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Update: Spring 2010

  • CEO Jackson explains where national council will lead
    In the two years that Mick Jackson has been at the helm of Skills for Logistics, his feet have hardly touched the ground. Successfully steering SfL through a long relicensing phase, restructuring the board and executive team, developing and launching numerous qualifications and training schemes, Mick Jackson has been busy since taking over in May 2008....
  • NSA sets out business plans
    I am pleased to have SfL Board responsibility for the National Skills Academy Logistics business plan. The National Skills Academy Logistics team has a challenging task over the next eight months to provide a robust employer-centred business plan, building on the preparatory work undertaken over the past two years within the English regions....
  • Upskilling in the West Mids
    Britain's transport and distribution industry needs intelligent, highly motivated young people who are keen to carve out a career for themselves as transport and distribution specialists. Apprenticeships offer people real choices in jobs with training.....
  • Don't forget to support operational managers
    The new government has set out its initial views on qualifications within the workplace. In recent years there has been a focus on level 2 vocational qualifications. There is now a renewed focus on advanced apprenticeships and level 3 qualifications.Apprenticeships offer people real choices in jobs with training.....
  • Skills Champion supports new SfL, ALP agreement
    Skills for Logistics is pleased to announce that it has entered into a formal agreement with the Association of Learning Providers (ALP) which will result in closer co-operation and benefits for both employees and employers in the freight logistics industries......
  • Lorry drivers in demand as vacancies rise
    Recovery in the UK economy was signalled by significant increases in transport sector job vacancies in May 2010. The figures for lorry and van drivers showed substantial increases on the same month for 2009, with the highest number of recorded monthly vacancies since 2008. At 13,299 for 2010, compared with 4,695 for 2009, vacancies for HGV drivers were up by 180 per cent. And at 5,378 for 2010, compared with 3,187 for 2009, vacancies for van drivers were up by almost 70 per cent....
  • SfL achieves IiP standard
    Skills for Logistics, has been recognised as an Investor in People organisation after achieving the Standard on 24 May 2010. Skills for Logistics embraces a commitment to learning and development and is fully committed to developing workforce skills to achieve the wider business aims and objectives.....

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