A new ONS survey reveals only 3.9% of transport & storage sector companies say they are concerned about the impact of a cyber attack over the next 12 months. The home delivery expert Parcelhero warns the sector must not get complacent about the dangers of being hacked. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business […]
UK manufacturers are responding to shipping delays and rising demand for goods by tactically building stock levels as they approach the final quarter of the year. New figures show that small and mid-sized firms generated £365,565 in sales in Q2 2025, a 47% jump on the same period last year, and almost 2% on the previous […]
July’s retail sales estimates were delayed by two weeks because of concerns over the ONS’ data. Contrary to some analysts’ fears, they showed a 0.6% rise in sales volumes, while online spending soared by 2%, says the home delivery expert Parcelhero. When the Office for National Statistics (ONS) withheld July’s sales estimates for two weeks […]
Several European postal services, including France’s La Poste and Deutsche Post, have announced temporary restrictions on shipping goods to the US. The announcements have been made in response to the removal of “de minimis” exemptions for items valued under $800 entering the USA. Other operators introducing restrictions include DHL, Spain’s Correos, Poste Italiane and the […]
An ONS survey reveals competition costs impacted more transport & storage firms employing 10 or more employees than any other sector in August. Similarly, labour costs impacted the sector more than any other except hospitality. The home delivery expert Parcelhero warns that when transport & storage firms catch a cold, the UK’s economy sneezes. A […]
The UK’s export businesses remain competitive, despite America’s new parcel tax, say leading audit, tax and business advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg. Michael Holland, a partner at the firm, said: “The removal of the long-standing ‘de minimis’ exemption that allowed low-value goods under $800 to enter America duty-free presents a challenge for UK exporters. But when […]
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 […]
