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Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation has published the first ever handbook on managing food safety specifically for temperature-controlled storage and distribution. The handbook, Ensuring Food Safety in the Cold Chain, brings together the latest information on compliance, best practice and recommendations for managing the key food safety risks in the cold chain and insights …

London, UK: Trade bodies, including the Road Haulage Association, met roads minister Baroness Vere on 16 June to highlight the growing threat to UK supply chains from the worsening driver shortage. RHA chief executive, Richard Burnett said: “The need for action is clear and urgent. We and many others have provided overwhelming evidence that the …

Lisburn, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland: McCulla has taken delivery of 25 refrigerated trailers with Genie Insights solar panels.  The solar panels keep fridge batteries topped up to avoid breakdowns and to prolong battery life.  “The Genie panels represent a major advance in thin film solar cell technology, known as CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide), that allows …

London, UK: Interest from non-EU workers in low-paid UK jobs is fading fast according to jobs website Indeed. Website searches by EU nationals for low-paid jobs including warehousing roles recorded the biggest declines at 41%. The number of EU citizens searching for work in Britain has fallen by more than a third since Brexit. Figures from the …

London, UK: Clare Bottle has been appointed as the UK Warehousing Association’s new chief executive. Bottle takes over from Peter Ward who retires after last six years leading the organisation. Bottle was previously at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners as associate director of warehousing, responsible for managing 3PL contracts and running in-house warehousing in the UK. Her …