As the leading business group in the logistics sector, Logistics UK continues to champion its members’ interests and raise their opinions with decision makers, including local and national government. In addition to maintaining its reputation as a leader of compliance, the organisation has expanded its role in the past 12 months to provide advice and guidance to C-suites through its new Executive membership.
Chief Executive at Logistics UK
Logistics UK held its first ever Finance Forum conference in 2023 exploring the importance of productivity, efficiency, and cost management in streamlining logistics operations with industry-leading experts. To keep decision-makers aware of the latest developments in the industry, the organisation also launched a new podcast series called ‘Leading on Logistics’ designed to provide directors across logistics businesses with an overview of the issues affecting the supply chain and, ultimately, their own organisations.
To assist in tackling the ongoing skills shortage across the sector, Logistics UK worked with a cross-industry group to achieve further funding to support a second year of the industry-led Generation Logistics campaign. And to play its own part in recruiting the workforce of tomorrow, the business group has celebrated becoming a government approved apprenticeship provider to assist members with employee development.
The trend towards autonomous operations within logistics continues to develop as businesses look for ways to improve efficiency and productivity, while reducing costs and environmental impacts. There is also growing interest in connected and autonomous vehicles and the role they will play in logistics in the coming years, with vehicle trials underway. Logistics UK supports the progression of autonomous technology as an important component in improving the efficiency of the sector but recognises that a skilled human element is vital to tackling the complex challenges businesses face every day.
Looking ahead to 2024, decarbonisation will remain a high priority for the logistics industry. Although the deadline for the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans has been extended to 2035, there are still significant carbon reduction milestones to meet by 2050. Refuelling and recharging infrastructure across the UK remains unsuitable for high numbers of alternatively fuelled vehicles, and operators of HGV fleets are still seeking to understand the right technology solution to decarbonise these vehicles.
2024 will see further significant trading changes for UK PLC and its European trading partners, with the planned introduction of the Border Target Operating Model, which sets out a new approach to importing into Great Britain, and further roll out of the Windsor Framework governing GB to NI trade. The business group also expects the acute skills shortage, mainly for technicians, to continue into next year. With secure, interconnected national infrastructure critical for industry to operate effectively, Logistics UK will be monitoring how the money released from HS2 will be allocated and the long-term impact this will have on rail freight capacity and road improvements.
LOGISTICS UK
03717 11 22 22
Comments are closed.