Trammell Crow Company has submitted a planning application to Sheffield City Council to develop the former Betafence site at Shepcote Lane in Sheffield, which closed to manufacturing in November 2018. The application is to develop the 20 acre site and to replace the existing building with a 367,151 sq ft Grade A logistics facility. The…
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A new pilot is set to give people in Greater Manchester access to electric cars and e-cargo bikes, as an alternate to private vehicles. The year-long eHUBS trial will offer residents in Chorlton, Whalley Range and Ancoats access to a number of electric cargo bikes for hire. Common in cities across Europe, they are available…
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Anglia Ruskin University is working with Britain’s busiest container port, the Port of Felixstowe, to improve efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and enable more containers to be handled. The project applies digital technologies such as machine learning and optimisation techniques to build predictive models for container flows around the port. This will in turn reduce unnecessary…
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The Institute is delighted to announce that a number of its members and friends of the Institute have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours List for 2022. The Queen’s New Year Honours list 2022 recognises the outstanding achievements of people across the UK. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Military…
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HM Revenue and Customs understands there may be some confusion over the direct representation rules introduced last year. As a result, it is recirculating key messages from previous Joint Customs Consultative Committee engagements: Customs agents authorised for Simplified Customs Declaration Processes (SCDP) (previously CFSP) who are representing UK established customers can use their authorisation to import…
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The Cabinet Office has provided the latest news from the Government relating to UK borders following the end of the transition period. To view the update click here. This article was originally published here.
A Freight & Logistics Strategy for the North of England has gone out for public consultation, highlighting the opportunities to address the challenges that lie ahead for the sector and calling on everyone to have their say on shaping the way forward. The freight and logistics sector is vitally important for the North of England,…
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Tesco is launching the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks. Two new 37 tonne DAF electric vehicles will transport food and other products from Wentloog rail terminal outside Cardiff to Tesco’s distribution centre in Magor, Wales, in partnership with logistics and international freight forwarding company FSEW. Heavy goods vehicles make up…
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Maersk has announced its intent to acquire Hong Kong-based omnichannel fulfilment company LF Logistics. According to Maersk, LF Logistics will allow the company to offer global door-to-door supply chain solutions to its customers, supported by LF Logistics’ premium warehouse fulfilment services, omnichannel footprint and ecommerce and inland transport competences. Ditlev Blicher, Maersk Regional Managing Director…
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Transport for London (TfL) has published its London’s 2030 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy. In October, TfL launched a draft summary document and since then has been engaging with various stakeholders to incorporate feedback into the full report. TfL's 2030 strategy builds on the work it did in 2019 in our Delivery Plan, going further to set out its vision,…
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