COMMENT
Things can only get better W
elcome to the July/August issue of Factory & Handling Solutions. It seems I have a lot to catch up on again in my comment! Shops, pubs, restaurants, salons have all resumed business again, but news came this week that we are officially in another recession as a result of lockdown earlier this year. Output suffered a record slump of 20 per cent in April - the first full month of lockdown - but recovered some what in May and further more in June as more businesses were able to open again.
Yet some businesses recorded no turnover in June, with some shops unable to open again even with restrictions lifted. Data collected
from survey responces suggested that 5.8 per cent of UK manufacturing firms, 17.4 per cent of construction companies and 12.6 per cent of businesses in the dominant services sector remained closed. There has been 730,000 jobs lost since lockdown began, despite the support of government loans and the job retention scheme. Am I being too positive if I say, surely things can only go up from here?
In this issue we have a great number of features that I hope you will enjoy. Peter McCullough, product manager at Doosan Robotics tells us about how the Coronavirus has raised the profile of automation on page 28. On page 32 CopriSystems talk about the changing role of the warehouse, and how recent times have driven the need for more temporary warehouse solutions to battle Covid-caused stock issues. We also have a Health & Safety focus on pages 14 - 19.
If you have a comment, opinon or story that you’d like to share, please contact me on
rtucker@datateam.co.uk. And if you would like to share your product news or case studies, please contact Hannah, hmoody@
datateam.co.uk.
Features in the September issue include: Recycling & Waste Management, Barcoding, Labelling & Packaging, Machinery, Fleet Management, Food & Beverage, Supply Chain Solutions, Drives, Controls & Transmissions.
As always, stay safe & take care, see you for the September issue.
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