Carl Lomas IOC Chair speaking on Black Friday, ‘As retailers extend Black Friday the logistics companies await figures to see how big 2015 peak for home delivery will be. A week of poor weather, rain & in the wake of the Paris terrorist issues, first vision is consumers are staying at home and buying on line in the safety, warmth and comfort of their arm chairs. This could create the biggest home delivery numbers so far in the four year history of UK Black Friday.’
In the week preceding Black Friday, Cyber Monday and delivery Tuesday it was a full house for the long-awaited SHU conference on return logistics, chaired by Sheffield Hallam Dr Jonathan Gorst. Dr Mike Bernon Cranfield speaking, Anthony Baldwin head of returns at Shop Direct & Mark Catley, business development director at XPO / Norbert. Introductions by SHU faculty head, Jill Stewart.
Institute of Couriers chair, Carl Lomas was on the M62 road from Manchester to Liverpool, big shed logistics country, the million square foot Hermes super hub and then six hundred and fifty thousand feet of DHL/Travis Perkins shed next door, adorned with Scania tractor units. And that’s just one pair of big sheds in a run of logistics roads.
Where is the next generation of drivers coming from for those trucks?
IOC Chairman Carl Lomas was a guest at the Manchester lecture at TFGM to hear Richard Armitage talk about his Manchester Final mile cycle Courier Company.
The London Assembly Transport Committee is investigating how to improve the safety of motorcycling in London.
Motorcyclist survey
"We (LA) are conducting an online survey of individual motorcyclists so they can share their views and experiences of riding in London with the Committee. The survey is anonymous and only takes a few minutes – it is open to anyone who rides a motorcycle or other powered two-wheeler vehicle in London, including those who live outside London."
"We (LA) would be very grateful if you could share the survey link with your organisation’s members and other contacts: https://goo.gl/q1ZfwM."
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