A degree apprenticeship that creates future supply chain industry leaders continues to grow at Sheffield Hallam University – with more than 50 apprentices forming the latest cohort. The programme, which is run in partnership with Clipper Logistics, started in 2018 with 15 apprentices. Next year, the University is hoping to welcome 100 people onto…
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Roads Minister Baroness Vere has announced £32.7 million in government funding to provide a vital new link road in Central Bedfordshire. The project, supported by the Department for Transport and led by Central Bedfordshire Council and South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership, will see the construction of a new 2.75-mile road link between Junction…
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DP World has announced the launch of its new digital logistics platform CARGOES Logistics. The platform aims to provide customers with a single-window solution enabling seamless, safe, secure, and efficient movement of their cargo. The first phase of launch will immediately offer customers access to book cargo from UAE to India as well…
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The Government’s highly controversial plan to introduce a 2% online sales tax is being resurrected, warns the home delivery expert ParcelHero. It says Britain’s army of online shoppers must not be forced to pay the cost of Covid. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly resurrecting the controversial plan, first proposed by his predecessors Philip Hammond…
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Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has released a written statement to Parliament addressing the HGV driver shortage. According to Shapps, increasing capacity for testing candidate HGV drivers, combined with supporting legislation, aims to relieve the pressure on the haulage industry. Read Shapps’ statement in full below: “The need to tackle…
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A Net Zero Strategy setting out how the UK will secure 440,000 well-paid jobs and unlock £90 billion in investment in 2030 on its path to ending its contribution to climate change by 2050 has been unveiled by the UK government. Building on the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan, the UK Net Zero Strategy…
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The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published a consultation on its initial proposals for the next price control at Heathrow Airport Limited. This will ultimately set the maximum charges the airport operator can charge its airline customers for using the airport for the next five years. The CAA recognises that there is…
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Clipper Logistics has become the first logistics provider to remove the locked pay cycle and offer staff flexible pay. A new partnership with charity-backed financial wellbeing provider Wagestream will see a range of services rolled out to reduce employees’ financial stress, build financial resilience and improve their overall wellbeing. Wagestream aims to reduce…
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DHL Express has been named the World’s Best Workplace in the annual list published by Great Place to Work in collaboration with Fortune Magazine. The achievement rewards over ten years of continuous improvement and investment in its people, advancing from 8th in 2017 to 1st place in 2021. John Pearson, CEO DHL Express,…
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Thousands more HGV deliveries could be made each month in the UK under plans to help bolster the country’s supply chains by temporarily extending ‘cabotage’ rights. The proposals set out in a consultation launched last week mean foreign operators that come into the country laden with goods can pick up and drop off goods…
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