This year, VIB has been active for 25 years as the Association for Purchasing and Logistics in Flanders, Belgium. On the 3rd February member companies and some special guests (totalling 300) were invited to celebrate this anniversary at the Belgacom Surfh
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The proposed London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) offers poor value for money, excludes 94 per cent of the capital’s vehicle population, and will not enable air quality targets to be met according to the Freight Transport Association.
Target Express has completed the first commercial mailing through its new postal service, Target Post.
The increase of 9.5 per cent means that rail freight has grown by 60 per cent since 1995, and that the amount of freight moved, measured by billion net tonne kilometres, is at its highest level since 1977.
What are the key factors driving growth in outsourced supply chain management? John Pattullo gives some pointers to where the sector is heading.
The advice from the government is that operators will need to be ready to use digital tachographs in new HGVs and PSVs from May this year.
At the time of writing this column, we have another surge of interest in the popular press and TV on “Scourge of the White Van Man”.
Transport for London has a hidden agenda to raise revenue, according to the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association.
Postcomm, the independent regulator for postal services, has proposed penalties of £11.7m on Royal Mail for serious breaches of its licence obligations.
FDB Distribution has launched a contract packing service. Director Francis De Beer says: “We saw an opportunity, noticing we were storing goods, picking to orders and delivering to local packers on behalf of customers. This is also saving transport costs.
