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Supply chain solutions provider Oakland International has appointed Doyin Adeleye as its new sustainability and ESG manager.
He will work across the Oakland group of businesses help it attain its climate and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) goals.
Adeleye has worked for several public and private sector organisations including Mouchel (now part of WSP), Balfour Beatty, OFGEM, the Environment Agency, the University of Wolverhampton, Greater London Authority, Energise and most recently Carbon ...
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Retail supply chain company Oakland International and not-for-profit organisation Hope4 are opening doors for Ukrainian food producers to access the UK market via neighbouring Moldova.
As well as bringing in humanitarian aid via the country, the two partners are now working to provide a subsidised back-haul solution primarily for Ukrainian producers ...
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Retail logistics company Oakland International plans to expand its accredited distressed load management service over the coming year. It follows a move to a dedicated purpose-built hub in 2022.
The DLM service helps save unnecessary product from going to waste. A spoiled or distressed load can be a costly problem for ...
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Retail logistics company Oakland International’s Leicestershire depot in Bardon is sending up to 20,000 food boxes to the Polish Ukraine border every day to help with the aid effort.
Each box is individually packed and contains a week’s supply of food, and once packed and loaded on to trucks takes less ...
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Retail logistics operator Oakland International says it plans to bring its fleet to over 100 prime movers to cope with a doubling of business in 2021.
It is also investing in electric and sustainable technologies including Ecodrive multi-compartment trailers with tail lifts fitted to a number and satellite controlled with monitored ...
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Fast-moving consumer goods consolidator Oakland International says it has become one of the first companies in its sector to invest in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) despatch technology at its Bardon operation near Leicester. RFID technology identifies tagged objects using radio waves and can automatically reading hundreds of barcodes per second ...
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Supply chain solutions specialist Oakland International has appointed Dale Fiddy as its first non-exec director, with a focus on commercial propositions and market opportunities. Holding senior roles with a number of blue-chip organisations over his 20-year plus supply chain, he will help Oakland grow its business value proposition and stimulate new ...
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Retail logistics specialist Oakland International has deployed extra resources at its UK sites in Redditch, Corby, and Bardon in anticipation of increased demand for its distress load management service in 2021. With queues of trucks expected outside ports due to Brexit problems, the opportunities for illegal migrants to board vehicles ...
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Food logistics specialist Oakland International is increasing the capacity of its Distressed Loads service, which deals with the aftermath of clandestine immigrants being discovered inside trailers arriving in the UK from the Continent.
Launched in 2002, it was the first registered and recognised service for inspecting and the sortation of consignments ...
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Food delivery companies could help deliver Covid vaccines to clinics, hospitals or even homes, says Dean Attwell, chief executive of Oakland International. Speaking on the day that two pharma giants announced a possible breakthrough in developing an effective Covid vaccine, he explained that much of the expertise needed to handle ...
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