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BBC Radio tunes into the driver shortage

Logistics and the driver shortage was the focus for BBC Radio Northampton’s Stuart Linnell at Breakfast show, which was broadcast on Wednesday 29August. Logistics is important to Northampton  – the sector employs some 45,000 people but it is warning of a crisis due to the shortage of LGV (Large…

SfL CEO Discusses the new Training & Excellence Standard for DCPC

Dr Ross Moloney, CEO of Skills for Logistics commented on the proposed Training and Excellence Standard for Driver CPC which the Skills for Logistics team will roll out to the sector in September 2014. My team have been overwhelmed by the positive response to this initiative and the constructive…

Excellence. It sets you apart…

Excellence. It’s more than just an attitude. Skills for Logistics has spent the last 6 months consulting with key employers, trade associations and training providers in the Logistics Sector. We asked the Logistics Sector to define excellence in Driver CPC training to form the basis of the new…

Certificate to Work and The Driver Shortage

Skills for Logistics is launching the Certificate to Work to help address the driver shortfall in the Logistics Sector.  The much discussed driver shortage in the UK Logistics Sector comes down to a simple equation: an unemployed person plus an opportunity equals a worker – or, in this case, a…