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Queen of the Road

Queen of the Road

In recent years the logistics and transport industry has begun to make strides in diversity and inclusion and in particular attracting more women to the sector. This has been especially important during times of growing skills shortages and lack of HGV drivers. ...

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Autumn Driving Advice

Autumn Driving Advice

Top Tips for Autumn driving once the clocks go back It’s that time of year when we start to see the night’s drawing in and the weather changing to give a more autumnal and wintery feel.  Don’t forget the clocks go back this weekend - Sunday 29th October! With the RAC...

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Top Level Security for our New Fleet

Top Level Security for our New Fleet

TSR 1 secure fleet - ensuring your goods are safe in our hands   Here at The NX Group we continually invest in our transport fleet to ensure we keep ahead of the game for all levels of security on our vehicles, to be able to distribute your goods safely and securely...

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Asda Distribution Centres

Asda Distribution Centres

Asda is a division of American company Walmart, and there are currently 15 main Asda distribution centres in the UK. These depots are used to store the goods before they go to individual Asda stores. Suppliers of ambient, chilled and fresh food as well as non-food items such…

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Tesco Distribution Centres

Tesco Distribution Centres

The big four supermarkets in the UK all have warehouses and depots that handle the supply chain, and there are a total of 20 Tesco distribution centres in England and Scotland. These are for the storage of inventory, before the goods are distributed…

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Amazon Fulfilment Centres UK

Amazon Fulfilment Centres UK

Amazon has been one of Britain’s largest and fastest growing businesses for 20 years. Amazon.co.uk is the country’s 5th most visited website and the number one place for shopping. All these website visits and sales inevitably lead to a wave of activity…

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How to Drive a Truck

How to Drive a Truck

The most obvious way to minimise accidents when driving a lorry is to reduce speed. However, safe driving does not begin and end at slowing down. Most heavy goods vehicles cannot reach the average speeds of the vehicles around them, and an increasing…

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Product Life Cycle

Product Life Cycle

When your business works with products, there is a product life cycle that needs to be observed in order to maximise the efficiency of the supply chain operation. Many brands have lost money and integrity because of having too much inventory at a time…

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Distribution Centres

Distribution Centres

The Midlands is home to several distribution centres, which serve as logistics hubs for UK retailers. As well as third party logistics companies that provide warehousing and transport solutions, the large retailers themselves have a supply chain base in central England. The big…

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The Value of the Pound

The Value of the Pound

The dramatic fall in the value of the pound is the hot topic in UK economics. In June 2016, £1 was worth $1.37, but four months later it is worth $1.23. This may just seem like a few pence, but 10% is pretty significant. It is broadly being called the ‘Brexit effect’, and it stems from…

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Midlands Engine

Midlands Engine

Birmingham’s industrial progress has not caught the headlines in the way that Greater Manchester has in the last 5 years, so what opportunities are out there for the development of England’s second city? Midlands Engine describes a commitment to building economic and industrial…

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Q4 2016: Peak Season

Q4 2016: Peak Season

The final part of the calendar year, also known in shorthand as Q4 2016, is the most important season for the majority of businesses in the UK. Between October and December businesses of all shapes and sizes are preparing for the final 5 weeks before Christmas, when consumption…

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Dropshipping

Dropshipping

There are some companies that might fulfil your order directly to your customer without the need for you to handle it. This is dropshipping. You pass your order onto the mug dropshipper and they despatch the order with whatever labelling and packaging…

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One Hour Delivery

One Hour Delivery

As supply chain procedures become more efficient and the retail environment becomes more competitive, some retailers have begun to offer one-hour delivery. The nature of this scenario means that there is very little margin for error, so only a small proportion of delivery…

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How to Become a HGV Driver

How to Become a HGV Driver

If you want to become a lorry driver in the UK, you need to obtain a Driver’s Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), as well as having a standard full UK driving licence and be over the age of 18. After applying for a provisional…

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Amazon Delivery Drones

Amazon Delivery Drones

In 2013 online retailer Amazon announced plans to develop drone delivery as an alternative to using courier and click and collect services. Amazon Prime Air aims to enable customers to receive their goods within 30 minutes of ordering, although a more realistic promise…

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Lorry Driver Shortage

Lorry Driver Shortage

The UK is experiencing a lorry driver shortage that spans back several years, threatening to throw the supply chain industry off course. As Britain emerged from the 2008 recession, the number of new trained drivers slumped by 25%, according to the…

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Sustainable Supply Chain

Sustainable Supply Chain

Many companies are looking to the future of their logistics practices in order to achieve a more sustainable supply chain.
There are several benefits to a proactive environmental policy. On the face of it, the main benefit would be to the environment..

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UK Warehouse Shortage

UK Warehouse Shortage

The UK has been experiencing an increasingly short supply of warehousing space, which is a worry for the British supply chain. This warehouse shortage is in part due to an increase in demand from ecommerce retailers, and a gradual rise in UK manufacturing…

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The Big Four Supermarkets

The Big Four Supermarkets

Grocery sales in the UK are dominated by Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons; known as the Big Four supermarkets. Whenever one of these companies publishes any significant financial updates, the national media gives it heavy coverage because of the impact…

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British Imports

British Imports

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland imported $663billion of products and materials in 2014, the last full year of available records. When compared with $472billion of exports, this represents a trade deficit of almost $200billion…

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