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All People moves articles – Page 25
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Apprenticeship levy 'not working' after 2017/18 sees 10% of predicted starts
The Apprenticeship Levy is not delivering what it was designed for, according to a two-year review of the ‘Transport infrastructure skills strategy’ by the Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce (STAT). The report reveals the road transport sector recruited fewer than 10% of a projected 15,000 apprentices in the past year. STAT, ...
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Remember: apprenticeships are for people of all ages
Skills for Logistics MD David Coombes writes that while there is a huge push at the age of 16-18 on what they are going to do after they complete their time at school/college, a lot of people are not aware that apprenticeships are for people of all ages.Most people decide ...
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She's RHA shifts focus from women to wider workplace diversity
She’s RHA is widening its target audience with a new focus on inclusion and diversity rather than trying to attract just women to the transport industry.While the campaign’s founder Lesley O’Brien (pictured) told MT working to bring women in to the sector will “always be my passion” and will remain ...
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MT ArticleCitySprint hires former Royal Mail regional manager
Same day courier service CitySprint has taken on former Royal Mail regional manager Craig Eddy as director of operations.Eddy’s brief is to help drive growth in the firm’s final mile operations whilst maintaining service levels. He will also manage CitySprint’s fleet across all the firm’s operational centres.In the 19 years ...
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In an uncertain time it pays to invest in your team
David Coombes, MD for Skills for Logistics, takes a look at what you can to to ensure your businesses survives and prospers in these precarious times.Brexit. The word has become synonymous with uncertainty. Regardless of your political leanings, the UK's current state of affairs is nail-biting. So too is the ...
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MT ArticleWalkers Transport recruits group business analyst
Walkers Transport has recruited a group business analyst to facilitate growth at the company.Nick Atkinson joins the business after 12 years working on medical device supply chains. In his new role at Walkers he will manage, prepare and distribute data sets for the operator's Leeds and Manchester operations.Atkinson said: "My ...
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MT ArticleArrow XL builds training apartment for two-person crews
Arrow XL has built a £50,000, in-house training academy complete with a purpose-built apartment for developing its two-person delivery crews. The Development Academy's flat, housed at the company's Wigan HQ, contains a working kitchen, a living room and a child's bedroom, as well as two classrooms.Its two-person crews will be ...
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MT ArticleJohn Hawksworth leaves Premier Logistics
John Hawksworth has left his role as group general manager at Premier Logistics after nearly three years with the Leicestershire-based firm.Hawksworth has worked at a series of hauliers including the now defunct Birds Transport and Logistics, where he was a director and general manager for close to a year and ...
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MT ArticleGary Sharp returns to Bibby Distribution
Gary Sharp has re-joined Bibby Distribution as account director.He retired from his role as operations director at Canute Haulage Group in May.Sharp joined Canute in 2013 and according to the company’s website had responsibility for logistical operations.He was a divisional director at Bibby Distribution prior to this, clocking up close ...
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MT ArticleThompsons UK aiming to launch apprenticeship programme in 2019
Thompsons UK is to launch an apprenticeship scheme next year, which will aim to bring in four new body builders every year.The Croydon branch of the body builder is currently in the process of designing the programme, and is in talks with nearby Croydon College.Works manager Neil Butler is ...
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MT ArticleArrow XL brings in new customer experience manager
Arrow XL has hired a new customer experience manager to overhaul its strategy in the area. Fauzia Mulla joins the business from Three Mobile UK, where she was most recently head of support performance.The two-person delivery group has tasked Mulla with reshaping its customer experience strategy, and she will also ...
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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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 ...