Logistics Magazine

Covering the whole of the logistics industry and supply chain, Logistics Magazine tackles the big strategic issues facing the industry – decarbonisation, innovation and automation – as well as the compliance issues so critical to the safety of all transport operations.

The new weekly, digital-only Logistics Magazine includes the following content:

• features on transport issues across all modes – road, rail, sea and air
• interviews with senior people from the government, academia and industry
• news on the latest transport legislation and public consultations
• compliance advice section

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Latest articles

The new business imperative: achieving supply chain velocity

Today your ability to serve your customer, outpace competition and control costs is dependent on and differentiated by your supply chain maturity. But in today’s never-normal, supply chains are plagued with friction. External friction from extreme climate events, labour challenges and political conflict, exacerbated by internal friction from siloed data, rigid platform design and overreliance on error-prone manual processes.

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Four ways retailers can deliver for customers during 2023’s peak season

This year’s peak shopping season is almost upon us. With it comes the opportunity for retailers to end a challenging year on a high. With inflation easing and interest rates steady, they may have a degree of optimism that spending will be strong.

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Getting there: the future of last-mile deliveries in the UK

As customer purchasing patterns adapt to suit working-from-home lifestyles, the current boom in internet shopping, fuelled by the pandemic, continues to soar. Fleet efficiency is therefore paramount for logistics businesses to help ensure last-mile deliveries are implemented effectively to support these changing behaviours.  

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Fundamental reform of planning system “urgently needed”, says Logistics UK

Logistics UK has outlined the urgent need for fundamental reform of the planning system to speed up planning, ensure better efficiency of freight movements, support decarbonisation and enable the space for the logistics industry to grow.

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Celebrating 150 digital issues of Logistics Magazine

It’s been three years and 150 issues since Logistics Magazine went fully digital. 

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Cancellation of HS2 extension is a “huge disappointment”, says Logistics UK

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 4 October 2023 announcement of the cancellation of the HS2 extension, between Birmingham and Manchester, damages investor confidence and harms the development of the national logistics network that the UK needs to thrive, according to business group Logistics UK.

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Government misses opportunity to cut red tape and reduce inflation

Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP’s “motorist’s friend” speech at the Conservative Party Conference on 2 October 2023 has missed the chance to drive down inflation by cutting the red tape that hinders logistics businesses, according to Logistics UK.

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Record women and ethnically diverse candidates for HGV driving Skills Bootcamps

The Driver Academy Group – a consortium led by HGV training specialist HGVC and supported by Manpower and Logistics UK – has secured a record number of women and ethnically diverse trainees for its second round of government-funded HGV driver training courses. 

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Logistics businesses urge Welsh government to plan for the future

Logistics businesses have urged the Welsh government to provide a clear future plan for logistics at a roundtable hosted by Logistics UK and attended by Welsh Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS. 

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Bis Henderson’s Space and Consultancy businesses brought together as Visku

Supply chain consulting and warehousing solutions specialist, Bis Henderson, has brought together the strengths of its Consultancy and Space businesses under a single new identity - Visku - leveraging the expertise and network capabilities of the two previously independent businesses. 

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Who will win Van Business of the Year at Logistics UK’s Logistics Awards?

Following on from Logistics UK’s Van Awards at the Hyatt Regency in Birmingham on 15 September, we now have our final shortlist for the Van Business of the Year award which will be presented at the Logistics UK Logistics Awards on 7 December.

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Urban logistics in need of vital space, says Logistics UK

In 2018, 1.7 billion people worldwide lived in a city with at least one million inhabitants, with government statistics from 2020 estimating that 82.9% of the UK’s population lives in an urban area.

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Generation Logistics case study: Evelina Slavova, Business Improvements Apprentice, Amazon

For Evelina, the decision to apply to Amazon’s apprenticeship scheme was life changing.

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Policy Win - UK-EU trade deal

Logistics UK has been calling on government to build on opportunities within the review of the UK EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) due in 2026.

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CoolKit concept-build is the icing on the cake for Lola’s Cupcakes

CoolKit has teamed up with popular London-based cupcake business, Lola’s Cupcakes, to create an industry-first van conversion innovation.

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Ask the MAC – October 2023

Every month we get a variety of questions and every month our intrepid Member Advice Centre has the answers.

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Legislation update – September 2023

Keep abreast of the live government consultations, recently closed consultations and key announcements.

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Logistics UK “delighted” to see Manston Airport reach for the skies once again

A bid to block the Development Consent Order (DCO) granting approval to reopen the airport site near Ramsgate was thrown out by a High Court judge last Friday following a two-day hearing in July.

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Southbound Blackwall Tunnel closed 30 Sep-2 Oct and 7-9 Oct

From 00:01 on Saturday 30 September until 05:00 on Monday 2 October and from 00:01 on Saturday 7 October until 05:00 on Monday 9 October the Blackwall Tunnel will be closed for southbound traffic, and all drivers will be required to take alternative routes.

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Keeping vehicles safe: A DVSA perspective

DVSA has just published its strategy and vision to 2030, which begins to explore the prospect of the huge change that technology can bring for all of us.

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