Logistics is all about supply and demand. And now there’s a growing mismatch between demand for workers – illustrated by vacancy rates – and the supply of available applicants. As delegates were reminded last month at our UKWA National Conference: the …
The history of automation is a long story of using technology to minimise human input. It’s a way of getting more reward for less human effort. You could argue that the invention of the wheel was the moment when we began to automate logistics. Fast-for…
Andy Street, the Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands has described levelling up as “a level playing field for the UK’s regions”, whilst Simon Clarke, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says it is about “creating jobs and opportunity and restoring pri…
The UK Warehouse Association (UKWA) warned this week that workers are struggling to meet peak season demand in the face of surging Covid infections. SAGE member Professor John Edmunds warned that, taking into account unreported cases, there coul…
Warehousing is a key enabler of global trade, which means embracing digitisation is essential for effective communication across the supply chain.
Going Digital was the subject of one of our seminar streams at Multimodal last month and is a theme UKW…
Business rates might sound like a dry topic, but this tax affects every warehouse-keeper in the UK, which is why UKWA was so keen to represent members’ views in the latest Government consultation.
In recent years, commentators including the Institute…
The UK Green Business Council (UKGBC) is building a common vision for achieving Net Zero by 2050. Their new Whole Life Carbon Roadmap will be published in time for UK’s hosting of COP26 in November 2021. Earlier this summer, UKGBC invited feedback from…