THE BIG LOGISTICS SKILLS CHALLENGE

摘要

If the UK is to prosper in a post-Brexit economy, then important actions need to be taken to strengthen the skills and labour pool available to the logistics and supply chain sector. By Andy Kaye, CEO, Bis Henderson Group and chairman of the Novus Trust. It is widely broadcast that logistics and supply chain operators face a growing shortage of skills and labour. An ageing population means that the average HGV driver is in his or her fifties and young people are disinclined to enter an industry which, wrongly, is perceived to be low-skilled, poorly paid, with unsocial hours and lacking in opportunity.