Logistics & distribution

Driving down the cost of e-vehicles

It’s perfectly clear that the direction of travel in automotive – pun intended – is toward zero- emission vehicles. For the present, this means buying electric.

Charlesworth employs 54 staff at its Wakefield site

Charlesworth speaks out on electricity bill hike

Soaring energy prices have seen digital and litho printer Charlesworth’s annual electricity bill shoot up from £132,000 to a projected figure of over £500,000.

Delivery delays have been caused by high staff absences

Royal Mail to cut 700 managers

Royal Mail is expecting to reduce its management headcount by around 700 and has reported bumper recent absences caused by the Omicron Covid wave that has led to delivery delays.

Cochrane: honoured to take on the role of CEO

Whistl makes changes at the top

Delivery management company Whistl has restructured and strengthened its senior leadership team to reflect the significant growth of the overall business in recent years and its diversification into...

Bucktrout: "Our e-commerce business is growing substantially"

UKP Worldwide opens customs clearance hub

International mail and parcel delivery specialist UKP Worldwide (UKPW) has opened a new customs clearance hub to facilitate the smooth onward delivery of international parcels.

Stokes: ETrak offers clients delivery reliability at cost effective prices

The Delivery Group acquires ETrak

E-commerce and specialist mail services firm The Delivery Group has acquired 100% of ETrak Logistics, its prior joint venture with Parcel Monkey, to drive its international growth plans.

Betts and Hall will continue to head the business

Whistl buys Relish business

Whistl has acquired sampling specialist Relish from Kin + Carta as the business, formerly St Ives, wraps up its divesture of non-core operations to become a pure-play DX (digital transformation)...

Customer communications are going through a rapid change

Thriving through accelerated change

This past year has accelerated change affecting the printing industry. Quadient’s Sof Tsigarides explores driving new revenue streams, enabling production efficiencies and growing existing business.

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Protection racket: The shifting sands of liability

Who is responsible if your shipment gets damaged in transit? More importantly, who picks up the tab for reprinting it? Printers should be careful to ensure their work is properly covered.

Wrapped up and hot

There’s a part of the UK printing industry that has been the subject of many millions of pounds worth of investment in recent years, resulting in a massive increase in the available capacity.