Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation today sounded the alarm over a significant increase in the cost of supplying vital temperature-controlled food and drugs. This surge is directly attributed to recent National Insurance Contributions (NIC) increases announced in the recent budget. Coupled with the weekend’s news of supermarkets facing a staggering £2.5bn increase in NIC …
Peterborough, UK: DFDS has added 10 Sunswap electric fridges to its fleet. The Sunswap refrigeration system was trialled by DFDS in 2022. It uses a combination of solar and battery power and trials showed that on one of DFDS’s longest routes the systems can provide 22 hours of cooling on a single charge over two …
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Webfleet is expanding its OEM.connect partner programme to trailers with Schmitz Cargobull the first trailer manufacturer joining the OEM.connect programme. Commercial fleet operators can now easily connect Schmitz Cargobull trailers with Webfleet via factory fitted telematics, eliminating the need for aftermarket hardware installations. This way they can access powerful trailer data to boost …
London, UK: Sunswap has gained the Innovation of the Year Award at the Made in Britain Impact Awards 2024. The award celebrates British manufacturing excellence, with judges looking for companies making a measurable impact through innovative solutions. Sunswap’s battery and solar-powered transport refrigeration unit, Endurance, impressed the judges with its fresh approach to a complex industry challenge. …
Spalding, UK: FreshLinc faced a challenging financial year after losing a retail contract which was absorbed into the client’s own distribution operations. This loss was a major factor in the company’s reported 4% turnover decline to £139.7m and a 23.2% fall in pre-tax profits to £1.3m for the year ending 3 February 2024. FreshLinc cited …
London, UK: The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) has found that GXO Logistics’ (GXO) purchase of Wincanton could reduce competition in the supply of contract logistics services in the UK. Both companies supply mainstream contract logistics services to business customers in both retail (such as groceries, fashion and apparel) and non-retail (such as manufacturing and …
Easton, UK: Magnavale’s cold store at Easton is entering the final stages, with the completion and commissioning underway. The site adds 101,000 pallet positions to Magnavale’s portfolio. The main building and plant rooms are fully complete, and testing of the automated storage and retrieval systems finished in October, setting the stage for the first intake …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International and Acorn Trade Partners (ATP) are collaborating with Grubby, a UK-based producer of plant-based recipe kits, to help the company further expand its business. The partnership has already been working successfully for a year. ATP, which is part of the Oakland International Group, works with new and developing brands to reach …
London, UK: Chancellor of the ExchequerRachel Reeves announced the biggest tax increases in three decades in her first budget, raising tax by 40 billion pounds a year, most of it falling on businesses. Initial investor reaction to Reeves’ speech show most taking her plans well, with government bond prices rising further as she addressed parliament. …
Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales: Fast-growing Welsh wholesaler Harlech Foodservice is expanding its workforce, having recently clinched over £1m in public contracts and opened two new depots this year, in Telford and Carmarthen. The company has won a “raft of new contracts”, ranging from supplying schools, care homes and colleges in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Cheshire, to school …
Bletchley, UK: Marine & Cargo has put the first all-electric Schmitz Cargobull S.KOe Cool trailer into operation in England, delivering to McDonald’s UK distribution centres. Andrew Marshall, managing director, Marine & Cargo, says: “We’ve had the S.KOe Cool on the road for a few weeks now and the early signs are really positive. The technology …
Wolverhampton, UK: Fresh meat wholesaler and distributor Blakemore Fresh Foods has started rebranding to Blakemore Meats with a new livery on its trucks. So far just one of the vehicles has the new livery but six more are to follow. Drivers will also have a new branded uniform. Blakemore says the rebranding “reflects the company’s …
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