Logistics Consultancy Group Supports Not for Profit Food Distribution Charity
Pandemic Has Doubled Workload
UK – SCALA, the supply chain and logistics consultancy, has partnered with food redistribution charity FareShare to assist the organisation with its logistics strategy after it saw a major increase in received food volumes over the past year. FareShare s team of 2000 volunteers has distributed the equivalent of 132 million meals with a value to the charities it serves of £18 million in the last year.
The charity takes food from the food industry that cannot be sold in shops because of packaging errors, short shelf life, or overproduction and redistributes it through a network of over 11,000 frontline organisations, including homeless hostels, school breakfast clubs, domestic violence refuges, older people’s lunch clubs, food banks, and hospices.
Thames Crossing at M25 Contracts Awarded to Continue Charging Regime
Questions Remain Over Foreign Income Shortfall
UK – Ever since the construction and opening of the original Dartford Tunnel some 58 years ago the crossing point of the River Thames at its lowest point before the open sea has always been a controversial project.
That original £13 million west tunnel development, far from achieving the financial results which caused the authorities to promise that toll charges would soon be lifted, saw a rise in traffic numbers which meant the opening of a second tunnel in 1980 as the M25 boosted congestion to hitherto undreamt of heights.
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Major European Freight Forwarder Acquires Asian Logistics Corporation
Final Details of Deal Approved
EUROPE – ASIA – The deal set up in February which saw Swiss group Kuehne+Nagel acquire the assets of the Chinese headquartered Apex International Corporation has been finalised after all closing conditions, including the receipt of unconditional regulatory approvals from the competent authorities, were satisfied.
The acquisition sees K+N take an even stronger position in the world of logistics with Apex having numerous locations including 14 in China and 7 in the US. The organisation is particularly strong on the transpacific and intra-Asia trade routes, generating turnover of CHF 2.2 billion, gross profit of CHF 296 million and earnings before taxes of CHF 126 million in 2020 and ranking seventh in terms of global air freight forwarding volume.