Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the freight logistics industries, and Nortec Training, have won the highly respected South East Region National Training Award for the Driving to Success project. The programme, aimed at providing the unemployed with a route to become a truck driver, has enabled almost 1,000 people to return to, or find work in the logistics industry
Rebecca Jenkins, Managing Director of Lane Group plc, and member of Skills for Logistics’ Board of Directors, represents the logistics industry in a campaign aimed at raising awareness of skills issues.
Rebecca is joined by other “Skills Ambassadors” including business leaders such as Roger Putnam, Chairman of Ford and Philip Williamson, Chief Executive of the Nationwide Building Society. The campaign to champion the link between skills and success features Skills Ambassadors explaining why they are committed to developing workforce skills as a foundation for success.
Careers in Logistics is the UKs first website dedicated to logistics recruitment and careers advice.
Employer skills conventions in Wales and Scotland identify key issues including:
Ian Harding and Charlotte Metcalfe of Hardings Transport Ltd embarked on two different Skills for Logistics approved training courses at the same time
Skills for Logistics has close links with the largest delivery force in the country, following the appointment of Royal Mail's Ken Mabbett to its Board.
Scotland is estimated to be short of over 4,000 LGV and van drivers. Women are grossly under-represented in driving jobs (currently only 16 of 700 Scottish Driver Training Scheme trainees are women). The Scottish Executive is to support a new scheme aimed at attracting women into driver training
Skills for Logistics will be holding National Skills Conventions for logistics companies in Scotland and Wales. The purpose is to set the future training, skills and business improvement agenda for the logistics sector.
Skills for Logistics appoints Chris Fylan as the Skills Development Manager for the North West, North Wales and West Midlands.
Skills for Logistics appoints Lucinda Ward as Director of Marketing and Communications
21 year old Tom Reid is the first to pass the Young LGV Driver Training Scheme (YDS) in Scotland. The YDS is an initiative from Skills for Logistics to provide increased training and support in the logistics industry. With the current driver shortages, encouraging and supporting young members of staff to obtain qualifications is vital.
