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XPO Logistics, a leading global provider of transport and logistics solutions, has announced a significant acceleration in the adoption of its XPO Connect digital freight marketplace worldwide. Demand for the company’s Drive XPO mobile app has propelled a 50% increase in downloads in the last three months of 2020, taking …

“This system offers rapid payback, increasing warehouse productivity by up to 40% through early disease detection and lower levels of transmission” says Renovotec MD Richard Gilliard Workplace ill health costs Britain more than £10 billion a year or £19,000 per case System provides quick and early staff screening for all …

Speaking  about reports of disruption to NI-GB trade, Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy at Logistics UK, commented: “Issues which have occurred at the GB/NI border are due, in part, to businesses not having a full understanding of the new border requirements for moving goods to and from Northern Ireland. …

SaMoTer, Veronafiere’s triennial international construction machinery exhibition, will welcome companies and sector operators once again in March 2023. This is a further and definitive change of date compared to the initial hypothesis of shifting the 2020 edition – postponed because of the Covid-19 emergency – to 3-7 March 2021. “This …

The logistics industry stepped up to deliver for the nation in 2020, despite facing a worsening shortage of HGV drivers, economic and financial hardship, and significant disruption to operations, according to Logistics UK. The business group has launched its COVID-19 Logistics Report 1, which provides a detailed overview on how …

As the nation looks to the new year ahead with some trepidation as to the long-term effects of the COVID-19 crisis on employment and the economy, hire sector leader Hire Association Europe and Event Hire Association (HAE EHA) is embarking on a vigorous series of initiatives aimed at attracting people …

Following UKWA’s call on government to clarify the position of logistics workers under the latest national lockdown regulations, today the Department for Transport has confirmed that employees in the sector are considered ‘essential workers’ and accordingly will be allowed to travel for work. In addition, the children of logistics employees …

The introduction of a third national lockdown for England and new Brexit red tape at borders has not created severe delays, says the home delivery expert ParcelHero. However, it cautions that supermarket slots remain scarce in some areas, while Brexit has created new bureaucracy and costs, forcing smaller EU sellers …

As the country enters 2021 under the challenges of Lockdown 3, UKWA CEO Peter Ward, pictured, has called for the government to confirm ‘essential worker’ status for all those operating in the logistics sector. He says, “In his announcement the PM underlined the need to maintain the integrity of supply …

CEA, Chief Executive, Rob Oliver, in his New Year message to the construction equipment industry strikes a positive note; “We can’t ignore the continuing challenges arising from Covid-19, but we now have more certainty around Brexit. We will have a few bumpy weeks working with government on the application of …