The Freight Transport Association: The Logistics Report 2011

We are proud to sponsor the FTA's annual report on the logistics sector. This publication reviews challenges the industry faced during the past year and how it has responded to adversity.

A hesitant recovery from recession, sharply rising fuel prices and a new Coalition Government determined to cut public spending and raise taxes, combined to create a uniquely challenging business environment for logistics in 2010.

Moreover, logistics managers had their work cut out in 2010 dealing with extreme weather, natural disasters, long-standing regulatory restrictions and an increase in national security levels, yet still kept the goods moving.

In the longer term, logistics will need to blend business innovation with responsible safety and sustainability programmes and an improving public attitude to meet the expectations of customers, shareholders and wider society.