Business
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 most satisfying sectors to work in.
With a challenging workforce landscape, heightened by the cost-of-living crisis, the research analysed Glassdoor data on culture, diversity, work-life balance, ...
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Cross-border ecommerce shipments to the US face being rejected under changes introduced to Entry Type 86 in April, warnings tech firm Hurricane Commerce.
Entry Type 86 is a customs clearance procedure for low value shipments imported by one person on one day with a value not ...
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Unsworth recently organised an exclusive tour of Defra’s Inland Border Clearance facility at Sevington for almost 100 of the forwarder’s clients and other stakeholders.
The event, which was held in association with Ashford Port Health, was designed specifically to provide first hand information about the next ...
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Freeport East has opened up two new funds for applications, with a combined value of up to £800,000.
The Freeport East Clean Growth Fund is dedicated to providing financial assistance to local businesses operating within the clean energy sector and Freeport East's other target sectors. The ...
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Small and medium-sized companies could be increasingly pushed out of international trade by giant corporations if protectionist trade policies continue to increase, economist and author Marc Levinson told the latest episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast, produced in partnership with Dimerco.
He argued that the ...
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Following the vote by Wincanton to approve the takeover by GXO, the US firm’s takeover of the UK firm is not surprising due to the value of the Pound against the Dollar, says merger and acquisition specialist, Tom Whelan
The partner at the international law firm ...
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Kuehne+Nagel is to discontinue its regional structure in favour of a new direct reporting by country organisations in a bit to boost efficiency and profitability. The historic regional structure will be discontinued and responsibilities integrated into Kuehne+Nagel's Group functions, as appropriate. Cluster and national managers ...
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Dachser is to acquire food logistics provider Brummer, a partner in the European Food Network for the transport of temperature-controlled food between Germany, Austria and neighbouring countries, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is subject to approval by the German and Austrian competition authorities.
Brummer owns ...
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DFDS has signed an agreement to acquire the international transport network of Turkey’s Ekol Logistics.
Ekol operates extensive services between its home country and Europe with own offices and facilities in ten countries by road or intermodally using ferry, and rail and is the largest customer ...
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Logistics UK said on 3 April that it was disappointed by the intended charging structure for imported products of animal origin from the EU, such as fresh food, which is to be imposed as part of the government’s post-Brexit Border Target Operating Model.
“Logistics businesses have ...
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