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Global logistics firm UPS has increased its offering to the drinks industry with the launch of a specialised spirits packaging range.

The company said the new standardised solution was in response to a shift from in-shop to online purchases among consumers and businesses, as well as the global prominence of the UK and Ireland in gin and whisky exports and domestic market.

Research shows that spirits producers suffer a greater frequency of damage to their products during shipping, but bespoke packaging solutions are often cost-prohibitive for smaller producers – of which there are a growing number in the UK and Ireland.

After multiple employees across the region test positive, union leaders sound safety alarm

Employees at multiple UPS hubs in the Bay Area have tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell the Bay Area News Group, and union leadership is blasting the company for a lack of safety protocols for its workers.

Workers at the shipping center in San Ramon were informed Wednesday that a colleague had tested positive, but were given no other information, like whom the employee had been in contact with or which department he worked in. UPS also declined to confirm the case with this news organization, but sources said the employee was a driver in training.

As the coronavirus began to spread across the U.S., hospitals, health departments and elder care centers quickly burned through personal protective equipment and began demanding emergency management chiefs help them re-stock supplies.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency went looking for sites with air shipping to handle the rush.

At about the same time, in early April, UPS leased a new building in South Louisville to expand capacity for its health care division.

Soon after, a partnership was born.

United Parcel Service Inc. is evaluating Jacksonville for a further expansion of its Westside Industrial Park package distribution hub for an additional $138 million investment and 240 jobs.

The city Office of Economic Development is scheduled to ask the Mayor’s Budget Review Committee at 2 p.m. June 22 to permit the introduction of legislation for the economic development agreement.

The city proposes a Recaptured Enhanced Value Grant of $6.8 million.