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Logistics guests for Spitfire fly-past at Northolt HQ of British Forces Post Office, BFPO.
IoC were guests of the British Forces Post Office boss, full Colonel Andy Moffat at their RAF Northolt HQ location for the annual RAF flypast.
Logistics close-up view for a Spitfire fly-past. RAF Northolt, West London is the longest-serving RAF air base; active as an air base in World War Two and the Battle of Britain. Group Captain MHG Carver explained the history of the base and its London cover for the Battle of Britain.
A perfect visit between the September rain showers for the Royal Mail Museum at Mount Pleasant London WC1 which opened in July this year.
If you can't get there, take a look at the history book, ‘Masters of the Post'
September 1st news - Menzies Distribution deal to acquire Gnewt Cargo.
London-based Gnewt operated by IoC fellow Sam Clarke runs more than a hundred electric vehicles in the City of London from arches in SE1.
Gnewt, which was founded in 2008, provides final-mile delivery services in central London for retailers, e-tailers and parcel carriers such as Hermes and TNT.
Last year, it made over 3 million deliveries in London using the UK’s largest all-electric fleet of commercial vehicles.
A pre-peak commitment to client with 45% more parcel capacity on the Hermes network. Rugby looks set to raise the bar once more as e-retail takes further High Street numbers to home delivery.
Hermes UK boss, Carole Woodhead,
This is the largest parcel hub of its kind in the UK. We are extremely proud to officially open our Midlands super hub.
DHL is investing more than twenty million on three new sites - two are opening in November at Aberdeen and Milton Keynes, but the first is in October at Enfield.
Peter Fuller comments,
This investment in key sites is part of our strategic growth plan for the business. We’ve recently been awarded some major new contracts and we have ambitious targets to continue on this trajectory. To be successful we need to invest in the most effective infrastructure and equipment for our people to increase parcel handling capacity.
Bob Holt CEO DX hands over to Ron Series mid August.
In the same week, DX and John Menzies have terminated talks on merger. ‘It was not possible to agree suitable terms for the deal.’
DX shareholder Gatemore, Liad Meidar,
Bob Holt’s stewardship of the company throughout a challenging period and believe that the board arrived at the right conclusion with the Menzies transaction. We strongly believe that with leading positions in document exchange, secure delivery and IDW freight, DX is well positioned to thrive as a stand-alone basis.
Peter Kane, founder of Business Post (1971) later UK Mail as former interim Chairman at UK Mail has handed over the reins to Peter Fuller after the £500m acquisition by Deutsche Post DHL Group in December 2016.
Institute of Couriers fellows with Honda CX 80's courier bike for commercial final mile delivery in the City.
Institute of Couriers President Lord Falkland was at the celebrations of the five hundredth year of the ancient guild ceremony of Cartmarking. A bumper turnout of Institute fellows, guests and IOC heads of industry talked shop and discussed the future of the transport & logistics sector in Guildhall Yard; Taylor report on modern employment, clean air LoCity, congestion and collaboration in the City of London all on the menu.
Minister for Employment, Damian Hinds, Wed Aug 16th said:
There are now 338,000 more people in work compared to this time last year.
DWP reported this week, OVER 3 MILLION MORE PEOPLE IN WORK SINCE 2010
- Employment rate at record high 75.1% with a record 32.07 million people in work.
- Unemployment down 57,000 on the quarter and is at lowest rate since 1975.
- The number of people in employment has increased by 3 million since 2010, with over 75% of the increase being in full time work.
Official figures released today show the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.4% – the lowest level since 1975.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of people in work is at the highest level since records began in 1971. The record figures have been driven by increases in the number of people in secure work – over 75% of the increase in employment over the past seven years has been in full-time work.
The next step of exploding home delivery evolution began this week as Britain’s biggest grocer, Tesco, announced same-day from over 300 stores UK-wide. This brings Tesco same-day first to market, ahead of AmazonFresh.
Adrian Letts, MD of Tesco Online, said:
Customers tell us they like getting their shopping delivered quickly and conveniently, and with our same day delivery service they can now order by lunch to get their shopping delivered for their evening meal.
Tesco launched same-day in London and the South East three years ago, UK wide same-day will cover the Shetland Islands in Scotland to Cornwall, roll-out to be completed by the end of next month.
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