Leigh Anderson, managing director, Bis Henderson Recruitment on why the food supply sector seeks yet more high-level supply chain talent. Northampton, UK: “From producers to processors, wholesalers and retailers, the food industry employs many of the sharpest minds in supply chain management. In an industry based on the tightest of margins, where the smallest change …
London, UK: The signatories of a letter to the prime minister warning of a crisis in food supply reads like a who’s who of the logistics industry. That letter follows a meeting with the minister for transport, Charlotte Vere, last week where industry representatives warned that vacancies meant a summer of food shortages is likely. The …
London, UK: Logistics UK has written to the government about the driver shortage crisis, warning that supermarkets are beginning to diversify drivers onto food delivery from other products. Logistics UK says that one in three members (29%) are unable to fill HGV driver vacancies while one third of EU national workers working as van and …
Nottingham, UK: Microlise has a video version of its recent webinar on the driver shortages facing UK operators. Click here to view
London, UK: The Road Haulage Association, along with 21 other high-profile freight industry members, have written a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to personally intervene as the lorry driver shortage crisis looks set to have profound consequences over the coming months. “As the summer holidays draw near and lockdown restrictions relax, the …
Criccieth, Wales, UK: Harlech Foodservice has taken delivery of four new Solomon-bodied Daf 12-tonners all with Carrier Transicold Supra 850 multi-temperature fridges. The trucks replace older vehicles and join a 32-vehicle fleet that is 90% Carrier cooled. “We specified our first Supra around 12 years ago, and that’s roughly the length of time we expect …
Belfast, Northern Ireland: Soaring demand from customers for its ultra-low fat, ‘guilt-free’ MillarMoo milkshakes prompted Northern Ireland’s Clarke Millar to buy a new fridge-bodied Mercedes-Benz 26-tonner. The Actros arrived via Newtownabbey Dealer MBNI Truck & Van, which took back a pair of 7.5-tonne Ategos in part-exchange. Whereas the smaller vehicles could each carry half a …
Slough, UK: Any logistics services provider or online fulfilment company that is perceived to be merely paying lip service to ‘green’ issues or is inactive when it comes to corporate sustainability strategy, not only risks seriously undermining its own brand and reputation – but also those of its clients. So warns Paul Mulcahy, quality, health and …
London, UK: The shortage of HGV delivery drivers is now critical and could threaten food supply in some areas like chilled products, says the Federation of Wholesale Distributors. FWD members are reporting particular difficulties getting hold of soft drinks, beer, and chilled products like cream, cheese, yoghurt and meats. Food wholesalers are experiencing severe difficulties …
Reading, UK: A new approach is needed to secure cold chain skills for the future and attract more young people into the industry, says Tim Moran, president, Cold Chain Federation. Businesses across the UK’s cold chain are experiencing a labour crunch which threatens to jeopardise the industry’s efforts to revive temperature-controlled supply chains as restrictions …
Oxford, UK: Oxford Covered Market has taken two Electric Assisted Vehicles as part of a government funded trial of zero emission delivery methods in the city. Various businesses based in the Covered Market will use the vehicles for town centre deliveries including temperature-controlled products. The cargo bay on one vehicle is refrigerated. “The Oxford Covered Market …
Helsinki, Finland: A2B Finland, which has pioneered ecological transport in Finland, has expanded its home delivery fleet serving the Helsinki area. A to B is using new electric Mercedes E-Sprinter vans with Thermo King’s E-200 fridges and Peugeot E-Expert vans with B-100 Eco fridges. The E-200 unit has a Thermo King lithium-ion battery pack to …
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