DP WORLD in the UK today announces that its two deep-water ports at Southampton and London Gateway have become the first in the country capable of handling Freightliner's new 775 metre intermodal container trains – further cementing the critical role of the smart logistics hubs in Britain's international supply chain.
AMAZON today announces the creation of an Amazon Apprenticeship Fund to help small businesses across England take on apprentices through the levy transfer scheme. The £2.5 million investment will help create more than 200 new apprenticeships in 2021, with roles now available across Digital Marketing, Business Administration, Post Production Technical Operators, Visual Effects Artists, Broadcast and Media Technicians, DevOps Engineers, AI Data Specialists, Software Development, Data Analysts, Cyber Security Technologists and more.
ALMOST two million private renters fear they will be unable to find another property if they lose their home after the eviction ban is lifted, ministers are being warned reports The Guardian.
EAST Thurrock MP Stephen Metcalfe and Thurrock Council leader Cllr Rob Gledhill took a close look at Thurrock's next big industrial and business opportunity today (Friday, 21 May).
DP WORLD in the UK today announces that it has signed an agreement with the leading road transport operator Swain Group for a 2.25 acre distribution facility at its London Gateway freight and logistics hub.
SCA, Europe’s largest private forest owner and producer of wood products, packaging paper, pulp and renewable energy, will return on a long-term deal to market leading UK Paper Hub* located at London’s major port, the Port of Tilbury. The 50-acre facility on the Thames will become SCA’s primary UK logistics hub for the import of packaging materials to supply their UK customers.
THE driving forces behind a vast £4.5billion Thames Freeport say it could rival Dubai, triggering a decade of regeneration and investment in south Essex.
BOOTS UK are now offering Essex parents a brand new nursery advice service at the Lakeside Boots Store, which is one of the first stores to roll out the service. After a year of staying indoors, new and expectant parents in Essex can get back to the excitement of planning and shopping instore for a new baby by booking into the free service.
HIGH Street lenders are now starting to offer mortgages to borrowers offering a deposit of just 5% under a new government guarantee scheme reports the BBC.
THERE are fresh questions over a businessman who raised hundreds of millions of pounds from local authorities after a high court judge raised doubts over his integrity and ruled that a prospectus issued to raise some of that money contained “clear untruths.”
TARMAC, the UK’s leading sustainable construction solutions business, has committed to a 25-year partnership with the Port of Tilbury, London’s fastest-growing port, to build the UK’s largest construction materials aggregates terminal.
HARTFORD Holdings, the parent company of Trojan Baths, Mantaleda Bathrooms and Thomas Crapper & Co, has acquired a specialist shower tray manufacturer based in Purfleet reports Insider Media.
The habitat site, which in 2019 was recognised as of national importance for insects and other invertebrates, was created seven years ago by spreading chalk slurry over an area equivalent to six football pitches on the bare surface of a former landfill,
