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Recent Skills for Logistics News…

  • 17/06/2013Traffic Office NOS consulatation openWe are currently reviewing the Traffic Office NOS and are now inviting all those with an interest in shaping the Standards to review and comment on this work.

    Please click here to access the NOS consultation page
  • 12/06/2013Breakfast with Logistics Over 50, logistics employers and training providers, as well as schools, colleges and universities attended the first ‘Breakfast with Logistics’ event at Novotel Coventry on 23rd May 2013. 
  • 15/04/2013Platform for Sino-UK Co-operation on Modern Logistics Vocational Education


    Platform for Sino-UK Co-operation  on Modern Logistics Vocational Education

    Skills for Logistics, Milton Keynes, 12 April. Skills for Logistics (SfL), China Federation for Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP), and British Council China today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the three parties co-operating on areas such as logistics talent cultivation, standardisation and vocational education.


  • 12/04/2013Petroleum Driver PassportPetroleum Driver Passport.- recruitment of External Verifiers. The PD Passport scheme has been designed to set an industry training standard against which drivers delivering refined petroleum products in road tankers will need to demonstrate competence. As part of the build-up to the launch of the PDP in January 2014, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) who have been appointed as Scheme Managers, are now recruiting sector experts to act as External Verifiers for the scheme.  Full Details at http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/65379.html


    If you would like to read the recent press release about PDP please download the document here
  • 08/04/2013Skills Calculator website now available

    Skills for Logistics have released a new and exciting tool for the Logistics Sector to help demonstrate the benefits of investing in skills development.

    The Skills Calculator is a user-friendly web tool for both the employer and the individual.

  • 04/04/2013The China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing visits the UK


    A delegation from the China Federation for Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP), headed by the Vice Chairman CFLP Mr Ren Haoxiang, will visit the UK 8 – 12 April 2013.

    In partnership with key logistics employers – Unipart Logistics, DHL, TNT Express and Ceva Logistics and six educational institutions including, Skills for Logistics have arranged a week of workshops and site visit during which a formal Memorandum of Understanding between the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, Skills for Logistics and the British Council will be agreed and signed. This tripartite agreement will ensure that maximum impact is gained from an exciting collaboration between the two country’s logistics skills systems.

Logistics Manager News…

  • Fortec names Simpson commercial manager
    Lin Simpson has been given the newly-created role of commercial manager at the Fortec Distribution Network, where she will work to develop the company’s corporate division to achieve its future objectives
  • Sheds waste £190m on energy a year, study reveals
    Warehouses are overspending around £190 million on energy a year, according to research from the Energy Efficiency Financing (EEF) scheme
  • Deutsche Post acquires email marketing firm
    Deutsche Post has acquired German email marketing service provider optivo, to expand its portfolio in the online advertising market
  • New contract logistics director for DB Schenker
    Simon Bruce has been appointed as DB Schenker Logistics UK’s new contract logistics director, with effect as of 18 June