media hype around the event continues to grow – as the public prepares to view the Bayeux Tapestry for the first time on British soil in 1,000 years, Logistics UK is spotlighting the complex logistical operation behind bringing such an ancient historical artifact back to England.
newsAlongside her role as Senior Counsel at SEC Newgate, Allie will lead BIFA engagement with government departments, parliamentarians, and policy makers.
newsFifteen drivers from STARK Building Materials UK have spent a day at DAF Trucks’ Leyland plant feeding operational experience into the design of the ‘Vehicle of the Future’ for materials distribution, with particular attention on drop-side bodies fitted with cranes.
articleTrade friction, skill drain and price increases have all had an impact but a structural rethink is perhaps at the heart of the consequences. Tom Fitz-Walter explores.
newsA revised draft National Planning Policy Framework, published for consultation on 17 August, gives freight and logistics a dedicated national planning policy for the first time.
newsThe immediate threat to UK supply chains from the current oil price surge is not the cost of fuel but the movement of cargo off threatened sea lanes and onto already-crowded air and rail corridors, according to freight specialist Baxter Freight.
articleUntil recently, we were told, relationships in business were an unnecessary thing of the past. Globalisation meant seeking out the most cost-effective options anywhere in the world and modern methods of communication and logistics would do the rest. Graham Mercer offers an analysis.
productThe firm has added 22 automated sorting-machine sets, while Southeast Asia parcel volume surged 71.2%.
newsThe company has secured new storage and berthing capacity at the Port of Greenock.
newsAssociated British Ports (ABP), Brett and Tarmac have formed a coordinated logistics partnership to support Sizewell C.
newsUK logistics networks could be operating with too little headroom to withstand mounting pressure on the food system, according to research from SCALA Consulting.
newsRising minimum wages, pension auto-enrolment and expanding workers’ rights were designed to protect employees. Instead, they may be accelerating the very automation that reduces headcount.
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