Expected to be released this spring, the government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan promises to provide logistics businesses with guidance on how to achieve net-zero transport emissions by 2050.
The March issue of Logistics UK’s Logistics Performance Tracker (LPT), the tenth in the series, offers a snapshot of the UK’s logistics industry more than two months after the end of the Brexit Transition period.
As discussed during the Van Gold Partner Webinar on 15 February 2021, Logistics UK’s Van Excellence Standards have been updated to help prevent or mitigate road collisions, by requiring operators to enhance safety through the fitment of additional safety features to their vehicles.
Recent highlights of campaigns run by Logistics UK's policy team
The government’s announcement that logistics drivers, air crews and rail workers are to be tested for COVID-19 after their arrival in the UK will provide reassurance to businesses, Logistics UK has said.
A new webinar series is set to give fleet decision-makers a glimpse into the future of transport and logistics.
Logistics UK has publicly welcomed the government’s Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, which it published recently.
The supply chain continuity provided by the air cargo industry has been one of the most important assets in the world’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wins recently achieved by the Logistics UK policy team
The widespread adoption of high blend renewable fuels (HBRF) could rapidly accelerate decarbonisation in road transport, according to a new study by Zemo Partnership (formerly LowCVP).
Tony Stapleton, Head of Group Fleet Sales, Continental Tyres
Ryan Barnett, Economics and Research Manager, Logistics UK
After a busy start to the New Year, the Logistics UK media team has kept the business group in the headlines in the past month, securing 392 pieces of editorial coverage between 22 February 2021 – 22 March 2021.
The UK aviation industry is regulated at national, bilateral and international levels.
Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy, Logistics UK
Employment Minister Mims Davies is no stranger to the world of transport, having previously worked in road safety before entering parliament in 2015.
A digital revolution is currently sweeping across the rail industry. Digital twins are software representations of a physical asset, system or process and they are being used across the industry to improve the design, functioning or planning of a vast array of operations.
In the same week that the Office for National Statistics revealed that UK exports to the EU were down by 40% in January 2021, the government released new research that estimates that nearly 6.5 million jobs in the UK are supported by exports.
Logistics UK has produced a nine-page manifesto which it will send to Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) ahead of the Scottish parliamentary elections on 6 May.
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