Belfast, Northern Ireland: Logistics UK and the Road Haulage Association (NI) met with representatives from HMRC and the Trader Support Service in Belfast this week to discuss the “continuing and upcoming issues hauliers face with moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. John Martin, policy manager Northern Ireland, RHA, said: “These are increasing costs, …
London, UK: Sunswap has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. This year’s winners include Octopus Energy, Veolia, Tui, Easyjet Holidays, and Dishoom. Andrew Sucis, chief operating officer, Sunswap said: “This recognition reinforces our commitment to fostering a positive environment. It also strengthens our ability to attract and retain the best …
Wetherby, UK: A Really Cool Company has been acquired by London-based Viso Logistics. Really Cool Company handles frozen, chilled and ambient food and beverages and will now operate within Viso Logistics network as an independent entity managed locally. Andrew Wood, managing director, A Really Cool Company, said: “A partnership with Viso Logistics gives us the …
Brussels, Belgium: Thermo King is offering customers a “performance enhancing experiences” with Max Your Cool ,which allows users to to select options to maximise uptime, sustainability, savings, and control across their day-to-day operations. There are four elements: “The driving factor behind the Max Your Cool offering is to build strategic partnerships with our customers leveraging …
Bradford, UK: Warehouse workers at Morrisons’ Cheshire and Wakefield are poised to strike on six days over May and June because of changes to their pensions, according to the Unite union. The move follows a ballot where members voted “overwhelmingly” for industrial action. Staff, which include warehouse stock controllers, cooks and admin staff, are set …
London, UK: Toyota Material Handling Europe has formed an Environmental, Social and Governance committee as part of its commitment to sustainability. The new team will help shape Toyota’s strategy and decision making as the company continues its progress towards becoming a highly sustainable organisation, the company says. Tom Schalenbourg, director – sustainable development, Toyota Material …
Whitchurch, UK: Shropshire County Council have approved plans to convert a warehouse near Whitchurch into a cafe and museum dedicated to temperature-controlled operator Grocontinental.and its founder Ray Grocott. According to the BBC, Grocott Developments Limited started work on the site in Brookdale, near Whitchurch, in October last year, and had applied for retrospective planning permission. …
Lisburn, Northern Ireland: McCulla Ireland has taken 33 Schmitz Cargobull SKO Cool Smart trailers. The trailers have Schmitz Cargobull’s TrailerConnect telematics and a double deck loading beam to carry 66 pallets. Brian Beattie, operations director, McCulla Ireland, said: “We took our first two semi-trailers from Schmitz Cargobull in 2008 having been exclusively with another manufacturer …
London, UK: The new post-Brexit physical checks on imported goods have not gone well for flower importers, according to Ian Shuttlewood, director, PML Seafrigo. “From what we’re hearing, there have been slightly more flower checks than was expected. A lot of the big nurseries had been able to do checks at their own premises, which …
Grimsby, UK: Andy Driscoll has been appointed chief financial officer at Constellation Cold Logistics . In former posts he helped to establish and grow the Valeo Foods Group Snackfoods Division, where he had overall responsibility for finance, IT and supply chain functions. Previous positions include roles at Kettle Foods, Heinz and Nokia Siemens Networks in …
Fraserburgh, Scotland: Eden Farm Hulleys, part of the Kitwave Group, distributes frozen food, ice cream and chilled products to wholesalers from eight depots using 190 vehicles. The Eden Farm Hulleys relationship with Gray & Adams started7 years ago with 18 refrigerated HGV bodies and seven trailers. Eden Farm commissioned two bespoke double-deck lifting deck trailers …
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