Logistics sector has mixed platforms of employment status and has engaged strongly with the Taylor review on modern working practice.
Matthew Taylor reviewed PAYE, Self-employed or worker status, holiday & sick pay and workers' rights.
Today, Feb 7th 2018, the Prime Minister issued a statement with the release of the government's 'Good Work Plan'.
The Prime Minister said:
We recognise the world of work is changing and we have to make sure we have the right structures in place to reflect those changes... We are proud to have record levels of employment in this country but we must also ensure that workers’ rights are always upheld.
Logistics Skills Alliance were at January 10th LoCity Van group meeting City of London.
Chair of the Logistics Skills Alliance, Carl Lomas chairs the LoCity van group for TfL. The first meeting of 2018 in the City of London was hosted by London Met University at their Moorgate Campus Jan 10th.
LoCity is all about clean air, Mayor of London is set to tackle air pollution; nine thousand deaths have been attributed to poor air quality in the last twelve months. The van group for LoCity has become electric-centric but gas, heavy and light gets a look-in.
Lomas opened with some context from past meetings. ‘It's clear we have two types of operated vehicles, fleets returning to a base where alternative fuel or charge can be stored, then individual operators working from home where a far greater kerb side challenge faces refuelling with alternative fuels.’
Infrastructure - charging and fuel points - was voted the number one concern by the LoCity Van group in 2017.
Logistics Skills Alliance host national FORS Governance Group meeting at Heathrow logistics hot-spot.
FORS Fleet operator recognition scheme National governance meeting Oct 2017
FORS racing towards its five-thousandth member.
Eyesight checks have been a big reason for audit failures.
Two wheel working group has had a first meeting to review options for a FORS audit programme.
FORS is a quality standard for operators; operators are audited and checked for best practice, from management of the vehicle fleet to driver checks beyond the normal practice. A quality platform, the governance group meets four times a year.
For October the FORS group was indulged by the logistics hot-spot.
Carl Lomas Logistics Skills Alliance chairman ‘Van numbers are big’
Rich in national and regional operators of express, Carl Lomas chairing opened with numbers, transport sector around one and a half million and today a third of that is in the express sector - van numbers are big
Clean air, alternative fuel van discussion hosted at London Met University, Moorgate. Perfect mix of guests list with operators alongside tech, manufacturers and govt to talk clean air, electric centric but other fuels on the table. TRL, TfL and DfT in the mix for discussions.
Logistics Skills Alliance Chairman was in the City of London for Friday 13th transport history.
History in the making as transport livery sign for their very own home in the heart of London.
Another milestone in the Logistics 2025 vision as transport focus lands in new home for the Carmen.
Five hundred years in the making, Carmen livery of transport signed a 125-year lease today for their first proper home - at St Dunstans in Fleet Street, London.
A new copper roof, lift access, lots of space for meetings in transport, the new hall of the Carmen was signed today and blessed by the Bishop.
Shirt and tie, no Lycra for cycle run by LSA chair in Transaid cycle run from TfL HQ to final mile in Paris via courier company pit-stops with a hundred thousand tweets of energy and support of the family of express sector, Sunday celebration when Carl removed his Carmen tie from a job well done for Transaid transport charity.
Carl returned to the UK Sept 27th for the Heathrow Logistics Skills Alliance 2025 vision launch.
LSA Chair Carl Lomas vowed to complete the Princess Royal's Transaid charity cycle run from London to Paris at the May Microlise conference. Having never been on a cycle for twenty five years, it was a big ask for the LSA Chair, who has completed 500 miles training in the last six weeks, matching the 500 year celebration of the Carmen Livery with support from Carmen master Marsha-Rae Ratcliff.
TfGM - Freight in Greater Manchester - compliance an impact - golden freight routes
Helen Smith head of freight for Transport for Greater Manchester hosted her national freight forum for Greater Manchester to a full house audience that included TNT, Tarmac, Adidas and Warburtons, Trafford teams, local councils mixed with academics.
Highways England talked data on the golden freight routes, LSA Chair Carl Lomas asked the Red Star rail question for consolidation.
LoCity talk was 1200 electric new vehicles last year, a small number in the pool of all vehicles but the growth graph was like a ski slope for Eddie the Eagle.
There was Manchester Mayor input for the forthcoming freight strategy, a great lunch and interactive afternoon workshops in a diary date not to be missed.
Akabo Media organised the two-day multi-channel conference at the Connaught Rooms London WC1 as a strong retail mix to final mile logistics that was a diary must-do in the heart of London.
Dr Jonathan Gorst Sheffield Hallam University and return logistics expert chaired, opening speech by Ben Farrell, head of operations at John Lewis, ‘How to manage omni-channel from single channel, asymmetric retail and the customer experience.
LSA chair Carl Lomas followed, ‘measures to consider for retail deliveries’
Body Shop supply chain manager Simon Pattenden spoke on benefits of automation, Vinesh Patel, Sky covered the formula for better returns.
A host of network opportunities and panel discussions were then expertly orchestrated by Jonathan Gorst where retail met logistics to form next generation solutions to final mile.
