During National Apprenticeship Week 2023, the British International Freight Association (BIFA) is calling on freight forwarding and logistics companies to consider recruiting apprentices.
Following a winter of discontent in the Supply Chain and Transport industry, today Amazon workers have announced a series of potential strikes
Millions of families, commuters and school children are being encouraged to take up healthy habits this year. Local councils will benefit from skills training and a boost to green jobs thanks to a £32.9 million scheme launched today (2 January 2023) which will enable them to develop thousands of well thought-through local walking and cycling schemes, co-created by the communities that will use them.
On 16 November 2020, Robert Gifkins, who worked for Arnold Laver & Company Ltd, was delivering timber to a company in Whaddon near Salisbury. He had climbed onto the bed of his trailer to sling the load and attach it to the vehicle-mounted crane.
The latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders reveal UK CV production has risen 53.6% to 11,979 units – the best figures for September since 2011.
This week saw staff at Felixstowe, the UKs biggest container port walk out for 8 days over pay and conditions. The summer of industrial action looks set to continue with staff at the Port of Liverpool threatening similar walk outs over pay. This follows a comparable offer of a 7% pay deal, which has deemed inadequate by the Unite union.
The UK government has threatened to tax haulage businesses and beneficiaries to fund a driver shortage fix if they don’t do it soon – but is this the best solution for an industry already under pressure? Â
Following public consultation last year, the government has announced it is creating a road safety investigation branch (RSIB) with the intention to reduce casualties and boost safety. There has been overwhelming support for the creation of the branch with focus on the branch’s responsibility and legal powers.
Millions of people across the UK will be encouraged to kickstart a rewarding career in logistics, with the government unveiling a multimillion-pound new plan to bolster the supply chain and create a more resilient and greener haulage sector.
Several unofficial fuel protests have been planned in a move to highlight the frustration felt across the industry in relation to the unsustainable rises in the costs of diesel. With diesel costs now at an all time high, transport bosses have felt their already paper thing margins eroded even further.
