The Queensland Trucking Association Ltd (QTA Ltd) will celebrate International Women’s Day with a ‘Women in Road Transport’ breakfast to be held on Wednesday 6 March 2013 at the Brisbane Golf Club, Yeerongpilly. International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements throughout history and across nations. This year’s event will feature the […]
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To be successful, logistics businesses need people of all kinds. Black and white, young and old, both men and women. Women in Logistics UK is a group set up in 2008 and made up of over 3,000 women and men. Their aim is to support the careers of women working in logistics. Women in […]
JUST a year after hitting the headlines for becoming one of the youngest fully qualified female truckers in the country, Laurie Bartram has taken top honours at a transport industry award ceremony. At a glittering event at The Savoy Hotel in London, Laurie was declared commercial driver of the year in the 2012 MAN […]
The transport industry is still a male-dominated sector, despite of the shortage of drivers and calls for increased equality. However, in different parts of the world, there are crusaders who are working to bring about change and Ellen Voie is one of them. Her organisation, Women in Trucking, with the support of Volvo Trucks, has […]
Queen’s granddaughter, who won silver in Olympic team eventing competition, regularly seen at the wheel of 26-ton ‘super-lorry’ Oakley Supremacy has room for six horses and six human companions Mod cons include satellite TV, sound system, dishwasher and freezer After winning a silver medal in a thrilling team Olympic equestrian event, one could expect Zara […]
The haulage industry in the UK is one of the few sectors to have maintained a slow but steady growth even through the height of the recession. Nevertheless, the staff acquisition and retention rate remains a big issue for the industry and has remained well below par. The Freight Transport Association first raised the concern […]
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