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Welcome to the place where we share our thoughts on the freight industry
Our experienced team will be posting important information, comment on the present and future as well as tips on how to get the best from your freight partner.
Thanks for reading – The Espace Team
How To Move An Abnormal Load
Do you have an abnormal load that needs moving? Here at Espace we have experience organising the movement of all sorts of things from the urgent to the downright strange. Here are some of our favourite weird shipments! Ferrari car shipment It wasn’t...
European Truck Driver Shortage Update
Best estimates put a figure of 20% of tractor units standing empty all over Europe. Why? We simply haven’t got enough European HGV drivers. In the U.K and Germany alone, a shortage of 300,000 HGV drivers is predicted by 2020. With e-commerce having an increasing share...
In The Papers – Espace Creates Jobs Through Growth
Due to our rapid growth over the last 12 months, Espace have been making waves in the press. Read this extract from an article in the Express and Star: Freight forwarding company Espace Europe has taken on 10 people over the previous 18 months – as well as an...
Brexit Update – Postponed VAT Accounting for imports
Postponed VAT In the event of a no deal Brexit the UK government have announced they will introduce Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) for both EU and non-EU imports by UK registered businesses. This will enable VAT registered businesses to declare and recover import VAT...
Brexit Update
BREXIT UPDATE 28th February 2019 No doubt you will have had a barrage of emails from freight forwarders over the last few months telling you what steps you need to take now in the event of a ‘No Deal’ on 29th March. If Parliament cannot agree on a deal, it now looks...
The Weirdest Illegal Imports Laws
Whilst most imports bans make a whole lot of sense when it comes to things like weapons and drugs. Other import bans can be a little harder to understand and come across as somewhat bizarre. Below are a few of the bizarre import bans from around the globe. ...
Clean Air Zones… Toxic For The Freight Industry?
What are these proposed Clean Air Zones? Birmingham City Council defined a Clear Air Zone as “an area where a targeted action is taken to improve air quality. Clean Air Zones aim to reduce all types of air pollution, including nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter,...
The Biggest Risks Facing The Freight Industry
Technology Technology has changed the way we work in such short period of time; for the most part for the better. Technologies like GPS mapping have helped drivers create more efficient routes which have allowed drivers to make deliveries on-time. However, the...
Espace Acquires Westhaven Worldwide Logistics
On 3rd May 2018, Espace acquired the assets and staff of Westhaven Worldwide Logistics (WWL) in Solihull, Birmingham. WWL are a specialist sea and air freight forwarding company who are members of the world’s largest forwarding partner network, the World Cargo...
Employee ownership the way forward for Espace
Last year we finalised the transfer of ownership of Espace to our employees An Employee Ownership Trust was created with all current employees qualifying as beneficiaries of the Trust and its annual distributable profits. "As good as the people we employ" Tony Shally,...