The latest national statistical office (ons) Numbers reveal that the transportation and storage sector companies are much lower, their profits are expected to decrease in March from any similar sector, including retail and manufacturing. More encouraging, a healthy number expects to rise.
In a survey conducted from February 3 to 16, only 9.7 % of transportation and storage companies (category that includes logistics, parcels, transportation and storage companies) said it expects a decrease in revenue. This compares 18.3 % of retailers and 18.1 % of manufacturers who expect to decrease their rotation. Better, 24.2 % of transportation and storage companies also said they expected to increase their rotation. This sector says recently, says home delivery expert.
“After modern economic news, it is encouraging to see transportation and storage companies optimistic about next month,” says David Jenx, head of consumer research at Parcelhero, a member of the Charterd Institute for Logistics and Transport Services.
It is encouraging that, compared to allied sectors, fewer companies expect revenue decrease and more than 24 % of transportation and storage companies believe that their rotation rate will increase.
“In general, a future look at the transportation and storage sector has dramatically in recent months. These recent results show a significant increase in confidence on the respondents’ responses in December 2024. They were asked to reveal their predictions in January 2025, 28.8 % of transport and storage companies expected their revenues to decrease during January and only 3.4 % expected to rise.
“On an annual basis, the image is more mixed but still in a upward state. Recent responses, indicate increased caution.
“Not only when compared to their manufacturing and retail partners, it seems that Britain’s transportation and storage sector companies are more positive. The entire spectrum of the business sectors in the United Kingdom is viewed, and the expectations of transportation and storage companies for the next month before the curve. In general, 22 % of companies in all industries indicate that they expect to increase their sales volume in March 2025 and 13 % they mentioned that they expect to decrease the rate of rotation. The expected increase of 24.2 % and a 9.7 % decrease means that both groups of numbers are more optimistic than the average of all business sectors.
“The expectations of transportation and storage companies track strong financial results, if not the land, for the month of January 2025. 13.3 % of companies in the sector have increased their rotation rate during December 2024, and 49.3 % reached that the rotation rate has decreased fixed and 25.4 % of experienced people. To put it in the context, he reached 39.6 % of manufacturers and 36.6 % of retailers About a decrease in its rotation in January 2025 during December 2024, although these results are not also terrible results given that the crowded peak is usually followed by the fall.
“One of the certainty is that the transportation and storage companies are partnership with retailers with strong sales in the store and online that will be triumphed. The Parcelhero report was discussed 2030: Death of the High Street” in Parliament. It reveals that retailers must develop a multi -channel approach, with the adoption of all of the store sales via the Internet and materialism.
