Getting there is all the battle
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the key to your success. "The Government's policies are based upon that premise, and will help our distribution sector to realise its full potential," he added.
Mr Howell said that even if industry produces its goods to a high quality and at keen prices, the effort will be wasted if competitors can get theirs to the market more rapidly, reliably and cheaply. The Government's policies were intended to help achieve this.
He said the privatisation of National Freight and Associated British Ports along with investment in the road network and new technology would help achieve this. The package of measures associated with the introduction of 38-tonne lorries would help industry and the environment.
But he warned the industry that it had to change to meet the new demands. "It is no good clinging to outmoded structures and ways of working. We have to look ahead. And so do you.
"Your efficiency and competitiveness directly affects the performance of British industry and commerce at home and internationally. You, in turn, depend on their success in maintaining and increasing the volume of trade which provides your livelihood," he said.
The only way of guaranteeing prosperity, he said, was to har