Brexit Blasts Off
Brexit is now here. Arguably, however, at this point, it doesn’t really make a great deal of difference. With a COVID19 lockdown now looking to be in place until March, many businesses are being forced to halt, or at least scale back, their operations. While this...
Will Christmas Be Delayed?
In most years, the big question is whether or not there will be snow at Christmas. This year, the big question is whether or not Christmas will actually happen. More accurately, the big question is whether or not it will actually happen on time. From hot gifts to...
How Sustainable Is Your Supply Chain?
When journalists come to write retrospective analyses of COVID19, they will hopefully talk about the many lessons which were learned from it. One of those lessons has surely been the dangers of excessive centralization. It seems very likely that companies will be...
UK Exporters Celebrate Pre-Brexit Financing Boost
Many UK exporters are already active globally. With Brexit on the way, they have even more reason to think and act, beyond Europe’s borders. What’s more, UK Export Finance has just given their activities a boost by extending its trade support in over 100 countries....
“The Tank”
Our story begins in a far off Land! The inhabitants of these Lands were in desperate need of a new hospital; so the Governing Body sent out messengers far and wide to find a hero that could help them. As fortune would have it, there was a building company...
Will there be port chaos?
Andrew Baxter, MD of Europa Worldwide Group has stated he thinks speculation of chaos at the UK’s ports immediately after Brexit is “basically wrong”. By contrast, Richard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association (RHA), predicted that there is an 80%...
Logistics Needs to See the Road Ahead
The initial “three-week lockdown” is now heading into its 6th month, albeit in a very different state than in March. Technically, most businesses in most locations can now open. It is, however, very definitely not business as usual, not in any industry. Businesses...
Packing considerations for exporters
Regardless of whether you’re exporting equipment and machinery to businesses or gift items to consumers, your customers expect their purchase to arrive in one piece, literally. This means that it needs to be appropriately packed. With growing numbers of UK...
The countdown to Brexit is on
While it’s worth acknowledging that nothing is ever settled until it’s done, a no-deal Brexit seems to be pretty close to that point. It’s now August and the UK is due to leave the EU, completely and permanently, at the end of December. With countries around the...
Why effective packing is essential for global business
Since the dawn of the 21st century, consumers and businesses alike have enthusiastically adopted the “less is more” trend. As a part of this, there has been a major push against excess packaging, which has probably been of benefit to everyone. The key word in that...