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A veterinary deal with the European Union could increase UK agricultural and food exports by over a fifth, according to a report by academics.
The team, from Aston University’s Centre for Business Prosperity and the University of Bristol, analysed the agricultural and veterinary aspects of trade deals around the world to estimate their impact on exports and then modelled the potential impact of different types of agreement on UK exports to ...
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Freight insurer TT Club has produced a toolkit to help transport companies develop a Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) policies. It provides signposts to strategies and solutions to challenges such as emissions calculation, reduction and reporting. The toolkit will develop over time to build a resource ...
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UPS reorted first-quarter 2024 consolidated revenues of $21.7 billion on 22 April, a 5.3% decrease from the first quarter of 2023. Consolidated operating profit was $1.6 billion, down 36.5% compared to the first quarter of 2023, and down 31.5% on an adjusted basis.
Chief executive Carol ...
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Descartes has acquired Ireland-based Aerospace Software Developments (ASD) for $61 million. ASD offers customs filing solutions under its Thyme-IT brand and Irish customs domain expertise to Descartes' Global Logistics Network and solutions and will help logistics companies comply with Irish regulatory requirements says Descartes. ASD's ...
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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued a statement denying press reports that checks on imports from the EU were to be delayed and would start as planned from 30 April.
It said the UK government has full confidence that the facilities, ...
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CMA CGM has initiated the sale of Bolloré Logistics' activities in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, French Guiana, and Polynesia, In line with the commitments made to the European Commission and the Polynesian Competition Authority for its takeover of the French-owned forwarding company. CMA CGM Group has ...
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Logistics UK warned that the UK’s international trade connections have fallen behind its competitors in recent years, in its response to the ‘Build It In Britain’” pledge by the Labour Party on 17 April
Deputy policy director Michelle Gardner said it was vital that there is ...
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Logistics UK has been confirmed as a founder member of the UK government’s new Critical Imports Council, which held its first meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London on 17 April.
The Council was announced by the Department for Business and Trade as ...
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New data from -commerce and fintech platform Tradeshift's Q1 Index of Global Trade Health paints an encouraging picture for global trade, with robust growth observed in China and the US, alongside indications of a rebound in global demand for manufactured goods.
Total transaction volumes across the ...
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A new report on workplace satisfaction among UK workers in 2024 shows that transport and logistics professionals are the least happy sector.
The Career Happiness Index, collated by careers transformation specialist The Futures Group, also said that accounting and finance and healthcare appear to be the ...
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