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Chancellor George Osborne unveiled the much anticipated coalition government spending review on 20 October 2010, when he announced public spending cuts of £83 billion to be implemented between 2010 and 2015. Furthermore, he announced tax increases of £29 billion over the same period.

It’s sometimes hard to believe that tiny things can have such large effects. But the recent BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig disaster has shown that a small gas leak can lead to a spill so large that experts say it may take six months to contain it.

As businesses face continued uncertainty, many are asking: Will our customers still be in a position to pay? And what will happen if they don’t?

Less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers base their freight rates on the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) codes system. Shippers mention these codes on the Bill of lading (B/L) for the cargo being shipped. But very often, these codes are wrong – either inadvertently by the shipper or deliberately (to avoid high base rates charged by the LTL carrier).

Now that the frozen food market in the UK is worth an estimated £7.5 billion, it would seem that cold store operators have some catching up to do. Or at least that was the message from Narrow Aisle Flexi’s Sales and Marketing Director John Maguire last week.