THE industry trade show returns – Multimodal 2021
After a break of more than two years the UK freight industry’s only dedicated conference and exhibition - Multimodal - has returned to Birmingham’s NEC centre and, as it is just down the road, we’ve popped in for a look around.
While the various COVID lockdowns and restrictions played ou...
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