The image of unusually agitated people fighting over cheap televisions has become an enduring image of Black Friday. The now legendary day, which falls on November 29th in the UK this year, is a defining event in the shopping calendar, drawing millions of shoppers...
Running a business can be risky at the best of times – and that’s before you even start to consider moving goods and the complications that can bring. From vehicle accidents to goods damaged in transit, logistics firms face any number of risks that require specific...
Ask a person on the street what one of the fastest growing sectors are in the UK economy, and you’ll probably get answers like ‘tech’ or ‘finance’. And they’d be wrong; the correct answer is the food and drink sector. The UK food-to-go market, for example, surged to...
The new Labour Government is considering a major shift in road taxation with a proposed pay-per-mile tax. The system would replace the current Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) with a charge based on distance travelled. It aims to address the shortfall in revenues that has...
Thanks to supermarkets, you’d never believe we descended from ancient lines of hunter-gatherers. The apparent simplicity of the modern food supply chain is, however, fraught with challenges. The difficulties are now just hidden behind ‘two-for-one’ special offers. In...
