As part of our response to the National Skills Fund consultation, we made the case for opening up Skills Bootcamps to foundation level (1 and 2, roughly GCSE level) qualifications, specifically HGV. We therefore welcomed the announcement of the HGV Skills Bootcamps. These bootcamps offer an excellent alternative to apprenticeships,… Read more »
PML offers to fund HGV driver training
PML is taking action to address the current acute shortage of HGV drivers in the UK. The world-class logistics and supply chain solutions provider is offering to pay for the training of eight dedicated drivers, to be based at both the company’s London Heathrow headquarters as well as the soon to… Read more »
First Graduates of Abbey’s Popular Class 2 – 1 Programme begin work as Class 1 Drivers
To support drivers looking to make the transition from Class 2 to Class 1 driving, road tanker company Abbey Logistics launched an earn while you learn training programme earlier this year to make obtaining a Class 1 licence easier, and more convenient for drivers. Achieving a Class 1 licence can… Read more »
Future-bound scheme, run by Lancashire-based logistics company, celebrates its first ever graduate!
In response to the national HGV driver shortage, earlier this year, Lancashire-based logistics company Fagan & Whalley Ltd launched a new driver training programme, designed to encourage interest in the transport industry and make driving careers more accessible. The scheme, titled Future-bound, invites applicants with a full UK driving licence… Read more »
ELB Partners takes on first apprentice
An experienced former tour guide has become ELB Partners’ first trainee under its new driver apprenticeship scheme, an initiative to help reduce the UK’s crippling driver shortage. The Wimbledon-based business, which secured FORS Gold accreditation for a record seventh time this year, is putting 45-year-old Philip Bennett through its… Read more »
DVSA to recruit an extra 40 additional vocational driving examiners to help reduce lorry driver shortage
A campaign to recruit additional vocational driving examiners in England and Wales to help reduce the lorry driver shortage has been launched by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) today (17 August). 40 new vocational examiners will be recruited in total made up of existing DVSA employees and external… Read more »
Youngsters could help the UK to keep on trucking
As the UK faces a shortage of truck drivers, youngsters could offer a glimmer of hope for the future of HGV transport, advises a leading driving experience provider. Indeed, children as young as 10 years old can get their first experience of driving a HGV with TrackDays.co.uk by getting… Read more »
Moody Logistics urges Transport Secretary to resolve licensing and testing delays as HGV driver shortage reaches ‘crisis point’
The boss of haulage firm Moody Logistics has written to Transport Secretary asking for urgent action to tackle the huge shortage of qualified HGV drivers. Caroline Moody is warning that the situation has reached crisis point and is pressing Grant Shapps to undertake an urgent review of the procedures surrounding… Read more »
Seasonal visas and funded training vital to ease skills shortage, says Logistics UK
With more than 45,000 HGV driver tests outstanding at DVSA as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Logistics UK is pressing government to introduce a seasonal visa for European HGV drivers to protect the nation’s supply chain while the organisation catches up with this backlog. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, understandably,… Read more »
Logistics UK takes VIS training to new heights with Renault Trucks
To ensure that the organisation’s Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) continues to offer a market leading service for its members, Logistics UK recently teamed up with Renault Trucks to use its world-class vehicles in technical inspection training for its VIS engineers. Held at the Woodland Grange Conference Centre in Royal Leamington… Read more »
