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ArticleMartin Hay to replace Claes Jacobsson as Scania GB boss
Martin Hay will succeed Claes Jacobsson as MD of Scania (Great Britain) from 1 September.Jacobsson will return to Sweden to take up a role within Scania AB in Södertälje.Hay has been with Scania for more than 28 years. During this time he has worked within the dealer network, at importer ...
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ArticleTransport secretary says it's time for sector to be rid of outdated gender stereotypes
It’s time the transport sector eliminate the “outdated stereotypes” around gender and job roles, according to transport secretary Chris Grayling.Speaking at the 2018 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics awards in London, Grayling said: “It’s more essential than ever that we celebrate the inspiring woman that provide leadership in ...
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Was the UK ready for the apprenticeship levy?
With apprenticeship take up down 40% a year after the launch of the apprenticeship levy, Skills for Logistics MD David Coombes asks whether the UK was actually ready for the change. Over a year since the first levy payments were taken and we still appear to be going backwards.The latest ...
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Fortec to give all Watford Gap hub workers in-house forklift training
Fortec is ramping up its warehouse operative development, with all existing and future staff at its newly expanded Watford Gap hub set to receive bespoke in-house forklift training. The pallet network is anticipating strong growth this year and next, and spent £6,000 gaining two of its staff Association of Industrial ...
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ArticlePD Ports director Jim French awarded MBE for services to young people in transport
PD Ports director Jim French has been awarded an MBE for services to young people in the transport industry in the Queen’s birthday honours.The semi-retired, former RHA chairman said receiving the honour “feels tremendous”, and added that he could not have achieved it without the support of people around him ...
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NFT Distribution sales and marketing manager moves to Fowler Welch
Former NFT Distribution sales and marketing manager Dale Fiddy has joined Fowler Welch as its strategic development director. Fiddy (pictured below) had worked at NFT since 2009, before which he spent 10 years with Culina.Starting in his new role today (6 June) Fiddy will initially be responsible for developing the ...
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Thompsons Tippers' new business development manager passes HGV driving test
Thompsons Tippers’ business development manager for the South East drove herself from Dover to Yorkshire in a 32-tonne manual tipper just days after passing her HGV driving test.Sheri Gibbons, who joined the business in January this year, said it was “quite a jump” from the automatic she’d learnt in to ...
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ArticlePalletways member Sovereign Transport welcomes new business sales executive
Palletways member Sovereign Transport has hired a Hermes field manager as its new business sales executive. Paul Hanson joins the Liverpool-based operator after three years at Hermes, where he was responsible for more than 100 self-employed couriers.At Sovereign he will be in charge of drumming up and overseeing new business, ...
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ArticleDon't ignore black and ethnic minority talent when recruiting
Photo: ShutterstockThe logistics industry needs to learn lessons from construction and target its recruitment drive on black and ethnic minorities (BAME) if it is to find the 1.2 million new recruits it needs, according to Ian Nichol, head of logistics and lead on Think Logistics and Think Build projects at ...
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Industry at risk of losing tens of millions to apprenticeship levy spending cut-off
The industry is in danger of losing tens of millions of pounds worth of training funding as the spending cut off for the apprenticeship levy looms. RHA deputy policy director Colin Snape warned delegates at the Microlise Transport Conference that of the £68m the sector had paid into the levy ...
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Microlise Transport Conference: Industry must send 'young enthusiastic' people out to engage new talent
The transport industry needs to rejuvenate the way it works with schools and colleges to attract new talent to the sector, according to experts in the area. Speaking for Think Logistics at the Microlise Transport Conference, Beverley Bell encouraged delegates to play their part in education outreach, but to think ...
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ArticleFormer Eddie Stobart operations director returns to Bibby Distribution
Bibby Distribution has welcomed former employee Dean Jones back to the business in the newly created role of sector director. Jones spent 20 years with the group as a divisional general manager, before he left to work as a business director at DHL Supply Chain and operations director at Eddie ...
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ArticleWalkers Transport hires former apprentices after funding their qualifications
Walkers Transport will welcome two new staff members to its Manchester depot next month after putting them through their apprenticeship qualifications. Sophie Bleakley and Erica Burns will join the customer service and transport departments at the 3PL respectively, after completing their level-3 apprenticeships in customer services and business administration.Funded by ...
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Canute Group bids farewell to operations director Gary Sharp
Canute Group has confirmed that its operations director Gary Sharp has retired.Sharp joined the firm in 2013 and according to the company’s website had responsibility for all logistical operations.In a statement to staff, Canute MD Noel Marshall, said: “It is with regret that Gary Sharp has decided to retire from ...
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Mark Vale appointed president of UPS UK, Ireland and Nordics
Mark Vale has been appointed as the new president of UPS UK, Ireland and Nordics to lead a key growth region for the postal giant.He will be responsible for all UPS operations in seven countries and more than 11,000 employees.“We are investing in our network in Europe, including the UK, ...
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ArticleTuffnells guarantees job interviews to all Hardwick Marks & Spencer staff facing redundancy
Tuffnells has promised to interview any of the 450 Marks & Spencer staff that face losing their jobs when the retailer's Hardwick DC closes in September. Jonathan Bunting, chief operating officer of Tuffnells' parent Connect Group, said the operator has a number of vacancies to fill and guaranteed an interview ...
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ArticleApprenticeship levy targets should focus on quality, not quantity, argues think tank
The government should abandon its target of three million apprenticeships in the UK by 2020 in order to focus on the quality of the actual qualifications, according to think tank Reform.In a report reviewing the first year of the tax, called 'The Great Training Robbery: Assessing the first year of ...
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Institute of the Motor Industry says apprenticeship levy complexity is hurting figures
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has called for reforms to the apprenticeship levy after take up figures for apprenticeships continued to decline in the UK a year after the tax went live. Steve Nash, chief executive of the IMI, said that while numbers in the motor industry are ...
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ArticleIndustry must train its trainers to solve skills crisis says RTITB
Training the industry's instructors is key to solving its skills crisis and should not be overlooked, according to the RTITB. The training board said the industry is lacking skilled trainers as well as drivers and warehouse workers, and recently introduced new modules to its Instructor Academy.The new options in its ...
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ArticleLee Tansley fills national fleet manager role at Isuzu Truck UK
Lee Tansley has replaced Isuzu Truck UK's recently retired national fleet manager Martin Bragg. Isuzu has also moved Dave Slatcher into a newly created position of municipal fleet sales manager.Isuzu Truck UK MD Pete Murphy welcomed the moves, and added that continuity was key to the business's success, and both ...