Recently published by Logistics UK, the Skills and Employment Report 2020 highlights the severe impact Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic are having on the logistics sector’s underlying skills shortage.
2020 has been described by many commentators as an ‘annus horribilus’, not just because of the dire health outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic, but because of its severe impact on UK businesses, with large parts of the economy, including the hospitality, high street retail, leisure and events sectors, still closed for business.
Key Logistics UK policy wins for the month
Continental Tyres Technical Q&A
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Steve Howat, General Manager – Technical Services, Continental Tyres
Biffa Waste Services, one of the UK’s leading waste management companies and a longstanding Logistics UK member, has recently been awarded Earned Recognition status by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
Logistics UK’s policy team recently published COVID-19 Logistics Report 1, which looks at the pandemic’s impact on logistics and takes the temperature of the industry.
Logistics businesses based in the Netherlands are reporting a shift away from truck transport, given their experience during recent Brexit practice sessions.
Logistics UK’s Director of Policy, Elizabeth de Jong, launched the first Compliance Report at the second Transport Manager conference yesterday (2 December 2020).
ITT Hub (Innovation & Technology in Transport) 30 June – 1 July 2021 has confirmed support from nine new exhibitors who will create a Government Hub, a high-profile pavilion style stand in the heart of the exhibition hall.
Logistics UK’s media team has achieved exceptional results in the past month, with the business group featuring heavily on major radio stations, TV broadcasts and in national newspapers. And, in addition to UK successes, the Logistics UK media team has also secured global coverage in countries as far afield as New Zealand, UAE, India, Canada and the USA.
Founded in 1993, Vac-Ex is a civil engineering company specialising in vacuum excavation. Vac-Ex’ fleet of trucks is FORS silver accredited to include fitment of safety devices to reduce blind spots including: camera systems and sensors.
With the eyes of the world on the challenge of transporting a COVID-19 vaccine safely, swiftly and efficiently, what are the challenges faced by the pharmaceutical companies, and how will they rise to the challenge? To find out more about what’s involved, Logistics Magazine spoke to Dr Falko Riechert, Global Head of Supply Chain, HRA Pharma.
Logistics UK members may remember Leon Daniels in his former role as Managing Director of Transport for London’s Surface Transport.
Airlines and logistics businesses are gearing up to prepare for the massive distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the world.
Logistics UK announced WJ Group, a leading independent specialist road marking business, as winner of the LERS Leadership in Emissions Reduction 2020 Award at its annual Logistics Awards held virtually on 13 November 2020.
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A revolution in transport took place in the Nevada desert over the weekend, when two Virgin Group employees became the first people to travel in a hyperloop pod – the first successful manned test run of the innovative technology.
For someone who is not himself an engineer, Bruce McGill displays an enormous amount of passion for the profession. “What I love about engineers and engineering, is that they are solving some of the big challenges that our society faces,” he said. “Without engineers we’re not going to solve those challenges, whether that’s climate change or energy supply or transport.”
Logistics Magazine will cover all the latest news on stories breaking in the industry, including developments on COVID-19, Brexit, Clean Air Zones, transport law and decarbonisation.
Our frequent features will tackle the broader issues affecting logistics such as the COVID-19 vaccination programme, technology and innovation, the political and economic landscape, global trade and the drive to reduce emissions across all transport modes.
Each month we explore a different topic in depth in our popular Compliance section, while each week we will publish answers put to our Member Advice Centre team.
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