The recent Institue of Couriers meeting at the IOD involved two workshops, three speakers, a capture of senior views on strategy and skills for transport around the LEP Midlands strategy plan.
Driver workforce heading almost every agenda, fuel, compliance and electric vehicles were all mentioned and discussed.
IOC has worked with LLEPs over the past year to help them understand and support the sector. The workshop reviewed the plan developed for D2N2 LEP and ranked the proposed actions in terms of importance to their businesses. The group included national players with a significant presence in the east Midlands.
Actions associated with the current driver shortage were identified as the clear, top priority by all the employers – these included actions to build links with schools and colleges and to ensure training for new drivers and other operative roles.
The second ranked action is for ongoing dialogue with statutory bodies regarding the planning of future infrastructure and road works that will impact on logistics operations.
Significantly, the third ranked actions were those involving partnering with local authorities to create an infrastructure to enable the use of low emissions vehicles. All the proposed actions were reviewed and all were considered to be relevant and well worth developing with the LEP and local partners.
Clydesdale bank had sponsored the most senior network IOC briefing of the year, it was transport talk from the start with a bacon butty lunch to set the tone of logistics vision on an employer focus.
First the round table workshops, then a report on the three guest speakers between the strategy round table workshops.
INSTITUTE OF COURIERS
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