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XPO Logistics, a leading provider of freight transportation services, has announced the promotion of Nigel Rouch to the position of senior vice president, technology – Europe. Rouch will be responsible for XPO’s technology organization and digital strategy for its European business, reporting to Luis Gómez, president – Europe and to …

Feenstra will lead the EMEA expansion as Addverb Technologies becomes the intra-logistics automation preference and will represent Addverb at LogiMAT 2022 Addverb Technologies, a leading robotics company in fixed and flexible automation, announces a key appointment in the international leadership team to accelerate its global expansion and enhance competitive positioning. …

The boom in postal and courier services means the number of business premises operated by transport companies has grown faster than any other sector, new Government figures reveal. But ParcelHero says pay hasn’t kept up with growth. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the transport and …

By the end of 2021 Yusen Logistics delivered over 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine across the globe. Since the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was approved for use in the UK by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on 30 December 2020, Yusen Logistics has supported AstraZeneca in …

Berlin-based log-tech start-up InstaFreight successfully closes Series B funding round of more than $ 40 million. With the new investment, the company will make supply chains strained by the pandemic and Ukraine war more resilient. Using its digital business model InstaFreight is making more capacity available and will handle land …

Hot on the heels of the official opening of its £6m investment in a state-of-the-art transport and logistics hub in Lympne, Kent, PML – the provider of world-class logistics and supply chain solutions – has set up a satellite transport depot in Portsmouth. PML will have five trucks and trailers …

The publication of today’s (09 February 2022) Public Accounts Committee report “EU Exit: UK Border Post transition” shows that government needs to place an urgent focus on arrangements at the nation’s borders if trade and passenger traffic is not to grind to a halt from this summer onwards. As Sarah …

By Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment The pharmaceutical retail, wholesale and distribution sector is ‘in play’, as they say on the markets. The group around Lloyds Pharmacy (retail) and AAH Pharmaceuticals (wholesale) has been acquired by Aurelius; Walden have bought Movianto, joining Eurotranspharma and Ciblex and so …

Much has been made in the past year of the shortage of HGV drivers and other logistics workers. But after a challenging 12 months for the sector, a new report published today by business group Logistics UK shows there is cause for cautious optimism that the situation will improve. The …

Lately, the logistics industry and supply chains have been receiving more media attention than ever, unfortunately it’s not for the best reasons. With headlines in the media such as “Supply Chain Crisis Risks Taking Global Economy Down With It”, “No End in Sight for the COVID-Led Global Supply Chain Disruption” …