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Knowles Transport future-proofs business with launch of driver apprenticeship scheme
Logistics specialist Knowles Transport has launched a driver apprenticeship scheme in a bid to future-proof the business and help bring through the next generation of drivers.The programme, which lasts 13 months, aims to attract the next generation of young drivers into the industry and provide a steady stream of talent ...
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Moody Logistics takes on candidates from outside sector to boost HGV driver numbers
(From left) Michael Weightman and Ray Armstrong have both gained their Class 1 licences since switching careers to join Moody LogisticsCramlington-based Moody Logistics and Storage is boosting its driver numbers by supporting candidates from outside the industry and with the launch of a fast track HGV driver apprenticeship programme, the ...
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Paragon launches dealer finance proposition
Paragon SME Lending is creating a dedicated team specialising in providing a secondary funding option for commercial vehicle dealerships.Jamie Thompson (pictured) has joined the new team as dealer finance manager for the North, with a southern representative soon to be appointed.Thompson joins Paragon from Mistral Group, where he was regional ...
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Breedon Group takes on 30 Urban Driver apprentices
Construction and haulage company Breedon Group has partnered with skills specialist Seetec Outsource to apprentice new drivers under the Urban Driver apprenticeship scheme.The company has recently taken on its third cohort for the scheme, which was launched in December last year.The successful candidates will gain a Class 2 licence for ...
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TruTac names new MD and adds to leadership team
TruTac’s director of commercial operations and marketing, Jemma James (pictured), has been promoted to MD when Terry Ramsey retires at the end of the month.James has been with the fleet compliance specialist for 14 years and was responsible for securing commercial relationships with both the RHA and Confederation of Passenger ...
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Solomon Commercials recruits head of procurement
Solomon Commercials has appointed Matt Hilton (pictured) as its new head of procurement.The manufacturer of temperature-controlled vehicles said Hilton will lead a five-strong team at its Haslingden’s head office and had been tasked with helping to build strategic partnerships with Solomon’s suppliers.Read more Solomon Commercials to manufacture own fleet ...
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Fleet Operations makes key managerial appointments
Fleet management provider Fleet Operations has supported its 2022 growth plans with three senior appointments.New business partnership manager Paul Edmed (pictured) brings more than 20 years’ fleet and lease industry experience including senior account management roles at LeasePlan, AMT Contract Hire & Leasing and Avis Budget Group. He is also ...
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Maritime boosts management team with four new appointments
Maritime Transport has strengthened its senior management team with a series of new appointments, including former non-executive director Chris Lewis, who joins as deputy chairman, after leaving his interim post as chief executive of the Port of Felixstowe, 12 months before the end of his contract.Lewis, whose former posts include ...
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Mercedes-Benz Trucks recruits former sales director as new MD
Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK has appointed Heiko Selzam (pictured) as its new MD.A familiar face within the global business, Selzam joined what was then Daimler AG in 1996 as sales executive for commercial vehicles.Since then, roles at the truck maker have taken him to the Middle East and Luxembourg and in ...
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Tiger Trailers promotes Ed Booth to MD
Tiger Trailers’ finance director Ed Booth (pictured) has been promoted to MD of the wider group, with immediate effect.Booth’s promotion sees Tiger Trailers’ founders, John and Steven Cartwright, move from their positions as joint MDs to sit as executive directors on the board alongside fellow founder David Williams.The Winsford-based company, ...
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Sainsbury's lorry drivers given pay rise in bid to attract top talent
Lorry drivers working for Sainsbury’s are to get pay increases of up to £11.50 an hour in recognition of their “extraordinary work”.Simon Roberts, Sainsbury’s chief executive, said it would increase its basic hourly rate for all staff, including those working for Argo, to £10 an hour.Groceries Online drivers will receive ...
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Whistl restructures senior leadership team
E-fulfilment specialist Whistl has appointed a new executive chairman and chief executive as part of the restructure of its senior leadership team.Nick Wells becomes executive chairman and Alistair Cochrane (pictured) has been appointed chief executive.The logistics firm added that Nigel Polglass continues in his role as chief operating officer and ...
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Revealed: the industry jobs with the most vacancies and best salaries
New research has found there were 7,200 UK vacancies for HGV drivers and 4,831 openings for supply chain managers at the end of September 2021.Packaging retailer RAJA UK analysed the distribution and logistics roles that are most in demand, highlighting average salary, number of vacancies and job requirements.It found an ...
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TPN recruits new commercial director from Palletways
The Pallet Network (TPN) has appointed Sue Nicholson (pictured) as commercial director in the latest of a string of key appointments aimed at driving further growth.Nicholson has over 30 years of experience in global supply chains and pallet network logistics. She began her career in the container shipping arena, where ...
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Shears Bros opens transport hub and welcomes new general manager
Logistics company Shears Bros. (Transport) Ltd has opened a new transport facility and recruited a new general manager.The new transport hub is located on Bournemouth Airport’s Aviation Business Park, just a few hundred metres from the Shears’ existing premises.The 21,500sq ft warehouse, which has recently been fully refurbished, will become ...
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South Essex College buys Renault HGVs to train students
A college in Essex has purchased two Renault HGVs to highlight a career in logistics to students and also provide them with driver training.The branded lorries supplied by RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) to South Essex College will now be used by students on HGV apprenticeship programmes, as well as the ...
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Haulier promises future driving career to nine-year-old schoolboy who posted CV
A Scottish transport firm has offered a driving job to a primary school pupil after he sent them his CV and said he would keep his truck clean.HGV mad Dylan Macleod, a nine-year-old pupil at Stornoway primary school, wrote to MacRitchie Highland Distribution and told the firm he helped his ...
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Asset Alliance Group appoints Anthony Jones to lead new vendor finance team
Asset Alliance Group has appointed Anthony Jones (pictured) to head up a new vendor finance team which will focus on providing competitive contract hire and leasing funding rates to partners, manufacturers, franchise dealers and independent dealers to support their customers.Jones joins the business as head of vendor finance and key ...
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Lynn Brown joins XPO Logistics as vice president of human resources UK and Ireland
XPO Logistics has appointed Lynn Brown to lead the company's human resources team in the UK and Ireland.In her new role as vice president of human resources, UK and Ireland, Brown will report to Valerie Chaut, head of human resources in Europe and UK and Ireland managing director Dan Myers.Prior ...
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DHL Supply Chain UK & Ireland appoints Saul Resnick new chief executive
Saul Resnick (pictured), chief executive officer of DHL Supply Chain Australia & New Zealand is to replace José Nava as chief executive of DHL Supply Chain, UK & Ireland.In his former role, Resnick was responsible for what the company described as “impressive growth” of both revenue and profitability for the ...