Winston & Strawn’s London partner Peter Crowther and associate Lisa Hatfield outline the key legal impacts of the UK-EU TCA on global trade. At 11pm on December 31, 2020 (midnight Brussels time), the UK’s Brexit Transition Period ended and a new era was entered into, an era where trade relations between the EU and the …
London, UK: Logistics workers under the latest national lockdown regulations are considered ‘essential workers’ and will be allowed to travel for work. The Department for Transport today confirmed that employees in the sector are considered ‘essential workers’ and the children of logistics employees will be permitted to attend school along with those of other key …
Aylesford, UK: Kent Frozen Foods has added 13 Eurocargos and 18 Daily vans to its 80-strong refrigerated fleet. Haynes Trucks supplied the 12-tonne Eurocargos and the 3.5-tonne Dailys which have twin-compartments. The Eurocargo ML120E25s deliver chilled and frozen food to cafes and restaurants in London where manoeuvrability is key. The Eurocargo MLC Day Cab is …
Jyväskylä, Finland: Supply chain analytics company Logmore has rolled out a new product for monitoring sub-zero vaccine shipments. The solution developed by the data logger startup is designed for delivery of pharmaceuticals that must be stored at extremely low temperatures, such as the Covid-19 vaccine. The newly developed Logmore Dry Ice is designed to support …
Dover, UK: A massive shortage of customs agents will begin to have an effect from tonight, according to Robert Hardy, founder of the Customs Clearance Consortium. “There is a huge shortage of customs agents and whilst this might not be visible just yet, it will be from tonight as the pressure will be on export …
London, UK: The reimposition of lockdown measures could be the final ‘nail in the coffin’ of many food manufacturers supplying the out-of-home market, says Richard Harrow, chief executive, British Frozen Food Federation. The federation says that with the reimposition of severe lockdown measures, these businesses need long-term government support in the form of business rate relief …
Southampton, UK: Greencore is using battery-powered vans to deliver to the Isle of Wight. During the ferry crossing Greencore’s 3.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Sprinters must turn off their engines – meaning the vehicles’ direct-drive Carrier Transicold Xarios 350 units stop operating. Ordinarily, this poses no problem as the insulated van body – built by Solomon Commercials – …
London, UK: Fleet operators can save money and improve compliance and safety with BrakePlus, TIP’s new EBPMS, it says. TIP Trailer Services has launched BrakePlus, its Electronic Braking Performance Monitoring System to provide fleet operators with an alternative to carrying out physical roller brake tests throughout the year. With BrakePlus, fleet teams can have their …
London, UK: The government must confirm ‘essential worker’ status for all those operating in the logistics sector as the country enters 2021 under the challenges of Lockdown 3, says Peter Ward, chief executive, UK Warehousing Association. “In his announcement the PM underlined the need to maintain the integrity of supply chains and logistics. Therefore, UKWA …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International has appointed Dale Fiddy as its first non-executive director. Fiddy, previously with Fowler Welch, will support Oakland’s directors, to grow the business. He said: “Oakland is an incredibly innovative multi-temperature food logistics specialist that has an established record for successfully winning and delivering complex logistics solutions for its wide-ranging customer base. “Successful …
Boroughbridge, UK: Reed Boardall is to extend one of its cold stores at its Boroughbridge site, increasing capacity to 168,000 pallets. The business operates four cold stores at its single Boroughbridge site, and has carried out work on an 110,000sq ft extension to its newest cold store. The build programme to extend Cold Store 4 …
London, UK: Frozen food sales finished 2020 on a high, adding another £252m in sales in the last three-month period, according to the latest Kantar figures released by the British Frozen Food Federation. The research reveals that frozen food has performed better in terms of value and volume percentage growth than any other category apart …
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