MyAko

  It would probably be something of an understatement to say that the UK’s transport and logistics sectors have undergone quite a few ups and downs in recent years. It is difficult to mention such “ups and downs”, of course, without referring to the dramatic circumstances of the COVID-19 crisis. Online shopping as a percentage of all retail sales, for example, escalated when the first coronavirus lockdown was imposed in the UK in the spring of 2020. And according to recent data, it remains somewhat higher than its February 2020 level. In addition, there were substantial rises in new orders for the construction of warehouses, and job adverts in transport, logistics, and warehousing, during the pandemic as opposed to before COVID-19 hit. Having said that, a lot has happened for transport and logistics businesses in the UK since the onset of the 2020s, that has had little or nothing to do with the pandemic. UK supply chains have had to adapt, for instance, to the country’s depar...