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drive down costs and CO2 emissi o ns


whilst main-taining reliable transit times. Leaders in Supply Chain,


Logistics Leaders Network, the Rail Freight group, the CILT’s Transport Manager’s Forum, Women in Logistics, and the IT Group of the Transport Association will also be holding meetings at the show. Trade Extensions will be once


again hosting Supply Chain Simulation sessions using the MIT Beer Game.


This year will also see the return


of the Shipper’s Village, which gives freight buyers a private space to meet logistics suppliers. Multimodal attracts high owners,


calibre cargo retailers


and manufacturers, and last year 6,070 visitors attended including Amazon, Bacardi, Cummins, Debenhams, Edrington, Ford, Goodyear, Halfords, Iggesund, Jaguar Land Rover, Karcher, Lego, M&S, Nestle, Osbourne’s, PepsiCo, QinetiQ, Ronseal, Sainsbury’s, Toshiba, Unilever, Visy Recycling, Wolseley, Xylem Flow Control and


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Yara to Zodiac Stainless Products. Over 280 exhibitors will be at the


show including DSV, Dachser, Ceva, Palletforce, DB Schenker, Malcolm, Gefco and P&O Ferrymasters. The UK Warehouse Association will have its own dedicated pavilion Multimodal’s VIP dinner,


sponsored by DP World London Gateway will take place at the Motorcycle Museum and will welcome football legend Kevin Keegan as its guest of honour. To find out more and register for


the show, visit: www.multimodal.org.uk.


From board game to board room


The Multimodal 2014 educational programme will include a new supply chain board game aimed at inspiring the next generation of logistics leaders. “Business on the move” puts players in the supply chain driving seat, shiſting product from China to the UK, as quickly, cost-effectively, and responsibly as possible. The game is the brainchild of


retired teachers Andy Page and Pat Smedley and is sponsored by


50 leading logistics and


retail firms and organisations, including Multimodal. “We want to inspire and excite


young people about the world of logistics and business,” says Andy Page, of social enterprise The Very Enterprising Community Interest Company, behind the game. Other sponsors include the


Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Network Rail, and


DP World London Gateway, who will all be


represented at the Multimodal Seminar and Knowledge Lounge Sessions running at the exhibition from 29 April to 1 May. Tesco Express, Unilever, and


M&S have also backed the game, which can be played at seven different levels, by children from the age of nine, up to apprentices and new industry recruits. “Logistics is a vibrant industry offering plenty of exciting


FBJ will be producing three daily editions at Multimodal. If you are an exhibitor or a visitor to the show and have some interesting news to share, please bring it along to our stand which is number 955.


Our deadline is 4pm each day. Look forward to seeing you! Chris Lewis, Editor FBJ chris.lewis@fj-online.com


career opportunities, and we are delighted to be backing an initiative which sits so well with our unique platform for debate and education,” says multimodal director Robert Jervis. “We have also launched an on-line Knowledge Centre and are pleased to be able to offer visitors another chance to take part in a Supply Chain Simulation game with Trade Extensions.”


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