Tag Archives: Covid-19

How adapting work environments in response to COVID-19 measures could mean more lone worker situations due to fewer staff- Hytera explains how to still keep site staff safety high, when headcount is low. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the number of employees going into work due to home working, …

Manufacturer PFF Group has made four key appointments at its Washington site following a contract win to produce PPE for the NHS. The contract from the Department of Health and Social Care will see PFF manufacture 360 million disposable polythene aprons. The company has invested £2m in new equipment and created 100 …

Logistics UK has revealed it will be hosting a series of seven Van Gold Partner Webinars to take place on alternate weeks starting from 15 February 2021. The webinars – sponsored by the AA, Bott Ltd, Brigade Electronics, Hertz, Lex Autolease, Quartix and TVL – will each be around one …

Howard Tenens Logistics, a quality focused, independent family business delivering mutual value through great people, collaboration and technology has won Logistics UK “Partnership of the Year” award for their partnership with Toolstation. Logistics UK, one of the biggest business groups in the UK, supporting, shaping and standing up for efficient …

Whilst the nation is once again adjusting to life under lockdown, one 3PL provider has re-activated all it had in place during previous lockdowns to ensure key industry sectors can play their part in keeping the nation running. Carlton Forest 3PL, based in Worksop, is renowned for its efficient warehousing …

RTITB has developed a new eLearning course ‘Managing COVID Risk During Lift Truck Training’, which is available for free to provide support throughout the challenges of Covid-19. The course is ideal for training teams and managers in supply chain organisations delivering inhouse training, as well as lift truck training providers. …

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 …