In nostalgic déjà vu scenes reminiscent of the film Back to the Future, to provide much-needed additional capacity, leading logistics company Pallet-Track is about to open a new hub in Wednesbury, just yards away from the original Black Country facility it launched its fledgling business from 17 years ago.

Despite the challenges that the UK and indeed the world continue to face with the Covid-19 pandemic, market leading 3PL provider Culina Group continues to be a magnificent success story following a fantastic year of growth. 

Brexit is now a reality. Business has mostly managed to get to grips with all the new paperwork needed to ship goods to continental Europe and Ireland, and we have got used to the fact that freight will take longer to reach its destination.

Changing buyer behaviours, increased demand, economic pressures – to say that 2020 was a challenging year would be a tremendous understatement. But will 2021 be any better than 2020? As we kick off the New Year, Chris Jones, EVP Marketing & Services, Descartes, outlines some of his key supply chain and logistics predictions for 2021.

As we move forward from the pandemic traumas of 2020, the outlook is beginning to look a lot more positive. With vaccines appearing all across the world, it’s a good time to be looking forward rather than back.