Recent News

About Us

Recent Skills for Logistics News...

24/11/2011Logistics Sector Skills Development - £3.95 Million Boost
The key logistics sector, essential for the efficient and economic distribution and delivery of goods and services on which industry and consumers rely, has received a welcome and substantial boost for skills development following today’s announcement from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) of a £61 million investment in employment led projects designed to boost enterprise, jobs and growth.
05/07/2011Logistics Industry gets Government support for a National Skills Academy Confirmation of Government funding for the development of the National Skills Academy for Logistics was announced on 5 July 2011 by John Hayes, Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning.
03/06/2011Careers in transport – come and join us
Logistics is now firmly part of the school curriculum for 14-19 year olds in Northern Ireland.
09/05/2011Skills for Logistics Industry Trainer of the Year May 2011Asda manager is logistics industry trainer of the year 2011
15/03/2011‘Made in China’ – Online Schools’ Resource Introduces Young People to the World of Logistics The Delivering your future programme* – funded by the trustees of the Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council and managed by Skills for Logistics - has developed ‘Made in China,’ a new curriculum resource for schools, aimed at 14 to 16 year olds.
23/02/2011Transport Vacancies Buck Unemployment TrendWhilst national unemployment figures published this week revealed an increase to almost 2.5 million in the quarter to November, the most recent information on vacancies for transport occupations in January 2011 showed increased opportunities in almost every category compared with January 2010. In particular, HGV driver vacancies for the month were over double of January last year at 11,341, compared with just 5,432 in 2010 – an increase of almost 110 per cent.

Logistics Manager News...

TVS Logistics to sell motor factor
TVS Logistics, the parts warehousing and logistics business owned by the TVS Group of India, has agreed the sale of its Globe Transport Products
Teesport expands container capacity
PD Ports has completed the first phase of its development programme to almost double its container handling capacity at Teesport
Linpac Alibert stretches its reach
Linpac Allibert, the returnable transit packaging firm, has appointed seven authorised distributors around the UK, following its campaign to recruit partner stockists
Operations director for component distributor
Automotive parts distributor Andrew Page has appointed Paul Mohan operations & logistics director (chief operations officer)

Road Transport.com News...

Industry confident fuel duty rise will be axed
The 3ppl increase in fuel duty planned for January is widely expected to be scrapped in tomorrow's (29 November) Autum Statement, after a sustained campaign by the road transport industry.
KBC Logistics fined £12,000 over reversing truck incident
Dartford haulier KBC Logistics has been fined £12,000 after an employee was seriously injured when he was crushed by a reversing lorry.
Traffic Commissioner speaks out over VOSA row
The public row which saw the Traffic Commissioners (TCs) accuse VOSA of undermining their judicial independence has been described as a "crisis" by TC for Scotland Joan Aitken.
Rise in crossings from UK to Europe
A total of 2.49 million goods vehicles travelled from Great Britain to mainland Europe in the 12 months to the third quarter of 2011 - 1% higher than the equivalent period last year.