Below is a list of the press releases issued in 2008. If you require any further information, please contact our PR & Events Specialist
Logistics is not a subject that you would traditionally expect to find being taught in schools. However, with the continued support from the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council (RHDTC)* it soon will be. The RHDTC has recently granted Skills for Logistics (SfL) additional funding of over £400,000 over two years, which will be spent on developing further curriculum resources and careers materials. These resources will be used in schools across the UK to raise the awareness of the sector with young people, in order to increase the number of new recruits in the future.
Skills for Logistics is pleased to announce that Sue Cowley, Human Resources Director for DHL Exel Supply Chain has joined its Board of Directors.
Sue Cowley is responsible for HR leadership to the Healthcare, Automotive, Industrial, Technology Business Units and newly acquired NHS Supply Chain Business at DHL Exel Supply Chain. With over 9,000 employees, a key focus at DHL is the development of future talent and skills in the logistics industry. Sue began her HR career in the Train Maintenance industry and has spent the last eight years working in the logistics sector in a variety of roles within the UK and Europe. She is a Fellow of the CIPD.
Skills for Logistics (SfL), along with a group of industry employers, has developed a framework encouraging logistics companies to create sector specific Higher Education qualifications in the form of Foundation degrees (Fds). Fds are vocational qualifications that combine academic and work-based learning and are created through a closeworking partnership between employers and universities.
These new qualifications will ensure that the logistics workforce develops the right skills to meet the needs of the industry, and that the learning programmes reflect the real requirements of business. SfL encourages the education sector to work with employers to create qualifications and programmes based on this framework in order to move the industry forward.
Skills for Logistics (SfL), is working with logistics employers to develop relevant qualifications to meet the real needs of their industry. The Sector Skills Council (SSC)says that employers should take the lead when it comes to developing qualifications, to ensure that they are fit for purpose. This in turn will help to develop a workforce with the right skills to enable them to carry out their jobs in the most effective way to ensure competitiveness in today’s challenging marketplace.
The establishment of new vocational qualifications such as Foundation degrees (Fds) is one example of where the industry is taking ownership of the skills development, and in turn productivity of its workforce. SfL has been working closely with a group of logistics employers and Higher Education Institutions to put together a Fd framework which can be used to create bespoke Fd according to the specific needs of the business.
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is working with key logistics employers to ensure that the building blocks of training programmes and employer-led qualifications -*National Occupational Standards (NOS) continue to be current and relevant to the sector’s requirements.
SfL is hosting workshops across the UK, to gather input from the industry of what employers really want when it comes to training their drivers. This will be done by reviewing the existing and well used NOS for Driving Goods Vehicles (DGV) and updating them to reflect the evolving needs of the industry.
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is urging all businesses involved in the moving, storing or handling of goods, and the wholesale sector to take part in Learning at Work (LAW) Day on the 22nd May, to improve workforce skills and potentially benefit their bottom line. The 2008 LAW Day is themed around Sustainable Workplaces, with ‘learning through life’ the area of development that SfL is addressing through literacy and numeracy tests.
Skills for Logistics’ (SfL) proactive Skills for Life (literacy and numeracy) approach and strategy has been recognised by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). SfL has been asked to present its approach at a showcase event demonstrating best practice in learning and education. The event, supported by DIUS, will be held on 1st May 2008, at London’s International Arbitration and Mediation Centre.
Skills for Logistics (SfL), the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries, will focus on funds for training at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show, taking place from 15-17 April, at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre.
The ‘Skills Pay’ campaign, headed by SfL and backed by a group of influential industry bodies*, will be the centrepiece of SfL’s work over the three days of the show on Stand 408, Hall 18. This ongoing campaign highlights the poor uptake of logistics employers for training funds for public qualifications such as NVQs and Skills for Life.
Skills for Logistics (SfL), the Sector Skills Councils for the freight logistics industries, is pleased to announce that the Institute of Couriers (IOC) presented a Fellowship to Dr Mick Jackson, Operations Director at SfL, for services to the courier community through his visionary work on Continuous Professional Development for the freight logistics industries. The Fellowship was awarded at a ceremony held at the House of Lords last week.
• Department for Transport(DfT) Consults on EU road transport proposal to establish common rules
• Skills for Logistics (SfL)recommends scope for better career structure for road freight sector through Continuous Professional Development
• SfL presents the case for Continuous Professional Development opportunities relating to new proposals
Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the freight logistics industries, has urged the Government to respond positively to EU proposals concerning transport managers. The proposals could enable the development and recognition of a more professional career structure for those working in road freight.
The SSC was responding to a consultation by the Department for Transport on a package of EU proposals affecting road freight and passenger transport which is currently under discussion in Brussels. It aims to ensure that similar rules apply to all road freight operators working within the EU.
Skills for Logistics Welcomes New Recruits
Skills for Logistics (SfL), the Sector Skills Councils for the freight logistics industries is pleased to announce the appointments of Shane Louise Corbyn as Head of Skills and Stephen Kennedy as National Manager - Wales.
Logistics Employers Discover London 2012 Opportunities at Skills for Logistics and Train to Gain event
Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries, in partnership with Train to Gain brokers Prevista, recently hosted a successful London 2012 Opportunities breakfast briefing for employers in London. The event focused on the dual themes of the business opportunities for the logistics sector around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the benefits to business of continuous professional development.
• Skills for Logistics is supporting development of the retail supply chain element of the new Diploma in Retail • The Sector Skills Council supports a series of consultation events aimed at developing the Retail Supply Chain theme which covers logistics, warehousing and storage & distribution• Skills for Logistics encourages employers to input into the development of this new diploma at a series of regional events.
Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries, is working with Skillsmart Retail and the Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA) to deliver a series of consultation events to assist with the development of this exciting venture. This new diploma is aimed at 14 – 19 year olds focusing on Retail and the Retail Supply Chain and will bring an innovative approach to learning in the logistics sector.
UK logistics employers need to bid for nearly £300 million if they are to match the uptake of funding for NVQs and Skills for Life in comparable sectors such as construction and engineering.
Logistics needs £280 million to train 230,000 staff if it is to punch its weight as a sector in
contributing to the Government’s target of 79% of people qualified to Level 2 (the equivalent of 5 GCSEs at grade A* to C) by 2011 says Sector Skills Council, Skills for Logistics (SfL).
Nominate a woman who inspires you todayThe everywoman Transport & Logistics Awards are now open for entries.
These inaugural awards aim to highlight the industry’s inspirational women and celebrate their outstanding successes and achievements.
In association with Skills for Logistics, these awards aim to highlight the contributions that women are making to this field and to encourage more women to pursue a career within the sector. Role models who quash the pre-conceived idea that the industry is a place where only men can make it to the top, will act as an inspiration to others.
With 7 out of 10 jobs in London alone expected to be taken by women between now and 2016, there has never been a better time to start celebrating the talent of women working within the UK’s non-traditional sectors.
Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council for the freight logistics industries, and Prevista, the Train to Gain Brokers, are hosting a free half day conference on Thursday 21st February at the Novotel London West.
UK logistics employers are losing out on major funding that can directly improve their bottom line and which they desperately need to improve skills and safeguard their future. That’s the stark warning from a group of influential logistics industry bodies which is launching an urgent national campaign ‘Skills Pay’ to redress the balance.
