Although a civil engineer by training, Graeme Cooper’s career to date can be neatly divided into two disruptive industries: telecoms and energy.
If you are one of the many businesses that import EU goods to the UK, import procedures have changed post-Brexit.
A container shipping industry with little or no capacity is setting limits on what international trade can contribute to post-pandemic recovery, according to the latest Container Shipping Market Quarterly Review issued by the Global Shippers’ Forum and MDS Transmodal last week (3 June 2021).
Beverley Wise, Sales Director UK & Ireland, Webfleet Solutions, explores how the latest telematics solutions can help fleets manage road risk.
Wins recently achieved by Logistics UK's policy team.
Oxfordshire County Council has partnered with Alchera Technologies to deliver a £500,000 project, which will put in place a system fit for the introduction of connected and autonomous vehicles as well as electric vehicles and other new transport options.
When the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP confirmed last month that international travel could resume from 17 May, just 12 countries and territories were named on the government’s ‘green list’.
Andrew Griffith MP, UK Net Zero Business Champion, and Lord Redesdale will inaugurate the UK’s first fully electric ‘Carbon Battle Bus’ next Wednesday (9 June 2021) at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London.
The recruitment of drivers is an ‘extreme barrier’ to the recovery of close to one in ten logistics businesses (9.8%), according to Logistics Report 2021 published last week (21 May 2021).
• One-stop shop: Conti360° Solutions covers fleet contracts, services, digital solutions and retreading • Reorganisation adds value by bringing together business areas • Tyre management assists customers with digitalisation and sustainability
May has been another busy month for the Logistics UK media team, keeping the business group in the headlines by securing 160 pieces of editorial coverage between 29 April 2021 – 26 May 2021.
The recommendations of the long-awaited White Paper for rail reform – Great British Railways: The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail – have been strongly endorsed by Logistics UK.
The 2021 edition of Logistics Report, Logistics UK’s annual review of the events and trends shaping logistics, will be published tomorrow (21 May 2021).
An opinion piece by Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy, Logistics UK
With fuel prices on the increase, it has never been more important to take control of your fuel spend and reduce your costs.
April saw the launch of the Rail Delivery Group’s Value of Rail Freight, a report highlighting the benefits of rail freight to the UK (rail delivers around £2.5bn of economic and social benefits each year) while laying out the group’s asks to government and other stakeholders to support a sustainable and successful sector.
If Andy Eastlake had made a different decision in the 1980s, he could easily have made a name for himself in the defence industry, instead of becoming known as one of the leading exponents of decarbonising road transport.
Logistics UK is delighted to invite its members to nominate their best drivers to enter its prestigious Van Driver of the Year competition.
Key wins and campaign highlights from the Logistics UK Policy team.
In line with government aims to achieve net-zero transport emissions by 2050, many operators of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) have started transitioning to electric vehicles.
Logistics Magazine will cover all the latest news on stories breaking in the industry, including developments on COVID-19, Brexit, Clean Air Zones, transport law and decarbonisation.
Our frequent features will tackle the broader issues affecting logistics such as the COVID-19 vaccination programme, technology and innovation, the political and economic landscape, global trade and the drive to reduce emissions across all transport modes.
Each month we explore a different topic in depth in our popular Compliance section, while each week we will publish answers put to our Member Advice Centre team.
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