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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has launched a new web-based portal that brings companies with warehouse space to fill together with potential users. MarketSpace does not charge a fee or commission to companies wishing to use the site to market the space they have to let and is also free to use for those searching for storage facilities. www.ukwa.org.uk
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The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has published a 'Positioning Paper' on how the supply chain sector can work with Customs (HMRC) to ensure that post-Brexit excise legislation does not place an unfair burden on legitimate logistics companies and to keep them competitive.
UKWA's chief executive officer, Peter Ward, said it was important ...
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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has set up a Technology Advisory Board to develop and deliver advice and best practice guidance on how the logistics industry can implement improve processes and operational efficiency. Chief executive Peter Ward said that UKWA already has advisory boards to provide strategic leadership and direction ...
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Guests at this year's UKWA annual lunch and awards at London's Dorchester Hotel, raised over £9,000 for international development charity, Transaid.
Thanking the UKWA members for their generosity, Transaid's CEO Gary Forster described how over 6,000 African drivers had been trained by Transaid and drastically reduced the amount of wasted medicines ...
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has unveiled plans to overhaul the law governing warehousing of excise alcohol – just a quarter century after first proposing the idea.
The plan, which is in “pre-consultation” would simplify tax across disparate alcohol regimes, automate transactions in line with HMRC’s digital ambition for 2020 and ...
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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) is organising a five-day trade mission to China and Hong Kong for the UK logistics industry. It will include a stand within the dedicated UKWA Pavilion at the China International Logistics and Transportation Fair (CILF) in mid-October, site visits, business matching meetings, networking dinners ...
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The UK is facing a chronic shortage of warehousing due to years of under-development combined with growing demand, especially from e-commerce operators. This will likely lead to considerably higher rents, director of Logistics Research at Savills, Kevin Mofid, told a seminar at the Multimodal event in Birmingham in May.
“There’s very ...
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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) is consulting with the Government on plans for a ‘register for fulfilment houses’. It is asking its members and other companies who might be affected to visit its website to download HMRC’s consultation document and pass on any comments or concerns they may have.
The ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that there was little in today's Budget that was relevant to the freight and logistics industries.
However, director general Robert Keen said he was concerned by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's warning that storm clouds are gathering over the global economy. “Any softening ...
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An informal poll by the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) shows that 60% of the UK’s leading logistics professionals are in favour of Britain remaining in the EU.
The survey was carried out at a networking luncheon for the logistics industry at the House of Lords and organised by UKWA, attended by ...
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