Business Reporter

Joining a professional membership scheme is an opportunity to network and receive support to polish skills and measure performance For a professional in almost any walk of life, the benefits of membership and qualification in the organisation which represents his or hers chosen discipline are self-evident. In the UK the leading professional body for those [...]

Don’t be a backseat driver when it comes to business travel; car-sharing products allow companies to manage their future mobility needs Road travel is one of the UK’s great, unrecognised economic activities. Cars, coaches, buses and motorcycles clock up almost 250 billion miles a year, consuming £35 billion-worth of fuel and contributing hundreds of billions more to [...]

Transporting goods across the channel has never been more energy efficient with renewable energy powering trains, leading to a 64 per cent cut in emissions When the idea of building a Channel Tunnel was first mooted in the 1980’s, oil was abundant, alternative energy sources were rare and the concept of a carbon footprint had [...]

Virtual meetings are fast replacing face-to-face encounters as businesses dispense with the cost and hassle of travel With soaring fuel costs, the Olympics looming and major airports in chaos, business travel has never been more challenging. It’s no coincidence that 2011 saw a 34 per cent rise in sales of video-conferencing and related technologies (a market [...]

Business travel is no longer the preserve of the flag-carrying or upmarket airlines. Competitive pricing and business-class-style services are helping low-fares airlines take considerable chunks out of the market. EasyJet, for example, already offers speedy boarding and is also trialling allocated seating on 50 routes. “If the trial works well we’ll roll it out from [...]

One logistics company is leading the way on environmental performance, reducing emissions by up to 60 per cent operating dual fuel vehicles, running on biogas If the UK is to meet its European carbon reduction targets, Howard Tenens believes the logistics sector has a vital role to play. Setting out to lead the industry in [...]

How can voice-directed working deliver a competitive advantage in a downturn economy? For more than two decades, technology provider Vocollect has been implementing voice-directed working in warehouses around the world to improve logistics operations.   How does it work? Briefly, instructions for warehouse tasks are directed from a warehouse management system via Wi-Fi to mobile [...]

Creating a shared distribution network between companies can dramatically reduce inefficiencies in time, money and energy usage Transporting fresh air is expensive and pointless, yet many firms do it all the time. According to figures from the Department for Transport, whenever you see a lorry on the road there’s a better than one in four chance [...]

Not every business can afford to slash its company car fleet, but there are other ways to bring the price down A comp any car fleet is typically “a top two or three spend” behind salaries and, in many cases, property costs, so it makes good economic sense to keep control of these costs. “Companies [...]

It can be a long and winding road to sustainability but in today’s competitive world it’s a journey an increasing number of businesses are taking In times of economic strife, unnecessary fads tend not to last long. Yet the past few years have seen companies continue to tackle their carbon footprints and develop sustainability initiatives. [...]