A Leamington law firm has assembled a new team to help put clients on the right road.
Wright Hassall has launched a new division to help logistic providers, transport companies and those involved in supply chain management across the UK.
It has teamed up with Labyrinth Logistics Consulting to offer the service which will cater for all aspects of the industry which is worth £55 billion to the UK economy.
Christine Mott, a senior associate at the 200-strong firm, said the industry was facing major challenges which meant the need for a tailored legal service was now more important than ever.
She said: “There are many more challenges facing the market in the shape of rising fuel costs, environmental impacts, technological innovations and service delivery, and both logistics providers and end customers are feeling the effects.
“Logistics providers and end users are entering into ever more complex arrangements; an understanding of how the industry works and suitably focused legal support is now more vital than ever.”
Labyrinth Logistics Consulting, based in Cubbington, Warwickshire, provides specialist advice to companies across the UK.
Managing director Ruth Waring said the alliance would allow both firms to widen their services – no doubt helped by the proximity of both firms to the geographic centre of the logistics industry.
“We provide the whole host of services to companies from health and safety and tender management through to advice on operators’ licences and recruitment,” she said.
“The logistics industry is changing with a consolidation of large companies at one end of the market, and the advent of consortia of smaller operators either working with them or going up against them in competition.”
