Next-day deliveries are in danger of becoming a thing of the past unless certainty over the status of EU workers is provided by the government, the GMB union has claimed. The warning came as the union obtained figures from the Office for National Statistics that revealed a third of warehousing and storage workers are EU […]
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Proposals to reduce the minimum course lengths for Driver CPC modules and accelerate the re-entry of returning drivers have been put to the industry for feedback. The Department for Transport (DfT) said it wanted views on how the DCPC qualification is maintained and how it could take advantage of the greater autonomy to regulate drivers […]
Third party logistics provider Knowles Transport has changed its name to Knowles Logistics to better reflect the range of services the company offers, including its warehousing division, which now accounts for almost 40% of the business. The Cambridgeshire-based company, which offers end-to-end supply chain logistics solutions across the UK, currently boasts over 2.5 million sq ft […]
The government’s recent decision to phase in the introduction of customs controls on goods entering Great Britain from the EU from the start of 2021 has been widely welcomed as a “pragmatic” move, allowing UK hauliers more time to adjust. However, they could also put extra pressure on cashflow.