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Thames Enterprise Park, a joint venture between Almcor and Greenergy, has been given the green light from Thurrock Council for a 412 acre brownfield regeneration project within the Thames Freeport zone.
Thames Enterprise Park will revive the former Coryton oil refinery site, initially delivering 3.7 million sq ft of logistics, manufacturing and next-generation energy technology space and creating up to 5,500 jobs.
The development is expected to add more than £350 million ...
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The government has published Northern Ireland Protocol Bill in which it plans to reduced the number of checks moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In doing so, it is likely to face opposition from the EU which says that the UK will be disregarding ...
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ParcelHero’s Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks says that the Northern Ireland Protocol bill had been published on the same day that new Government figures were published showing Britain’s EU exports broke all previous records in April. UK manufacturers and retailers saw export sales increase ...
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The disruption to global supply chains, which began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic looks set to continue throughout 2022 but there are brighter signs ahread, according to Logistics UK’s annual Logistics Report, published on 14 June.
It found that global and local factors have ...
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A public private partnership is planning to bid to for one of the Scottish government’s two Green Freeport locations.
AGS Airports’ Glasgow Airport, Peel Ports’ Clydeport, Mossend International Railfreight Park in North Lanarkshire and a partnership of the Glasgow City Region councils is proposing the ...
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Global Critical Logistics (GCL) - owner of the Rock-it Global entertainment logistics brand - has acquired Madrid, Spain-based forwarder Asesores de Flete (ADF), itself a provider of services to the sector. ADF will be integrated under GCL’s Rock-it Global brand.
GCL said it would solidify Rock-it ...
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The Freightos freight booking and payment platform says it will go public on the US NASDAQ exchange in the coming months and plans to raise at least $80 million in new investment. It will merge with Tel Aviv-based Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Gesher Acquisition ...
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Logistics UK has reiterated its call for the UK government to make the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol work effectively after a meeting with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on 25 May at Hillsborough Castle/
The organisation’s NI policy manager Seamus Leheny confirmed that Logistics UK had called ...
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The need for speed was critical for the CEVA Logistics Showfreight team to move a full-scale replica of a Typhoon fighter jet to London’s Leicester Square in time for the premiere of the Top Gun remake.
The team had seven hours to unload and install the ...
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Logistics UK has appointed Kate Jennings as its new policy director. Her extensive policy career has included both government and business sector roles, most recently as the policy director of the Railway Industry Association. During her time at the Department for Transport, she worked in ...
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