Comment / Analysis: Amazon circles, ready to swoop as Clipper Logistics is set to fly?

“We began life as Clipper Logistics Limited in 1992, with a team of just three people and a single driver. Today, we’re one of the UK’s leading independent logistics companies with a turnover of £235m” – Clipper Logistics; turnover figures updated as at end of 2015.

This earnings season has challenged several logistics companies operating outside the e-commerce arena. Once again in the second quarter, many traditional freight forwarders – as well as a few shippers and carriers – tightened their belts ...