The government has announced plans to relax rules on the number of deliveries foreign drivers can make in attempts to help the logistics industry in what’s expected to be an extremely difficult Christmas period. As rules are expected to be lifted in December, many companies and industry experts have warned that these changes have come …
A critical shortage of warehouse space risks causing yet further delays to Christmas stock already threatened by a growing backlog at UK container ports and a lack of lorry drivers, businesses have warned. Warehouse operators reported that the industry is “creaking at the seams” and said companies were running “dangerously” low on time to be ready …
As demand picks up in preparation for Black Friday and Christmas, warehouses across the UK are having to increase wages by 30% to secure staff and continue operating. This comes as the already buckling warehousing industry faces a shortage of tens of thousands of workers after Brexit. Midland Pallet Trucks, a provider of high-quality manual …
The warehousing industry is ready for incoming deliveries from abroad, but nothing is coming due to post-Brexit customs delays, says Midland Bearings, an equipment supplier to the UK warehousing and logistics sector. The logistics industry has been hit hard by the UK’s departure from the EU, facing increasing delivery costs, high customs fees, and a …
With the UK desperately trying to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have warned that UK output growth is being hindered by supply chain disruption and labour shortages throughout the warehousing and logistics sector – something that calls for a new approach according to material handling experts, Midland Pallet Trucks. As many HGV drivers returned …
With the warehousing and logistics industry facing one of the worst staff shortages in known history, the Government has been blasted by industry experts with ‘poverty wages’ and poor conditions cited as reasons for failing to attract more candidates to job vacancies. Ministers have warned companies that they should increase their wages and improve working …
Midland Pallet Trucks, a provider of high-quality materials handling equipment including electric pallet trucks, aerial work platforms and moving skates, is urging those taking up space in the new generation of super shed warehousing to take a fresh look at their materials handling needs as the online shopping surge looks set to continue. With …
An estimated 3.4 million square metres of new warehousing space is in the construction pipeline across the UK as increasing demand for eCommerce shows no sign of slowing down. However, Midland Pallet Trucks, a provider of high-quality manual handling equipment including pallet trucks, manual stacker trucks and lift tables, is urging those looking to take …
Midland Pallet Trucks, a provider of high-quality materials handling equipment including electric pallet trucks, aerial work platforms and forklift truck accessories, has seen a dramatic rise in the demand for its products as supply chain staff shortages hit the warehousing sector hard. With a large shortfall in HGV and forklift truck drivers causing significant supply …
Midland Pallet Trucks, a provider of high-quality manual handling equipment including pallet trucks, manual stacker trucks and lift tables, is warning warehousing managers that action needs to be taken now to alleviate supply chain disruption fears. With many media outlets reporting on the disruption that Covid-19 is having on the supply of fast-moving consumer goods, …
Midland Pallet Trucks, a provider of high-quality manual handling equipment including pallet trucks, manual stacker trucks and lift tables, is celebrating its relationship with Safelift Offshore Ltd, an oil industry onshore and offshore supplier by providing tough manual handling equipment able to cope with the demands of arduous environments. Safelift Offshore recently procured 18 x …
A looming labour shortage in the warehousing and logistics sector due to Brexit, Covid-19 and EU nationals returning to their country of origin cannot be adequately plugged by robotics technology, warns Midlands Pallet Trucks. With many skilled employees leaving the industry, a majority of remaining workers have cited physical labour as one of the main …
