Ridecell partners Logistics UK van scheme
Ridecell Inc., the leading Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider for digital fleet transformation, has been announced as a Bronze Partner to Logistics UK’s Van Excellence scheme, an innovative programme which recognises excellence within the vans market and improves operational standards.
Ridecell Fleet IoT brings the power of IoT to owners with large vehicle fleets. Automating fleet-related workflows for vehicle maintenance work provides capabilities that today are either manual, tedious, or just not possible. The product ensures vehicles are optimally managed, serviced, and secured with digital control of the immobilizer to remotely prevent vehicles from being restarted: it can also schedule vehicle usage and issue digital keys, replacing the need to hand out and track physical vehicle keys.
Freeports, Fuel Duty and Tax Changes Delight for Some and an Anathema to Others
UK Logistics Sector Gives a Variable Reaction to Budget
UK – The logistics sector drew breath this week and then released a torrent of words to comment on the Budget measures, taken as they are in the light of chaos caused by both the Covid pandemic and the exit from Europe.
Whilst some see Freeports as the road to Damascus, others are sceptical of the advantages or downright hostile, seeing them as an excuse to lower employment standards. Measured comments come from such as Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), who welcomed some of the macro-economic announcements in the UK Budget that will offer ongoing support to businesses in the freight and logistics sector that have been hit hard by the double whammy, saying:
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NI Secretary Brandon Lewis made the announcement on Wednesday
Northern Ireland border checks will be phased in from October under new government plans that have inflamed mounting tensions with the EU.
The UK and the EU agreed last year to a series of grace periods for agri-foods entering Northern Ireland, an agreement the UK has now opted unilaterally to adjust.
In a written statement on Wednesday, NI Secretary Brandon Lewis said the government was taking several “temporary” steps to avoid “disruptive cliff edges” by extending the current grace periods until “at least 1 October 2021”.
The move has stoked tensions with Brussels. EU Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic called it “a clear departure from the constructive approach,” and the “second time that the UK government is set to breach international law.” Irish Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said it was “not the way a respectable, honourable country should behave”
The revenue of some hauliers based in Northern Ireland fell by up to 30 per cent in January after the end of the Brexit transition period, an industry representative has said.Seamus Leheny, Northern