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With businesses focusing more than ever on running costs and how to create leaner systems to reduce bottom line finances, there is a real urgency to review transportation methods to deliver goods and save money wherever possible. In today’s modern technological age, delivering goods to consumers has become more than just hiring ‘a man with …
January can be as busy as the month of December for UK retailers. Whilst December is spent rapidly completing and sending out the last of the gift orders, January is a busy time whereby Retailers need to manage gift returns. Administering gift returns efficiently to keep customers satisfied requires dedicated time and methodical processes. This …
The cost-of-living crisis means that UK retailers and online businesses will need to look more closely at how they operate over the coming months. In doing so it is hoped that they may sustain success during 2023, by encouraging existing customers to stay loyal as opposed to moving to their competition. Whilst the groundwork may …
For UK companies looking to review their logistic processes it can be a time-consuming and costly task. However, if it is implemented correctly, in the long run it can save a company a lot of money by cutting overheads and introducing efficiency. As the year of 2022 draws to a close, we are facing impending …
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November 2021 saw some fundamental changes for learner drivers and their driver licences within the logistics industry. Whereby, if new drivers held a provisional lorry licence which was issued after 15th November 2021, they could learn to drive in an articulated lorry (category CE). For those with provisional licences issued before this date, it would …
Driver Licences Review welcomed by the Logistics Industry Read More »
The UK Government has recently launched a new initiative named ‘Generation Logistics’ to attract a new generation of skilled workers into supply chain operations. Throughout the pandemic it was the supply chains and logistics industry who sought to keep the nation on its feet. However, following Brexit which saw the exit of many EU workers, …
At this moment in time the global supply chain is wobbling. Following the pandemic, Brexit and now the Russian Ukrainian war, certain commodities are rapidly reducing and therefore prices are swiftly rising. Initially this rumbled a shockwave through UK industry, together with an element of uncertainty as to how we would cope without essential ingredients. …
Is the global supply chain crisis an opportunity for UK business? Read More »
All UK sectors are working towards becoming carbon neutral. This is in response to the UK government’s strategy to decarbonise all sectors and meet their 2050 net zero target. Details can be found at: Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) In respect of incoming and outgoing UK logistics and supply chains, this …
Company commitments to carbon neutral and meeting net zero target Read More »
For those who regularly order online, at some point in the last few years, you may have come across ‘What 3 Words’ and wondered what the term referred to. Sometimes road names and house numbers don’t provide enough information, in helping delivery drivers to pinpoint as to where they should accurately leave parcels. Door entrances …
What is ‘What 3 Words’ and how are delivery businesses using it? Read More »
