The Christmas period is traditionally notorious for its unpredictability but, for 2012, many industry pundits and retailers are predicting significant volume increases this winter, with potentially up to 15% greater volumes than during the equivalent period last year. For leading industry companies such as trg Logistics, this significant seasonal variation is now part of parcel […]
Everyone knows that most industries have a surge in employment during the Festive Season. Every single warehouse, retail store and delivery company has to increase the ranks in order to have the extra pairs of hands needed to meet the rise in demand at Christmas. It won’t shock to you hear that this is […]
Drivers of vehicles with tanks and certain tank components as well as drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods in packages are required to hold a special vocational certificate of training, sometimes referred to informally as an ‘ADR Certificate’. Typically LGV Training Company candidates take these courses after completing their HGV training. (For those of you […]
The Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) was introduced in: 2008 for bus and coach drivers 2009 for lorry drivers New drivers who drive for a living had to start taking the Driver CPC initial qualification from then. Existing drivers were given ‘acquired rights’ which took their previous experience into account. September training deadline By law, all […]
Skills for Logistics is set to launch a scheme this month that will put 100 former armed forces personnel through Driver CPC training in a bid to ease the industry driver shortage and highlight the military’s potential talent pool. Peter Murphy, managing director of the SFL’s Logistics Guild, said that as part of their training, the […]
The work Large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers, also known as HGV drivers, transport and deliver goods between suppliers and customers. They work from depots, distribution centres and warehouses, and carry goods all over the UK and overseas. As an LGV driver, you would drive commercial vehicles over 7.5 tonnes, including rigid trucks, articulated lorries, tankers, […]
This week, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) launched their Logistics Report for 2013.The report, which runs to some 78 pages, turns a spotlight onto the entire industry to examine how it’s fared over the past year, and forecast for the year to come. The report covers several ‘focus areas’ which drill down into the detail, […]
Road transport businesses in England showed an appetite for apprentices last year with the latest available figures recording a 29% leap, Skills for Logistics (SfL) has revealed. This week is National Apprenticeship Week (11 to 15 March), and official data for England shows a total of 15,670 logistics-related apprenticeships were begun in the 2011/12 period. This compares with 12,710 […]
An industry expert from The LGV Training Company gives you some fantastic top tips about getting started as a new driver in the logistic industry.
Alarming figures for the transport and logistics industry have been revealed through a survey about Driver Certificate of Professional Competence training carried out by Milestone Operations. The recruitment business that specialises in finding temporary and permanent jobs for professionals in the transport sector discovered that more than one quarter of its drivers are likely to […]