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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 ...
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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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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 ...
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Fraikin creates new commercial director and head of transformation roles to fuel business growth
Fraikin has created two new roles within the business to support its growth plans in the business's 40th anniversary year.The two posts, commercial director and head of transformation, will be based in Fraikin's Coventry HQ, reporting to CEO Ed Cowell.Commercial director James Walker was previously sales director at RyderJames Walker ...
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MT ArticleWhistl appoints new operations director
Whistl has appointed a new operations director, who becomes the third woman on the parcel carrier's executive board. Fabiola Sharratt joins the mail operator from online health and beauty retailer The HUT, where she was group operations director.Sharratt has held other roles in the logistics sector including jobs with the ...
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MT ArticleIndustry not taking advantage of apprenticeship levy 10 months on, warn experts
It has been 10 months since the government started taxing businesses with the apprenticeship levy. At the moment, only businesses with payrolls of more than £3m have access to the funding pot they are contributing to, but as the levy hits its one-year anniversary the gates should open to smaller ...
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MT ArticleAxis Fleet Management appoints new business development and key accounts manager
Axis Fleet Management has appointed a new business development and key accounts manager to look after its UK-wide accounts and manage its customer base in the North East of England.Phil Morris joins the business from CNH Industrial, where he was key accounts manager for its Iveco customers.Morris also spent three ...
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MT ArticleNew MD for DAF dealer Imperial Commercials
DAF dealer group Imperial Commercials has a new MD. Matt Lawrenson joined Imperial Commercials in 2002 and has held roles including general manager, regional director and, most recently, divisional director for Scotland and the East of England.Lawrenson will step down as chairman of the DAF Trucks UK National Dealer Council ...
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MT ArticleCulina Group member Morgan McLernon appoints new commercial director
Culina Group business Morgan McLernon has appointed Shane Kilpatrick as its new commercial director. Kilpatrick joined the Ireland-based business from DFDS Logistics, where he he was sales director for two and a half years, and has also worked at the Mongomery Transport Group.Kilpatrick said that while the challenges the industry ...