Logistics

How to optimise Last Mile Deliveries

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

Last Mile Deliveries take place within the last or final mile of the supply chain. These are deliveries direct to consumers, whether it’s two miles

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Driving a sustainable supply chain

Dec 13, 2022Comments off

2022 has certainly been turbulent. The war in Ukraine, record fuel prices, unprecedented inflation, the continued fall-out from COVID, Brexit and a recession in the

Road freight prices fall for second consecu...

Dec 13, 2022Comments off

The average price-per-mile for road freight vehicles has dropped for the second month in a row, as the industry prepares for its peak demand period.

Delivery fleets ramp up recruitment to meet...

Dec 12, 2022Comments off

Courier fleets have ramped up driver recruitment and expanded vehicle numbers to meet peak seasonal demand this winter, which has increased by as much as 132% since

M20 Operation Brock

Operation Brock contraflow to be activated ...

Dec 05, 2022Comments off

The Operation Brock contraflow system on the M20 in Kent will be deployed from Monday 12 December ahead of the Christmas period and high passenger

Transportation prices before Christmas?

Dec 02, 2022Comments off

Perhaps there is no better industry bar a few than road freight transport which is a first-hand witness of the chaos that happens before the

The UK’s largest container firm is divers...

Dec 02, 2022Comments off

Cleveland Containers, which is based in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, has recently announced the launch of the Cleveland Group, which encompasses the container arm along with two

UK firms holding double the stock amidst in...

Nov 24, 2022Comments off

New industry data reveals that manufacturers are holding double the amount of stock compared to pre-pandemic levels as the world’s supply chain woes take on

UK delivery drivers under increasing pressu...

Nov 23, 2022Comments off

Delivery drivers in the UK drop off a parcel every six minutes on average, or 10 parcels an hour. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of delivery drivers

Bradfords & Tarmac trial pioneering su...

Nov 22, 2022Comments off

Bradfords Building Supplies has taken its first delivery of Tarmac bagged cement loaded on green Pallet LOOP pallets into its Glastonbury branch, kicking off the