Managing Director of privately-owned freight forwarder Europa Worldwide Group, Andrew Baxter, has reacted to an official study which offers a template for future UK-EU border relationships post Brexit – summarising the report as 'sensible and positive progress' towards a workable solution.
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RSSBeware double taxes on online purchases, warns ParcelHero
Mar 19, 2018
The online parcel delivery expert ParcelHero says Chancellor Philip Hammond's proposal to tax digital businesses' revenues rather than profits in his Spring Statement puts Britain at odds with other countries' taxation rules; and his crackdown on online sellers avoiding VAT could also open a can of worms.
Midland Pallet Trucks urges businesses to consider employee safety in new financial year
Mar 13, 2018
As the new financial year approaches, materials handling equipment provider, Midland Pallet Trucks, is urging firms in the industry to invest in equipment that can reduce safety risks.
Smurfit Kappa reveals how packaging is key differentiator for ecommerce sector
Mar 13, 2018
Smurfit Kappa explored the part that packaging can play in boosting online sales in an ecommerce event recently.
Trade body welcomes move to address problem ot global shipping counterfeiting
Mar 13, 2018
A new initiative aimed at tackling the problem of counterfeiting in the maritime sector, has been welcomed by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA).
Latest ProGMA video highlights loading dock hazards
Mar 06, 2018
The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA), a product group within trade association Material Handling Industry (MHI), is promoting the third in a series of educational videos about preventing accidents and injuries at loading docks. The videos can be seen at mhi.org/progma/videos.
Automated parcel delivery – the future of last mile
Feb 26, 2018
By Matthew Robertson, Co-CEO NetDespatch.
I read a particularly interesting article this week. It focused on technology and the changing face of delivery. Paragraph after paragraph it waxed lyrical about how consumers were finally starting to embrace new forms of delivery, such as drones and autonomous vehicles, and argued that with robotic drivers no longer limited to our TV screens, soon enough our science-fiction dreams would become a reality.
Leading retailers come together for Big Plastics Debate
Feb 19, 2018
Coca Cola, Co-Op, Asda, Marks & Spencer and Iceland will come together under one roof for the first time at Packaging Innovations 2018, to talk about the UK's hottest topic – plastics in packaging.
Survey: Small firms spend up to 500 hours each year managing freight shipments
Feb 19, 2018
While importing continues to grow across both small and enterprise companies, almost 50% of the 300,000+ American businesses who import still use spreadsheets to manage their international supply chain.
Freight forwarders demand action on infrastructure investment
Feb 19, 2018
Commenting on the National Infrastructure Commission's (NIC) first Annual Monitoring Report, Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), said: "Today, we have seen the value of having an independent National Infrastructure Commission to hold the government accountable for lack of action on key national infrastructure issues.
