Hot off the Press.

Welcome the new logistics hub to West London.

Minister Seema Malhotra Ten am ribbon cut.

Fork truck guard of honour for opening ribbon cut.

Vehicle showcase hands-on success – gas & EV – truck to cargo bike with a fork truck entrance of ribbons to cut.

Yamaha showcased latest electric delivery scooters.

Volvo Twenty ton electric truck took centre of the park from Dawson Group

Big turnout for free recruitment fair. Marketplace for job-seekers looking for logistics roles.

Thinking next generation? The free recruitment fair recruited strog from local West London.

A marketplace of employers with an opportunity to engage with hundreds of local students from the West London logistics hot-spot.

Employer masterclass, network and natter over a free logistics lunch followed success of West London Logistics hub launch.

Operator review of Future Logistics 2030

Masterclass headline speakers in logistics with a clean air vision.

Air freight – road freight – future vision & education impact on next generation for logistics.

Nigel Milton opened with decarbonisation air freight

Nigel Milton Heathrow - Air Freight decarbonisation

Nigel Milton Heathrow spoke extensively of the route to carbon neutral, with Heathrow cutting carbon every day. Alternative fuel use in the air but on the ground vehicles are also becoming electric. Under Nigel’s tutelage the direction of travel now sees the vast majority of Heathrow on the journey to decarbonisation. This is not an opt-in or opt-out it is the future to work together to a non-negatable and for our future generation we need to be part of the solution for the unknown challenges of the future. Protecting aviation for the future, we must decarbonise for the future to be strong and at Heathrow we recognise it as a commercial necessity and do the right thing. Air freight is not seen as a sustainable or green product so complexity bureaucracy and vision mean that Heathrow needs to work with businesses to understand how air freight can be sustainable. That means we need the college, the students and the businesses.

Chris Floyd Evri - The Journey to Net Zero

Chris Floyd Evri focused on road. Talking about the journey to Net Zero, EVRi started with the question of ‘we must be able to do this better?’ Utilising independent services that measure the targets to reduce carbon output every business requires training, tracking and discussing net zero but importantly a business should have a person on the top table who is championing it.

Moving towards Net Zero brings a business to try alternative vehicles. Chris emphasised that this is the importance for any business, ‘Try out alternatives’. The application of apply different delivery solution, this moves towards a strong trajectory of lower emissions towards net zero. Investing in the target means you need to map the network and understand the demands. Quick wins can be by using a bike, or courier EVs but you can utilise lockers, the PUDO system that provides alternatives. Longer term, more cycle couriers, improve worker standards and achieve climate related SCG report; TCFD.

The outcome of planning for low emissions and the result of Net Zero means that road safety plays a key part of reducing emissions by not blocking the road. Chris brought a whistle stop tour of how EVRi is moving towards Net Zero, all the time delivering 3.8 million per night.

A Masterclass for operators. Where will logistics be in 2030 in West London?

The masterclass workshop operators will be asked for their opinion, your input to future vision of logistics sector in West London. What are the key duties for our next generation apprentices? How do we value green in the front line delivery vehicles?

The vehicle showcase was a first-hand opportunity to get hands on electric and gas, from small to big, trolley all the way to articulated tractor unit. West London operators, Skynet, TVS, showcased local vehicles. Andy Pumfrey from Yamaha had the very latest two delivery machines up close and ready for operator trials.

Eye in the sky view of a learning yard of logistics.

West London Skills and careers Logistics Hub launch - A vision and mission built. A launch date set. The West London Logistics hub, anchored by West Thames College in the Heathrow hot-spot, working with six West London colleges and the employer-focused Logistics Skills Alliance LSA is set to deliver logistics for West London with the new logistics hub and the launch event with vehicle showcase, recruitment fair, and operator masterclass. Recently a board of employer operators, including LSA, FE college team and DWP set about agreeing the future name for a West London Logistics Skills and careers Hub , its mission and a vision statement. Chair elected was Justin Moore from Onit Logistics. Cutting the ribbon launch date is set for ten am Oct 17th. The operator voice is strong. The Oct 17th Operators will be asked for input to Vision for Logistics 2030 - Logistics employer operators are asked to attend the masterclass round table with their vision of future to 2030 for each stream of logistics, air, road and rail. The document that has been evolving is signposting for govt to the need of employers, West London focus is at the heart of the operator masterclass.

Free parking made attendance a joy for local employer operators.

The West London Logistics hub event was at Feltham Skills+Logistics Centre, it is at the end of Boundaries Road, off the main Uxbridge Road (A312). Boundaries Road is accessed by a small service road and parade of shops (opposite the Airman pub, near the footbridge). It is in TfL Zone 6. Address: 77 Boundaries Road. Feltham. Middlesex. TW13 5DR