Logistics Skills Alliance launch 2025 Logistics Vision - a national platform
Logistics Skills Alliance chair talks final mile sustainability to Manchester Fashion Institute
LSA chair, Carl Lomas delivers inaugural lecture in Express final mile to the Manchester Fashion Institute at the Manchester Metropolitan University.
‘Carbon may be the measure of free home delivery.’
Carl Lomas, chairman Logistics Skills Alliance & chair of the Transport for Greater Manchester Urban deliveries group was in Manchester to deliver the inaugural lecture of final mile, fashion express logistics at the Manchester Metropolitan University's Manchester Institute of Fashion, introduced by Dr Ken Wilkinson.
CEO David Sleath talks e-commerce best ever-property drivers to the Logistics Skills Alliance
SEGRO, the UK leading real estate investment trust (REIT) of modern warehousing woke Blighty Radio Four listeners on the breakfast show this week with big 2017 figures and news e-retail was the key driver.
CEO David Sleath,
The structural drivers of demand in our sector (urbanisation, growth of the digital economy and e-commerce) are likely to underpin occupier demand for some time to come and these, coupled with our modern, well-located assets, our current development pipeline and our land bank all offer significant opportunities for future growth.
Peak is expected to break +25% increases in the first Express surge of 2018; forecasts for Mother's Day will be based on Valentines which is expected to set new records in home delivery.
Did you get your date night dinner delivered ? Did you send a washing machine to your Valentines ? Did your pet get a loved one present ? As bricks and mortar shopping moves further into tablets and phones, the Express explosion continues to drive supply chain to home delivery, take a look below at the operator quotes .
A New Year, a New Start.
The Logistics and Passenger Transport Campaign 22nd January – 2nd February 2018.
#Jobsthatmove
Jobs that Move - Institute of Couriers chairman Carl Lomas direct from the Logistics Skills Alliance Heathrow summit talks stairways and routes in Job Centre national masterclass call on Express logistics.
Freight Forwarding Skills Breakfast Summit
The Freight Forwarding Industry is booming. Global trade, e-commerce and restocking contributed to quarter by quarter growth in 2017. With technological change, increased digitisation combined with rising prices it begs the question…. Where is the freight talent pool with the right skills to handle these growing volumes ?
To Joe Public, Freight Forwarding is an unknown, an alien term, not understood and literally a world away. For the majority of people of all ages, they do not know what Freight Forwarding is let alone considering a career in it.
How do we attract new talent and upskill the talent we have? How do we attempt to change the culture and image within the sector? What happens if we maintain the status quo and do nothing?
Join us at the Freight Forwarding Skills Breakfast Summit to try and address these questions and a plan to do something different!
Limited places available: Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to confirm a place.
The ‘Operator view’ was at the heart of the Heathrow January full house event.
The action was engage- sort your ‘levy lockdown interview’ - call LSA and use your levy to deliver a next generation workforce.
LSA chair Carl Lomas opened with a big interaction of issues in the Heathrow hot-spot. Two govt depts. Talked passion from DWP and DfT before a spellbound masterclass on final mile food by Ocado national fleet manager Graham Thomas.
DfT policy head Philip Martin focused on the Heathrow & East Midlands Hot Spots of logistics, while DWP JCP Western Region head Nigel Yates spoke recruitment challenges for the logistics sector.
Graeme Baker exposed the myth of levy and detailed the apprenticeships with an interactive stairway of transport quals before James Billingham spoke 2025 vision, Heathrow 3, HS2, explosion of home delivery and next generation workforce.
Full event detail and the Ocado masterclass below
Dick Stead, chairman remains. Andrew Peeler joined Yodel from the fastest growing Bupa unit in ANZ, and prior to that was involved in the turnaround of one of Bupa’s largest businesses.
Earlier in his career, he played a key role in a successful transformation acquisition for Cadbury Schweppes in the USA and the financial recovery of Premier Foods.
Andrew joined Yodel in September as chief financial officer, has previously held several senior executive and board positions in Europe, America and Australia at international blue chip companies including Unilever, Cadbury Schweppes, Premier Foods and Bupa.
He has broad commercial and financial experience and has been pivotal in both expanding and turning big businesses around.
Chris Grayling stays as Secretary of State and Jesse Norman and Baroness Sugg also stay. Jo Johnson (brother of Boris Johnson) has replaced John Hayes as Minister of State and Nusrat Ghani has replaced Paul Maynard.
Jo Johnson MP – Minister of State and Minister for London
· Rail
· Industrial Relations
· London
The Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State (PUSS) are...
Heathrow 2017 record year – 1.7 million tonnes – John Holland-Kaye
John Holland-Kaye has set a record year for the West London hot-spot airport. Close to 1.7 million metric tonnes of cargo passed through Heathrow in what John tells the Logistics Skills Alliance is a port of freight.
Department of Transport keeps its Secretary of State but there is change in the Ministers.
The DfT ministerial was finalised this morning, (Wed 10th January) but the portfolios are yet to be confirmed.
Chris Grayling stays as Secretary of State and Jesse Norman and Baroness Sugg also stay.
Jo Johnson, brother of Boris Johnson, has replaced John Hayes as Minister of State and Nusrat Ghani has replaced Paul Maynard.
John Hayes CBE MP, Minister of State for Transport Legislation & Maritime at the DfT has resigned today (09 Jan 2018).
He will be replaced by Jo Johnson MP who moves from BEIS where his portfolio included Universities, Science, Research & Innovation.
The Junior Minister's responsibilities include
-taxi policy
-transport legislation and Parliamentary liaison and coordination
-transport skills
-maritime policy, including London International Shipping Week
An ongoing review of Future Challenges and Opportunities facing the logistics sector.
Multimodal NEC logistics operator research input is on its way for LSA Vision 2030
Scanning the horizon we see 2030 in view.
The third operator review took place on March 26th 2024.
Meeting the challenge of the transition to alternative fuels with education.
The third review of the logistics sector vision was held on Tuesday 26th March 2024 at West Thames College, Hounslow Spring Grove House, Heathrow.
An afternoon masterclass of keynotes and hands-on tech - read the full report here
Envisage the logistics sector in less than 10 years from now...
- A logistics sector rich in Apprenticeships
- 16-18 focus for next generation
- Part-time steps for adult entry into logistics
- On-demand commerce a reality
- challenges in peak public transport demand
- Heathrow 3rd runway
- Rail North operational
- Mobile robotic solutions - UAV/drone deliveries
- Explosion of AI - human-level performance in many sectors
- Driverless trucks - platoon convoys commonplace
- Gigabit mobile internet - 6G & beyond
- Average human lifespan around 90 years
- 2030 - petrol and diesel engine milestone
- Carbon-free distribution - low-emission electric vehicles
- Extensive zero-emission city-centre tariffs
- Trailblazer established - apprenticeships a respected career route
Coverage of previous Vision events
2030: The Multimodal data for 2030 Vision
Read our first report on the Logistics Vision data collected at Multimodal 2024 on 11th-13th Jun 2024.
2025: The Logistics Vision Second Review
Read our full report on the 2025: Logistics Vision second review event held on 13th November 2018.
2025: The Logistics Vision First Review
Read our full report on the 2025: Logistics Vision first review event held on 30th January 2018.
2025: The Logistics Vision Launch Event
Read our full report on the 2025: Logistics Vision launch event held on 27th September 2017.
2025: The Logistics Vision Launch Report
