June has seen the strongest month ever for Supplychain21 as increased activity from many customers helped to push volume and turnover to new heights. There appears to be increased confidence in the UK economy following the small amount of growth achieved in Q1 2013. Supplychain21 customers have done well through...
The Department for Transport has published its statistics for the first quarter of 2013. This indicates that HGV traffic levels in the UK were down by 3.8% against January to March 2012. With 3.7 billion vehicle miles involved, there are still an awful lot of...
The European Competition Commission has launched a formal investigation into the issue of oil price fixing, despite the fact that in 2012 the Office of Fair Trading found that there was insufficient evidence to support such a claim. As fuel is a major component of the cost of...
April has seen the strongest month yet in 2013 for Supplychain21 as increased activity from many customers helped to push volume and turnover to new heights. The small amount of growth achieved by the UK economy in Q1 this year seems to be having a positive impact on...
The latest Logistics Survey shows that UK road exports to the EU both on accompanied and unaccompanied trailers were down in 2012 against the levels seen in 2011. This is solid evidence that the recession in the EUR area has been having an impact on...
The recent budget once again saw the chancellor backing away from previous announced increases in fuel duty. Not for the first time, the treasury has observed that adding above inflation tax increases in fuel is likely to hurt both the UK consumer and business. A recent survey...
For many of Supplychain21's customers, getting a sufficiently legible and accurate CMR to be able to use with HMRC to provide proof of export is an ongoing challenge. Supplychain21 has worked with its hauliers and also customer warehouses to try to ensure the quality of...
The HGV Road User Levy Act became law on 4th March. Prior to this legislation, many EU states already charge lorries for using their roads which means that British vehicles have to pay to drive in Europe, while foreign lorries can drive in the UK without paying...
Supplychain21 has won another piece of new business in the drinks sector as a result of its network of hauliers able to provide backhaul vehicle availability. Offered the opportunity to quote on some selected routes, Supplychain21 was able to find savings of 18% on the...
There has been mixed news on costs for hauliers (and therefore their customers) in recent weeks. Whilst George Osbornes announcement tthat the planned 3p per litre rise in fuel tax would not proceed in January avoids this additional cost, the new levy proposed for HGV's...