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Logistics UK will hold its fourth annual one-day Supply Chain Resilience conference at the America Square Conference Centre, London on Wednesday 19 March
It gives the opportunity to hear from high-profile speakers including Alan McKinnon of Kühne Logistics University, who will deliver the keynote address, and Laura Marquis, Director for Multimodal Freight at the Department for Transport, who will be participating in a panel session discussing government programmes to support improving ...
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The UK must invest in an efficiently functioning border including revitalising the Single Trade Window scheme launched by the previous administration if, says Logistics UK. The organisation has submitted the sector’s priorities to the Treasury as part of the government Spending Review.
Policy director Kevin Green, that Logistics UK member businesses ...
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With the final phase of the Border Target Operating Model being implemented on 31 January, Logistics UK urged the Government to learn from the logistics industry when delivering its forthcoming Trade Strategy to ensure commerce flows as smoothly as possible across the nation’s borders.
Head of trade and devolved policy, Nichola ...
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Logistics UK urged the government to prioritise workable solutions for frictionless trade in its response to the Department of Business and Trade (DBT)’s call for input into the forthcoming Trade Strategy. It said that immediate changes should be made to border processes to ease the movement of goods across the ...
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Logistics UK has welcomed Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens’ recent statement that rail is her “number one priority” in the recent spending review but stresses that freight must be considered as well as passengers.
Senior rail policy advisor, Ellis Shelton said: “While discussions about passenger rail investment in Wales ...
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Logistics UK says it is “deeply disappointed” at the lack of mention of freight in the Government’s Integrated National Transport Strategy announced by the recently departed Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh on 28 November.
Head of Cities and Infrastructure Policy Jonathan Walker commented: “The UK needs a genuinely integrated ...
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Logistics UK has welcomed news that the new East-West rail route will allow up to 14 new freight services to operate in each direction between the Felixstowe and the Midlands. It was responding to the launch of a two-month public consultation on the scheme.
East-West Rail is a scheme to create ...
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The annual cost of congestion on the Strategic Road Network for HGVs increased by almost £1 billion between 2015 and 2024, according to new research commissioned by Logistics UK.
In its report, The UK Logistics Network by transport economists MDS Transmodal launched on 12 November, the business group pressed the Treasury ...
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Logistics UK said on 10 October that it welcomed the reported delay to the introduction of the European Entry and Exit System (EES). The system was due to be introduced from 10 November but reports indicate this date has now been pushed back.
There were concerns that the new technology, passengers ...
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Logistics UK has described the government’s decision to postpone a decision on whether to build the Lower Thames Crossing as “deeply concerning”.
Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh said on 7 October that she would delay until at least May 2025 the decision on the Development Consent Order (DCO) for ...
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