Fewer transport & storage firms saw an increase in turnover in July than any other comparable sector, but that’s not stopped many predicting an increase in September. Transport companies are on a rollercoaster ride, says the home delivery expert Parcelhero. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that fewer transport & storage […]
The international delivery expert Parcelhero says that the UK may need to follow the US in scrapping its de minimis limit following a 53% increase in low-value imports. It says that £5.9bn of low-value products are now flooding into the UK annually, further endangering Britain’s High Streets. Following President Trump’s long-planned ending of duty-free de […]
Trump’s tariff wars may be grabbing the headlines but Brexit is still impacting trade more than five years on, says the international delivery expert Parcelhero. Strict new trade rules for goods sent from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland, which came in at the end of March this year, have caused retail shipments […]
Despite previously announcing that the US would keep its de minimis tariff threshold until July 2027, President Trump is now set to scrap it at the end of this month. That means all goods worth $800 or less entering the US from the UK will no longer be exempt from US tariffs, says the international […]
New figures from the government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal transport, logistics and storage industry managers’ salaries are slipping behind those of many comparable professions. The figures also show that, since 2017, the salaries of logistics professionals have risen comparatively slowly compared to those of doctors. This is despite the fact that resident doctors took […]
Concerning results from the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Insights survey reveal that 31.3% of transportation & storage sector companies have no cash reserves. The transportation & storage sector is the category that includes logistics, parcels, haulage and warehousing firms, and it has a higher number of companies with no cash reserves than any other […]
For months, UK businesses had been fearing the impact of April’s staffing cost rises. However, the latest ONS survey reveals transportation & storage sector companies kept their calm in the face of employer National Insurance and National Living Wage increases. Nor do they appear to have been ruffled by Trump’s new tariffs, says the international […]
Last Friday’s closure of Heathrow Airport disrupted the supply of over £5.43m of goods, says the international delivery expert Parcelhero. The cost could ultimately run to millions. Many delayed products, such as pharmaceuticals and fresh foods, have a limited shelf life. The full impact of the closure of Heathrow Airport on the UK supply chain […]
Shock new figures from the government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that transport & storage sector firms’ staffing costs ballooned by 35.7% in the last three months. That’s considerably more than any other industry sector. In contrast, manufacturing companies’ staffing costs rose by 24% and retailers by 20.4% during this period. Rising employment costs for […]
President Trump has already U-turned on his new tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada. New 25% levies on cars have been shelved, as have his plans to suspend the de minimis threshold on Canadian and Mexican packages, says the international delivery specialist Parcelhero. Where does all this leave UK exporters? After weeks of threats, […]
