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...demonisation for all the environmental ills of our planet.” “FairFuelUK, will continue to campaign for UK’s 37m drivers to be treated better by this disappointingly anti-driver Conservative administration. On behalf...
Lynn Brown leads the HR function at XPO Logistics in the United Kingdom and Ireland. She joined the executive team recently, extending her 17-year career in Logistics and Supply Chain....
...as our mission at Veterans into Logistics is to prevent unemployment and homelessness by providing HGV driver training and access to a logistics career. We know how much veterans and...
...UK’s leading logistics training providers. It works with logistics and utility companies, military and government departments, local authorities, national corporations and small businesses as well as the self-employed. www.system-training.com ...
...the subsequent increase in the number of bikes, we hear from Brake as they revisit the challenges this presents to truck drivers. Every professional truck driver knows that encountering cyclists...
...the barriers and ensure a continued skilled workforce is available to keep the UK economy supplied with everything it needs.” To view a copy of the report, visit: www.logistics.org.uk/research-hub/reports/logistics-skills-review ...
A new partnership between XPO Logistics and Veterans Into Logistics, a national UK charity that connects transport and logistics companies with military veterans and armed forces service leavers, will create...
...logistics businesses, according to Logistics UK. Speaking after the minister’s speech in Manchester, Logistics UK’s chief executive David Wells OBE highlighted the issues currently holding the industry back: “Logistics delivers...
...employs 8% of the UK workforce, yet the performance of logistics in the UK is getting less efficient as a result of extensive congestion and delays across the transport network,...
...duty; addressing skills shortages and recruiting professional drivers; and ensuring UK’s infrastructure networks (including airport capacity) are capable of meeting freight needs. Stressing the importance of logistics to the economy...
...hours, it’s a full day off the road each time for a driver and we’re rolling it out to every driver across the business so that’s a real investment from...
Veterans into Logistics – a charity that trains and mentors veterans into new careers as HGV drivers – has been shortlisted for three awards across two award ceremonies. This is...
...our two longest serving drivers – Kenny and Craig. “We always try to keep drivers in their ‘own’ tanker. It promotes an ownership of the vehicle and a sense of...
...to business group Logistics UK. Speaking in response to the funding announcement, Jonathan Walker, Head of Cities and Infrastructure Policy, urged clarity from government and local organisations to maximise the...
...in March 2022 is to be retained for a further 12 months. Logistics UK’s chief executive, David Wells, comments: “Logistics is the UK’s system for growth and today’s budget announcement...
...invasion of Ukraine, is filling Putin’s coffers and helping to fund the war. It has to stop.” Global diesel shortages With the UK having pledged to stop importing Russian diesel...
...EU legislation (maintained following Brexit), the UK is required to hold 67.5 days of domestic net consumption. The UK reserves are currently robust with over 200 days of net imports...
...Greenergy and Murco, logistics companies – DHL, Hoyer, Norbert Dentressangle, Suckling, Suttons, Turners and Wincanton, the Unite and URTU unions, several trade associations including UKPIA, FPS, the Downstream Fuel Association...
