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Logistics UK urges action on skills

LOGISTICS UK co-signed a letter with other industry bodies addressed to the Minister for Immigration, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, highlighting the industry’s critical labour shortage ahead of the upcoming Shortage Occupation List (SOL) review.

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Logistics UK calls for Net Zero clarity

There is an urgent need to decarbonise the logistics industry but further government clarity on the route to net zero is required immediately to ensure businesses have the confidence and certainty needed to invest in low emission solutions, according to Logistics UK.

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Funded training drive to bring back former HGV drivers

With the HGV driver shortage continuing to place pressure on UK supply chains, Logistics UK is urging HGV drivers who have left the workplace to consider re-joining the profession, with hundreds of spaces now available on government-funded refresher training courses, called Skills Bootcamps. 

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Operation Brock needs urgent review

OPERATION BROCK – a Kent traffic management system intended to keep vehicles moving when there is disruption to travel across the English Channel – is leaving hundreds of HGV drivers stuck without access to basic hygiene facilities, food and water.

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5p fuel duty cut from Chancellor

THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to cut fuel duty in today’s Spring Statement (23 March 2022) will help logistics businesses to afford to keep supplying the nation with the goods it needs in the face of increasing fuel prices and other inflationary pressures, as Elizabeth de Jong, director of policy at Logistics UK.

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The road to Net Zero

In the first of a new campaign-focused column from Logistics UK, Michelle Gardner tackles decarbonisation.

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David Wells awarded OBE

David Wells, chief executive of Logistics UK, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list, for services to transport and logistics.

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Path to Net Zero

The climate crisis is now one of the most pressing challenges facing the global community, and the UK logistics industry understands the part it must play in decarbonising the nation’s economy, says Michelle Gardner.

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Government pressed on temporary HGV driver visas

BUSINESS GROUP Logistics UK has called for government to review its decision not to grant temporary work visas to EU HGV drivers, in the wake of mounting pressure on the UK’s supply chain caused by a lack of available delivery personnel.

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Warning on HGV driver shortage

Almost one in ten logistics businesses (9.8%) say the recruitment of drivers is an ‘extreme barrier’ to the recovery of their business, according to a Logistics UK report released.

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Government urged not to repeat national embarrassment

Business group Logistics UK has written to the government to request an urgent review of traffic management and welfare arrangements for HGV drivers in the wake of chaos experienced when France closed its borders to traffic for two days over the Christmas period.

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