The UK courier ParcelHero has revealed people left it later than ever to send their parcels this Christmas. ParcelHero’s previous Christmas peak was December 13, 2018, almost a full week earlier than this seasons' busiest day, the 17th.
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Returns abuse analysis
Jan 14, 2020
By Tom Stevenson, UK Director, Forter.
“The 2nd of January 2020 marked National Returns Day, the busiest day of the year for holiday returns. In fact, UPS stated that it expected to ship 1.9 million returns, a 26% increase over last year.
Logistics and liability for loss or damage to goods
Jan 14, 2020
Over the past year, Wright Hassall has acted for both suppliers and customers of logistics services and one of the main issues that crops up time and time again as part of contractual negotiations is liability.
Under any type of contract, a party will want to limit to what extent they will be liable to the other party for losses the other party incurs which are attributable to that first party. Logistics contracts are no exception.
Origin Logistics UK, member of XLProjects, to rebrand as ‘Cardinal - The Logistics People’
Jan 14, 2020
In a words of Jamie Whyatt, Managing Director of Cardinal, “I am excited to announce a small but exciting tweak to our brand that took place on the 1st of January, 2020. You may know that Origin Logistics is, and always was a part of the Cardinal Maritime Group.
Is it time to rethink plastic In packaging?
Jan 14, 2020
A cross-party parliamentary group warning that firms are replacing plastic with potentially more harmful alternatives for the environment is a wakeup call for companies to redouble their sustainability efforts, says an industry expert.
Prologis cuts carbon with first ‘app-based’ commuting service in partnership with Zeelo
Jan 14, 2020
Over 100 employees at Prologis RFI DIRFT in Rugby have signed up to a new commuter scheme, thanks to a partnership with ‘app-based’ smart transportation start-up, Zeelo.
