It’s not only a long but a lonely one, with the Midlands and North West sections of the M6 accounting for 38 per cent of the UK’s total empty warehouse space. But this might be changing. JESSICA DAVIES reports.
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Some 800,000 professional drivers will be affected by the European Union-wide Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) directive, which comes into force for lorry drivers from 10th September. Although aimed at raising the skills of professional driver
The Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) is now becoming a reality. The legislation, which requires an initial qualification for new drivers and for HGV drivers to participate in 35 hours of training over a period of five years, will
David Higginbottom of the RTITB reckons there is widespread confusion among drivers over what the CPC entails, saying “what drivers do know tends to be inaccurate”.
Bibby Distribution has teamed up with Fairbridge, a national charity supporting disadvantaged young people, to offer a group in north Manchester a hand up the career ladder.
High flying Gist chief Martin Gwynn talks to Lucy Tesseras about the company’s ethos, the £2bn M&S deal and why he chose logistics over being a pilot
It’s a no-brainer – practically everyone needs a warehouse management system. But, has the time come to go down the pay as you go route?
Jessica Davies is on the case
It’s been a rocky road for many third party logistics companies over the past 12 months, but there are still deals to be had. Lucy Tesseras reports
Racking out a warehouse can appear deceptively simple, but getting it wrong might prove costly. Malory Davies reports on how companies are making creative use of racking.
In a few days time, an EU directive comes into force introducing the long awaited “Driver CPC”. The directive will affect some 800,000 drivers.
