Chris Lewis
Liverpool based freight forwarder Warrant Group has become an employee owned trust after owners Ian Jones and Lynsey Morrison sold 90% of their shares. They will step back from the business over time.
Andy Simpson (pictured, below) has been made managing director and John Healy finance director.
An employee owned trust acquires and holds a controlling interest in a company for the benefit of its employees, giving the effect of employee ownership ...
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Traders can save costs by using Customs Special Procedures (SPs), said software solutions provider Customs4trade (c4T) in a recent series of webinars.
SPs have become more pertinent since the UK left the Single Market, and C4T has seen a big increase in enquiries over the past year or so from companies ...
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American Airlines is to switch to M&G Packaging’s biodegradable BioNatur Plastics in its cargo operations. The carrier has already begun replacing its current plastic products with the brand at most major hubs, allowed it to reduce its long-term plastic waste in landfills by more than 130,000 lbs or the equivalent ...
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Austrian-owned forwarding and logistics company Cargo-partner has enhanced its road freight network between the UK and Ireland.
It recently introduced daily and weekly road transport options handled by its teams in Dublin, Manchester, Basildon and Bradford. It offers groupage, part load, full load and express van services, including a full customs ...
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Forward Solutions managing director, Richard Litchfield, says that HMRC’s new Customs Declarations Service (CDS) is still causing problems for the freight industry, several months after its roll-out for UK imports in October 2022.
CDS will not now replace the Chief system until 30 November 2023, eight months after the original date.
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Air Canada Cargo unveiled its renewed London Heathrow customer reception area, the first part of a wider project to modernize many parts of its largest European hub.
The reception includes a living wall featuring three types of locally-sourced mosses to help purify the air as well as improved workstations for customer ...
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UPS reported revenues down 2.7% from last year at $27.0bn in its fourth quarter 2022 earnings. However, for 2002 as a whole, revenue increased 3.1% to $100.3 billion. Diluted earnings per share were $3.96 for the quarter and adjusted diluted earnings per share were $3.62, 0.8% above the same period ...
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EL AL Israel Airlines has signed a master rental agreement with DoKaSch Temperature Solutions for the German provider’s Opticooler containers. With some of the world’s largest pharma manufacturers based in Israel, El Al will be able to safely transport temperature-sensitive products to and from its headquarters at Ben Gurion Airport ...
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The Zeus freight platform is to appoint Dr Christopher de Saxe as its first head of sustainability. Dr Saxe is currently senior research associate at the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, University of Cambridge. In his new role he is charged with developing commercial pilot programs with electric HGVs and ...
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Freeport East, one of the new English freeports, has appointed Steven Wilson as head of innovation. He will lead engagement with universities, colleges, R&D centres, large and small businesses and public and private funders and investors to build an innovation cluster to support local businesses and communities the freeport region, ...
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