Road Operator members should begin receiving their 2024 Yearbook of Road Transport Law this week – if they haven’t already – and it remains as essential as ever for road transport operator across the UK.
Our first member briefing webinar of 2024 is taking place on 18 January at 10am. Working in the logistics industry has presented a number of quite formidable challenges in the last few years, including Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, an acute skills shortage, a global recession and impending decarbonisation deadlines, all while in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.
On 20 December, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced a target to grow rail freight by at least 75% by 2050.
Scottish Deputy First Minister Shona Robison delivered the Scottish Budget on 19 December outlining fiscal plans for 2024-25, including a spending increase of over £200 million on trunk road safety, adaptation, maintenance and improvement, including to continue the A9 dualling programme.
Jonny Johnstone, 45, a Tesco delivery from County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, won an incredible £3.8m Lotto jackpot, but still returned to work a week later to make sure his customers got their goods in time for the festive period.
As 2023 draws to a close and the final touches are made to the last Logistics Magazine of the year, it feels like an appropriate time to reflect on the successes of the last twelve months and look forward with optimism to the new opportunities ahead.
Business group Logistics UK has reacted with disappointment to the failure of Tuesday’s Scottish Budget to acknowledge the role which the industry plays in underpinning all economic activity north of the border.
In response to the current situation in the Red Sea, Logistics UK’s Head of Trade Nichola Mallon said: “Seafarers, vessels and the cargoes on them, as civilian trade, have the right under international law to move safely. These indiscriminate attacks from shore-based installations in Yemen are of serious concern from a safety and international trade perspective.
On 4 and 5 December, Logistics UK partnered with the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at the 10th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight. With representatives from industry, academia and policy, attendees congregated in Cambridge for the two-day event to discuss ways to improve sustainability and resilience of logistics and freight transport.
This week Logistics UK received some communication from the Department for Transport concerning potential Short Straits disruption in the run-up to Christmas. It is anticipating that it will be “very busy at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel, which is likely to impact those crossing the Channel”.
Frontline teams from National Highways – the organisation responsible for running England’s major A-road and motorway network – will be working around the clock over the Christmas period to help make sure any festive disruption is kept to a minimum.
Business group Logistics UK has announced the winners of its seventh annual Logistics Awards, at a glittering reception and celebratory gala dinner held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London on Thursday 7 December. Entertainment was provided by award-winning stand-up comedian Milton Jones.
Business group Logistics UK has named Collett & Sons Ltd the Road Transport Operator of the Year sponsored by Visku at its annual Logistics Awards, held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge on Thursday 7 December 2023.
Business Group Logistics UK has named AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) the Air Business of the Year at its annual Logistics Awards, held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge on Thursday 7 December 2023.
Business group Logistics UK has named Tony Prescott, Managing Director at Hull-based GTS UK, Logistics Leader of the Year at its annual Logistics Awards, held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge on Thursday 7 December 2023.
Business group Logistics UK has named Tesco the Rail Business of the Year at its annual Logistics Awards, held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge on Thursday 7 December 2023.
Business group Logistics UK has named Jamie Sands, Group Operational Support and Systems Manager at Cambridgeshire-based Welch’s Transport, the Rising Star of the Year at its annual Logistics Awards, held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge on Thursday 7 December 2023.
Business group Logistics UK has named Royal Mail the Van Business of the Year at its annual Logistics Awards, held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge on Thursday 7 December 2023.
Business group Logistics UK has named Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd the Water Business of the Year at its annual Logistics Awards, which took place on 7 December 2023 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London.
Following the publication of Lord Sir Peter Hendy’s Union Connectivity Review in November 2021, which made recommendations to “improve transport connectivity and enhance quality of life and economic opportunities across the UK”, the government published its response on 7 December as a Written Ministerial Statement.
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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