E-commerce companies urged to reduce parcel volumes to limit courier driver shortage’s impact on online deliveries
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E-commerce companies urged to reduce parcel volumes to limit courier driver shortage’s impact on online deliveries

Research recently released by market intelligence agency, Mintel, shows that the Covid-19-inspired rise in online shopping has driven a boom in demand for UK courier and delivery services.…

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Automation: Learning the secrets of uptime
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Automation: Learning the secrets of uptime

Automation offers a route forward for hard-pressed e-fulfilment operations – particularly, when it comes to packaging processes. But how do you build in operational resilience? What are the…

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No online sales tax is good news – for now
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No online sales tax is good news – for now

For online retailers what the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not announce in his Spring Budget statement was arguably more significant than anything that he did unveil, says…

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XPO Logistics and Nestlé Unveil UK Digital Distribution Warehouse of the Future
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XPO Logistics and Nestlé Unveil UK Digital Distribution Warehouse of the Future

XPO Logistics, a leading global provider of transport and logistics solutions, and Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, have today announced that their flagship distribution centre…

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HERMES EXTENDS REMIT WITH POSTTAGTO COVER ALL LOCATION QUERIES
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HERMES EXTENDS REMIT WITH POSTTAGTO COVER ALL LOCATION QUERIES

Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist, has extended its remit with PostTag, the last mile delivery technology company, to cover its business fully end to end. It follows a…

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AMCO TARGET RETAIL LOGISTICS SECTOR AND BRCGS CERTIFIED BUSINESSES SUPPLY CHAIN
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AMCO TARGET RETAIL LOGISTICS SECTOR AND BRCGS CERTIFIED BUSINESSES SUPPLY CHAIN

Amco are picking up on the industry demand for specialist storage and transport in the retail sector by seeking partnerships and new customers that require service levels to…

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HERMES & GMB UNION AGREE FURTHER BENEFITS FOR SELF EMPLOYED PLUS COURIERS
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HERMES & GMB UNION AGREE FURTHER BENEFITS FOR SELF EMPLOYED PLUS COURIERS

Hermes UK, the leading consumer delivery company, and the GMB Union have announced that they have concluded their annual negotiations which have resulted in further benefits for all…

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NEW LOGISTICS FOR NATURAL REMEDIES
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NEW LOGISTICS FOR NATURAL REMEDIES

“From nature for people”: Since 1935, the company Wala Heilmittel GmbH from Bad Boll in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, has been developing and selling preparations of natural origin. These include medicines according to…

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Partnership distributes 20,000 ‘thank you’ bags to frontline NHS workers
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Partnership distributes 20,000 ‘thank you’ bags to frontline NHS workers

More than 20,000 gift-bags for NHS staff have been distributed to frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic – thanks to a partnership between leading sampling agency, The Goody Bag Company, and full-service logistics provider, Lemonpath.  Initially the project planned…

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Toy story
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Toy story

Constraints to business expansion, presented by manual packing, lead one international logistics business to invest in fast, fit-to-size automated packaging technology. Established in 2015, Global Freight Management Hersden…

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