Beeline Sameday: www.beelinesameday.co.uk Really helpful couriers!
CACI: www.caci.co.uk MapMechanics is now part of CACI – you can find info about allmapdata, Truckstops and Optisite here.
CILT (UK): www.ciltuk.org.uk The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) - Kirsten Tisdale is a Chartered Fellow of CILT, and founder and organiser of London Region's Supply Chain Network.
City Business Library: CBL The City Business Library (CBL) is the leading public library in the UK for free and current business information.
Croner's Distribution & Transport Rewards: www.croner.co.uk Annual reports packed with a wealth of information on pay in the logistics sector.
Food Storage & Distribution Federation: www.fsdf.org.uk/ Trade body focused on representing and supporting the interests of the food and drink logistics industry. We're associate members!
Freight Transport Association: www.fta.co.uk Trade association representing transport interests - excellent source of information on legal and other issues. We're members!
Health & Safety Exec: www.hse.gov.uk Excellent source of information on load security, manual handling, avoiding slips and falls...
LateShipment.com Great looking way of getting some of your money back when your carrier doesn't perform!
Legionnaires' Disease: Take it seriously! If you're responsible for maintenance of air con or water systems, please take Legionnaires' Disease seriously - these news items and video shows the damage it can do.
Logistics Partners: www.logisticspartners.co.uk Aricia started working on projects with Logistics Partners in 2010 - Logistics Partners assists companies to maximise the efficiency of their supply chain focusing primarily on the systems employed.
Maptitude: www.caliper.com - we are now using Maptitude from Caliper for logistics projects which require mapping and offering training, but this link will take you straight through to Caliper's site so you can read about the software for yourself.
Metcheck: www.metcheck.com Interesting weather site. This is our favourite page - what's the chance of particular weather at different times of year - surprisingly accurate.
Moneypenny: www.moneypenny.co.uk We regard them as part of our team ...and they answer our phones better than we would!
Office of National Statistics: www.statistics.gov.uk All sorts of useful data on inflation, retail sales, productivity at a national level...
Returnloads.net: www.returnloads.net Connects courier companies and haulage companies to freight forwarders, manufacturers and commercial businesses, and vice versa. Have a look at the industry info page - try the fuel efficiency guide - unless you wrote it, you'll learn something!
SHD Logistics: www.shdlogistics.com - excellent industry magazine and organiser of the SHD Logistics Conference and the Logistics Awards.
Storage Equipment Safety Service: www.sess.co.uk Slightly damaged racking ...not a problem? Think again!
Tableau: www.tableau.com Interactive data visualisation software for business intelligence.
Tatra Register UK: www.tatra-register.org.uk What we get up to in some of our spare time!
Traffic Information: www.highways.gov.uk/trafficinfo Excellent traffic info site. Choose the area of the country you want, and then tick the box for Roadside Message Signs - before you set off, you can view the information that drivers on each stretch of motorway are seeing.
Transport Exchange Group: www.transportexchangegroup.com Operator of two of the UK's largest, busiest and fastest growing independent freight exchanges (the equivalent of a dating service for freight and trucks!), Haulage Exchange and Courier Exchange.
Transport Operator: www.transportoperator.co.uk Excellent journal concentrating on the nitty gritty of road transport - do sign up for the hard copy as you then get the benefit of Simpson Says - one of the best commentaries on the industry.
UKAS: www.ukas.com United Kingdom Accreditation Service is the sole national accreditation body for the UK, appointed by government, to assess organisations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services.