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Amazon UK To Hire 20,000 Temporary Workers For Holiday Season

Amazon has started recruiting for 20,000 seasonal positions across the United Kingdom to cover upcoming peak trading times, which include Christmas, joinin...

British Visas Won't Draw Truckers, German Freight Industry Says

A plan by the British government to issue temporary visas for 5,000 foreign truck drivers in the run-up to Christmas will not attract back drivers who left...

British Warehouse Worker Shortage Triggers Up To 30% Pay Spike

Warehouses in Britain are having to pay up to 30% more to recruit staff after a chronic shortage of workers exacerbated pressure on already buckling supply...

ADUSA Supply Chain Opens New Distribution Centre

ADUSA Supply Chain has opened a new distribution centre in Manchester, Connecticut. The facility will receive, select and transport 88 million cases of...

Diageo To Set Up Research And Development Centre In Shanghai

Spirits giant Diageo has announced plans to establish a new research and development centre in Shanghai to further its product innovation and development a...

Brazil's Sees Decline In Coffee Exports As Shipping Hurdles Rise

Exports of green coffee from Brazil, the world's largest producer, fell 27% in August from a year earlier to 2.33 million 60-kilogram bags as difficulties...

Amazon Hikes Starting Pay To $18 An Hour

Amazon.com Inc has increased its average starting wage in the United States to more than $18 an hour and plans to hire another 125,000 warehouse and transp...

UK Retailers Should Urge Shoppers To 'Plan Christmas Now', Says Analyst

British retailers should seek to urge their shopper base to start planning for Christmas now, as supply chain challenges in the country threaten to derail...