London, UK: The government is offering 10,500 temporary UK visas to truck drivers and poultry workers in a bid to limit disruption in the run-up to Christmas. The government says 5,000 drivers will be eligible to work in the UK for three months, until Christmas Eve with the scheme also extended to include 5,500 poultry …
London, UK: We know there is a shortage of drivers, one of many skills of which there are shortages, whatever government ministers might say. Ministers talk about “working with sector leaders to understand how we can best ease particular pinch points” and that “similar challenges are being faced by other countries around the world”. The …
All loaded but no driver to take the truck. Can you rely on force majeure in the absence of a HGV Driver? Lucy Pringle and Jonny gribben, partners at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, have some expert advice. Bristol, UK: The current shortage of HGV drivers is well documented. A combination of Covid, Brexit and …
London, UK: Industry groups have long struggled get to media attention for truck drivers and the transport industry in general. The industry, and truck drivers in particular. are now in the spotlight but perhaps for all the wrong reasons. Newspapers and the BBC are all running stories about the effects of the driver shortage with …
London, UK: Employers are lobbying hard for an extension or easing of the visa requirements for EU nationals wishing to come to the UK. The Confederation of Business and Industry and the Institute of Directors have added their voices to the many, including the Road Haulage Association and Logistics UK, dismissing government claims that investing …
Basingstoke, UK: Gist is offering incentives of up to £5,000 for HGV drivers to join its business from August in order to boost capability and resources to deliver chilled foods and fresh produce. Gist, with customers including Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Morrisons, employs more than 2,000 drivers, and runs driver training schemes. New drivers …
London, UK: The logistics industry remain unimpressed by government efforts to deal with the self-isolation “pingdemic” describing the measures as “chaotic” and “too late”. The number of people being sent NHS app alerts to self-isolate rapidly rose throughout July as infection rates soared, reaching a record 600,000 in the week to 14 July. The government …
Bath, UK: The logistics industry has no clear consensus on which technology will replace diesel, says a new report. A global survey of logistics and supply chain executives has found that there is still very little consensus on which alternative power system will replace diesel for the heavy duty truck sector over the coming years. …
London, UK: Government has at last admitted – in the face of lobbying from the industry – that the road transport industry is facing a crisis. The government response has been mostly willingness to consult and little action. Measures introduced to support recruitment and retention within the road haulage industry to ease pressure on the …
London, UK: Chilled meats will be allowed to continue being sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland until September 30 under a deal agreed between the EU and UK government hours before prohibition would happen. But the deal has been slated by the Cold Chain Federation. It chief executive, Shane Brennan said: “Three more months …
London, UK: The signatories of a letter to the prime minister warning of a crisis in food supply reads like a who’s who of the logistics industry. That letter follows a meeting with the minister for transport, Charlotte Vere, last week where industry representatives warned that vacancies meant a summer of food shortages is likely. The …
Slough, UK: Any logistics services provider or online fulfilment company that is perceived to be merely paying lip service to ‘green’ issues or is inactive when it comes to corporate sustainability strategy, not only risks seriously undermining its own brand and reputation – but also those of its clients. So warns Paul Mulcahy, quality, health and …
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