• 1st September Friday sunshine in London as news breaks on green logistics deal

     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.

     

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  • Apprenticeship levy conference - Relationship with employers is King

    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.

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