What Are The Ongoing Problems For Logistics Automation In The UK?
Automated forklifts operating in a warehouse, moving boxes along aisles with robotic precision.

What Are The Ongoing Problems For Logistics Automation In The UK?

Automation in logistics equipment is growing rapidly in the UK, driven by the need for efficiency, accuracy, and sustainability. However, several key challenges continue to slow do …

01-Oct-2025 09:30:00 2 min read
Should I Use An ERP System For Warehouse Management?
Two women in a warehouse looking at a computer screen, discussing warehouse operations and inventory management.

Should I Use An ERP System For Warehouse Management?

Running your warehouse operations through your ERP system can offer benefits like data centralisation and streamlined workflows—but it also comes with several downsides, especially …

24-Sep-2025 09:30:00 2 min read
What Are The Biggest Challenges Facing The Logistics Industry In 2025?
Operations manager holding his head in frustration, appearing overwhelmed and disappointed in a logistics warehouse setting.

What Are The Biggest Challenges Facing The Logistics Industry In 2025?

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK logistics sector face a unique set of challenges that can hinder growth, competitiveness, and resilience.

17-Sep-2025 09:30:00 2 min read
Top Trends Shaping the Logistics Industry in 2025
Forklift moving a shipping container at a busy port with an airplane flying above, symbolising global logistics in 2025.

Top Trends Shaping the Logistics Industry in 2025

The logistics industry in 2025 is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by technological advancements, evolving customer expectations, and global sustainability goals. Companies …

05-Sep-2025 09:30:00 2 min read
Are Your Transport Yards Big Enough For The Trailer Length Increase?
A transport yard with workers considering if it will be big enough for the trailer length increase

Are Your Transport Yards Big Enough For The Trailer Length Increase?

A big change is coming to the UK’s roads and logistics sector, after the UK government greenlighted Longer Semi Trailers (LSTs) for general use on 30th May 2023.

14-Nov-2023 12:00:00 3 min read
The 7 Rs of Logistics
A business man on his phone considering the 7 R's of logistics

The 7 Rs of Logistics

Readers of a certain age may remember when schooling was based around the so called three R’s of Reading, wRiting, and aRithemetic, and since then various other sectors have develo …

24-Oct-2023 12:00:00 3 min read
9 Ways To Improve Sustainability & Cut Energy Costs In Your Warehouse

9 Ways To Improve Sustainability & Cut Energy Costs In Your Warehouse

Sustainability is important to consumers, and change starts at the top. Because green credentials hold such clout, it's industries of all sorts that must face the challenge of rede …

17-Feb-2022 10:02:00 4 min read
Strategies for Managing Supply Chain Disruption

Strategies for Managing Supply Chain Disruption

Supply chain professionals have been faced with mounting challenges this year. As we advance toward the holiday season, these challenges are starting to permeate some sectors and h …

07-Dec-2021 12:00:00 4 min read
Skill Shortage
Skill Shortage

Skill Shortage

The normal approach to a skill shortage in a company is to hire someone or to train someone internally. This can be a challenge for many industries and business sectors to find peo …

23-Nov-2018 11:49:46 2 min read
Don’t Plan For Black Friday – Plan For Peak
Don’t Plan For Black Friday – Plan For Peak

Don’t Plan For Black Friday – Plan For Peak

Black Friday however busy is just one day in your peak period. It might be the busiest day, it might be your peakiest peak but it is still one day and the responses you deploy to d …

22-Nov-2018 16:39:17 6 min read