Sunshine record for Heathrow cargo
Air freight numbers on record growth in both UK logistics hot-spots Heathrow and East Midlands.
A twelve month full year run of records at Heathrow as cargo goes up another 13% for the month of August.
Logistics Skills Alliance, James Billingham is on top of the World for levy lock-down preview Sept 27
James Billingham LSA was on top of the World for the UK Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for the MIND charity and polish his Levy thoughts for the Logistics Skills Alliance round table at Heathrow on Sept 27.
As James cleared all three peaks it was time to focus on Levy solutions in Logistics and review what is set to be a top level answer to levy paying employers at the Heathrow event hosted at West Thames College; it's free to attend, free car parking and a must-do diary slot.
Logistics Skills Alliance, Graeme Baker, guest for Spitfire fly-past at Northolt HQ of British Forces Post Office, BFPO.
LSA were guests of the British Forces Post Office boss, full Colonel Andy Moffat at their RAF Northolt HQ location for the annual RAF flypast.
Logistics close-up view for a Spitfire fly-past. RAF Northolt, West London is the longest-serving RAF air base; active as an air base in World War Two and the Battle of Britain. Group Captain MHG Carver explained the history of the base and its London cover for the Battle of Britain.
September 1st news - Menzies Distribution deal to acquire Gnewt Cargo.
London-based Gnewt operated by Sam Clarke runs more than a hundred electric vehicles in the city of London from arches in SE1.
Gnewt, which was founded in 2008, provides final-mile delivery services in central London for retailers, e-tailers and parcel carriers such as Hermes and TNT.
Trailblazer employer group chairs teamed up for Lindsay McCurdy's national levy conference at Coventry. Much talk of deadlines and availability of end-point assessments. Logistics Skills Alliance chair, Carl Lomas, ‘Express level 2 delivery operative still awaits final editorial clearance, the news may be any day.’
Logistics Skills Alliance chair Carl Lomas attended to take a look at the employer perspective for levy, how to get started and how to make it work.
Carl comments, ‘there will be a full update at the Sept 27th employer trailblazer express group meeting at Heathrow on Sept 27th hosted by the Logistics Skills Alliance.
Peter Millington, standards development team at BIS DFE IOA, reported this week that the standard for the Express Manager has been published on the government web site. This is a milestone step for the next-generation managers in Express, final mile.
The new levy funding will pay the bill for candidates, (circa £25k). No University fees and the candidate will be working, paid in a job in express while learning both on the job, on the net and in the classrooms of supporting Universities.
What is logistics? How does it fit in the sector, Supply Chain, Transport Logistics and Express. BIS, DfE IfA, like others outside the sector are confused with our terminology.
Supply chain is about purchase, Logistics is about transport, road, rail air and sea. Road is vehicles and storage, Express is about final mile, postcode sortation, mail and final mile delivery.
Mick Jackson from the Skills Council set three clear streams for logistics many years ago for the Sector Stairway, they remain clear today and well signposted. LGV for heavy Transport, Warehouse and Storage and thirdly, Mail, express and courier.
Next generation managers look set to get their very own qualification for final mile, built by final mile employers. The qualification for the job role has been outlined at degree level for the pending levy to the department of education. This completes a stairway of opportunities for express final mile delivery in the new land of levy that ranges from front line driver to board level strategic manager and includes sortation in the hubs.
Justin Moore comments,
A Stairway of qualifications for our sector as the next generation of workforce evolves.
