Amazon has received another drone-related patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This one is for an inflatable airbag which can used to protect parcels that are dropped into the delivery zone from a still-airborne drone.
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NewCold UK has announced it is looking at possibilities for a new site to accommodate the “increased UK market activity” and demand for storage which it believes will be “triggered by the ‘Brexit effect’ in European Supply Chains”.
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SF Express officially announced the opening of its first Australia service station in Melbourne early this month.
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Lazada has announced it is working with higher education institutes and data analytics experts to jointly develop online and offline training courses that will help Southeast Asia’s entrepreneurs and SMEs capitalise on the e-commerce boom.
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Royal Mail has announced that the members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the agreement in principle on pensions, pay, a shorter working week, culture and operational changes.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has argued that the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) interim report into the status of workers from the European Economic Area “fails to answer the questions which logistics businesses have about future workforce levels”.
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Sainsbury’s Tu clothing range will soon be available from Argos – and from 25th April customers can order Tu clothing online by 2pm for next day home delivery or free Click & Collect from 1,100 Sainsbury’s and Argos stores across the UK.
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The UK Department for Transport has announced that from February next year (2019), lorries meeting the latest Euro VI emissions standards will be eligible for a 10% reduction in the cost of the Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) levy.
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