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The long Road to Logistics finally starts winding towards training HGV drivers
After three years in the pilot phase, the not-for-profit Road to Logistics scheme developed by the RHA and Microlise to get people including ex-military and ex-offenders trained as HGV drivers is about to start its national roll-out, backed by a £1m grant from the DfT.“Road to Logistics will launch at ...
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Imperial Logistics recruits international human resources officer
Imperial Logistics has appointed Muazzez Anadolu Dindar as chief human resources officer of its international business. She will be based in Duisburg, Germany.Dindar will be responsible for all HR matters including personnel administration, recruitment, learning and development, and liaison with the works council.She will lead the ongoing development and implementation ...
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ArticleFive key questions on gender diversity in the supply chain
The corporate world may be actively pursuing initiatives to improve gender diversity within senior management teams, but progress appears slow.Groups, such as the 30% Club, are pushing for 30% of women on FTSE 350 boards by 2020. However, indications are that it will take until 2029 to fulfil that objective, ...
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ArticleStaff do not feel valued by employers in transport and distribution
Almost half (44%) of employees in the transport and distribution industry don’t feel valued by their employer, according to new research from payroll and HR systems provider Moorepay. This is the joint highest percentage of any sector, along with retail.The survey, which focused predominantly on smaller and medium sized enterprises ...
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ArticleEuropa recruits 19 young people to offer fast-track career opportunities
Europa Worldwide Group MD Andrew Baxter has announced a RAPID Career Development Programme campaign. As a businessman who didn’t go to university and started working straight from school, Baxter is a strong advocate of learning on the job.Keen to give school leavers the opportunity to follow in his footsteps, he ...
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ArticleScania to host workshop on digital technology and the world of work
The free workshop will include a visit to the Scania production lineAn interactive workshop being hosted by Scania and the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden will explore how digital technologies will shape the future of work. It is being led by Fresh Thinking Labs – which describes itself ...
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Why urban driving standard cannot come soon enough
Drivers face new challenges in era of change by David Coombes MD, Skills for LogisticsWe’re now two years into the Large Goods Vehicle Driver apprenticeship, and while we are seeing increasing uptake month on month it is still only scratching the surface in addressing the continuing driver shortage.The UK is ...
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ArticleJayne James joins Yodel to lead its international expansion
UK parcel carrier Yodel has appointed Jayne James as director of international services.Her appointment follows the opening of Yodel’s first international office, in Chengdu, China, last year to support inbound services. James brings a wealth of global logistics expertise to the business, having worked in the international mail, express parcels ...
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ArticleNew standards hold the key to skills gap
Apprenticeships offer a golden opportunity, says Skills for Logistics MD David Coombes.As an end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) that specialises in the logistics and supply chain industry, we’ve been delighted to see the developing training opportunities that recently approved apprenticeship standards offer the sector.These standards spread across both the lower and ...
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ArticleLogistics business ELB turns to ex-armed forces recruitment agency to fill driver vacancies
The HGV driver shortage has prompted Wimbledon-based logistics business ELB Partners to turn to XMR, a specialist recruitment agency for ex-military drivers, to find skilled, reliable drivers.Many hauliers are having to rely heavily on agency drivers, but this short-term solution inflates supply chain costs that are difficult to pass onto ...
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ArticleDHL UK Foundation helps 10,000 young people into the world of work
The DHL UK Foundation has invested £1.8m in the employability of young people in the UK in the current academic year, involving 275 activities delivered to 10,000 secondary school students.The independent charitable foundation, spearheaded by former DHL Supply Chain UK & Ireland chief executive Perry Watts, works in partnership with ...
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ArticleThink Logistics to show the way to recruiting talent at IMHX
The steps transport and logistics firms can take to attract more young people into the industry will be outlined at a seminar session to be held as part of a Future Skills Theatre at the IMHX show at the Birmingham NEC on the morning of 24 September.Young people, teachers and ...
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SP Training welcomes advent of C+E licence within LGV Driver apprenticeship
SP Training has welcomed plans to include acquisition of the Category C+E HGV licence within the apprenticeship standard.The training provider was responding to the news that The Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) Driver Apprenticeship should include the category C+E licence by the autumn.It came after motortransport.co.uk learnt that the Institute ...
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ArticleELB Partners' work with EP Training Services helps keep the wheels turning
ELB Partners, based in London’s Wimbledon, will be looking to recruit at least 12 HGV drivers this year as its partnership with EP Training Services continues to bear fruit.The haulier has worked with EP Training services for the past few years and has recruited up to 15 newly qualified drivers ...
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ArticleEuropa Worldwide extends apprenticeship programme
Europa Worldwide Group is to run its apprenticeship driver programme for the second year after its first two candidates passed with flying colours.Europa’s Warehouse to Wheels initiative is open to both new and existing staff and aims to attract young drivers. The programme includes a year-long apprenticeship to become a ...
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LGV Driver Apprenticeship to include C+E licence by the autumn
The Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) Driver Apprenticeship should include the category C+E licence by the autumn, motortransport.co.uk has learnt.The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IFATE), the body which approves apprenticeships, is set to greenlight the inclusion of the C+E licence on 4 September.Earlier this year FTA said the absence ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart Logistics and University of Bolton launch joint degree course
Eddie Stobart Logistics and The University of Bolton have launched a three-year degree course in Logistics & Supply Chain Management.The BSc degree programme, which will see representatives of both the university and Eddie Stobart Logistics interview them before acceptance onto the course, guarantees a graduate job for successful students.The degree ...
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ArticlePeter Fairlie takes on role of MD at Prometeon Tyre Group
Prometeon Tyre Group UK has appointed Peter Fairlie as its new MD.In his new role, Fairlie will take over the role from Simon Michael who has moved to Turkey to take on the post of PTG’s chief commercial officer for the Middle East and Africa.Fairlie will be based at the ...
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Whistl promotes Evans and Hughes to the board
Whistl has appointed John Evans the company’s head of legal and Gareth Hughes, procurement, property and fleet director at the operator, to its executive board of management.Evans, who is also company secretary, joined Whistl in 2003. Hughes joined the carrier more recently in 2015.Nick Wells, CEO Whistl, said: “We ...
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ArticleXPO graduate trainee programme develops the managers of the future
Transport MD Dan Myers started as graduate trainee in 1998XPO Logistics’ graduate and apprenticeship programmes have their origin in Europe and in the UK. The scheme was originally introduced 25 years ago in the UK, and it boasts a famous graduate – Carol Vorderman, the maths genius who progressed from ...