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July policy wins

A round up of Logistics UK's biggest policy wins on behalf of its members.

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Kailan Patel, Finance Apprentice, St Modwen Indurent.

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Royal Mail using drones to reach remote Scottish islands

Anyone who’s travelled around remote Scottish islands such as Jura and Islay will know it can be a challenge getting from ‘a’ to ‘b’ by car or van, especially when the weather ‘comes in’. Enter the drone – Royal Mail’s latest initiative aimed at delivering packages in a more reliable, efficient and environmentally friendly way.

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Save this hedgehog - dispose of your litter properly!

Did you know that discarded litter, including drinks cans and plastic bottles, sandwich packaging, discarded plastic wrapping and even fruit, lures hungry animals like hedgehogs and rabbits out of their natural habitats and closer to the roads network, where they are either hit by vehicles or can become trapped and die in tossed litter?

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BidBird seeks to revolutionise freight management with its Monarch™ system

BidBird, an innovator in maritime logistics technology, is developing a freight management system aimed at transforming container handling practices on vessels in port.

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Daniella Gonzalez-Green, Accounts Manager, Maersk  

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A Month in the Media for Logistics UK - July 2024

July was a particularly busy month in the Logistics UK press office, thanks to a host of media opportunities including the general election taking place earlier in the month and a new government in place.

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Logistics UK and Clean Cities call for more electric van support in order to create zero emission city centre freight zones

Oliver Lord, UK head of campaign group Clean Cities has urged the government to ramp up support for businesses in order for them to transfer their fleets over to electric vans, with the aim of city centres becoming zero emission freight zones in the near future.

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Spotlight on Wales with Logistics UK's Policy Manager – Trade, Customs and Borders, Josh Fenton

As a Policy Manager, I’m involved in our trade, customs and border policy work, working on issues related to the internal UK market, the relationship between the UK and the European Union (EU), as well as trade across the short straits in the channel in Kent.

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Logistics UK responds to call on HS2 to take immediate action

Expanding rail capacity and improving connectivity should be priorities for the new Government, which should consider reviving cancelled sections of HS2, Campaign for Better Transport has said this week on 16 July.  The charity is calling on the government to immediately halt the sell-off of HS2 land while the future of the project is reviewed.  

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New Continental Eco 5 tyre ushers in simplified on-road truck range

Continental is restructuring its tyre line up for general haulage truck applications, offering customers a simpler but more capable range of options.

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Lottie Leigh-Browne, Environmental Manager UK & Ireland, GXO

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Van market records best first half year since 2021 but heavy vans and BEV registrations decline

According to figures released on 4 July by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), there was mixed news about van registrations for June 2024 – despite the van sector recording its best first half year since June 2021.

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Campaign highlight: Logistics UK writes to the Department of Transport in response to SAF consultation

The Department for Transport (DfT) recently consulted on revenue certainty options to support a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) industry in the UK. The aim of implementing a revenue certainty mechanism is to reduce the risks of uncertain revenues for emerging SAF plants.

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Lee Harrison, Supply Chain Development Manager, Kuehne+Nagel

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Elise Harris, Tender Management Support, CEVA

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Policy win: New logistics unit in the Department for Business and Trade

The Department for Business and Trade has formed a new logistics team in recognition that it has teams for other major business sectors, but this was missing for the logistics industry.

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London van owners begin take up of Sadiq Khan's ULEZ scrappage initiative

The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is aimed at incentivising London’s van owners to replace their non-compliant diesel or petrol vans with electric alternatives, and data from Transport for London (TfL) shows that, by the end of May, 372 vans were replaced with electric vehicles.

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Nick Fothergill, partner at national law firm, Weightmans

Weightmans continues to make great strides in its long-held ambition to be one of the UK’s most socially and environmentally conscious law firms. In June 2024, the firm was awarded the highest Platinum rating by EcoVadis, placing Weightmans in the UK’s top 1% of professional services companies for sustainability and social responsibility.

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Betsy Porter - Customs Processing Administrator, Maersk 

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