Heathrow air cargo numbers hit another record month as Logistics Skills Alliance opens door to launch Logistics 2025 vision in a full house event at West Thames College with standing-room only.
Levy lock-down and busting the myths of apprenticeships at the heart of an employer-focused day in Heathrow logistics.
Levy lock-down and apprenticeship myths were explained in a full house of bookings for a multi-modal audience from DB Schenker to road and air cargo.
Opened by West Thames college principal Tracy Aust, speakers included Peter Binham TfL, Neil Impiazzi SEGRO, James Billingham LSA and Alex Farkas DWP; answering the questions of how logistics will adapt to compliance for clean air solutions, growth and expansion in traffic and the need for next-generation workforce solutions.
2025: The Logistics Vision Summit
Future Challenges and Opportunities facing the sector, Heathrow Sept 27th
Tracy Aust, Principal West Thames College,
A historic setting for the launch of Logistics 2025 vision, in the heart of the Heathrow logistics hot-spot and in the inner heart of the travels of the world of logistics. Taking the first look at next-generation and the levy success to training apprenticeships in logistics.
Tracy Aust, Principal West Thames College
Simon Wilcox, Heathrow & LSA, set the scene and showcased the Logistics Skills Alliance vision 2025 document, Heathrow 3, HS2, 60% retail home delivered and 30% increase on public transport, how will logistics operate in the next seven years?
Simon Wilcox - Heathrow & West Thames College Chair of Governors
Graeme Baker LSA comments -
Envisage a logistics sector in less than 10 years. What skills and knowledge does a Logistics worker in 2025 need? Logistics is the backbone of what makes our world tick. The ever-changing nature of the logistics sector, driven by insatiable customer demand, technology and competition means that logistics companies' investment strategies and forward thinking are key to long-term success. Today we explain levy and set the route to success for employers in the Heathrow hot-spot of logistics.
Graeme Baker, LSA
James Billingham leading the project of apprenticeship delivery for the Logistics Skills Alliance outlined skills gaps within the sector.
There is a perfect storm gathering in skills. Apprenticeships will not provide all solutions, but if used wisely can be part of a joined-up approach. Today is about apprenticeship myth busting and the role that the Logistics Skills Alliance can play in supporting the employers in the sector. The LSA is becoming a leading deliverer of logistics apprenticeships that provide employers with real value in the up-skilling of existing talent and attracting new and emerging talent into the sector.
James Billingham, Logistics Skills Alliance
James talked dates in diaries and set employers to task to join the levy lock-down interviews that would form a solution for Heathrow employers in the levy tax world.
Peter Binham TfL, Peter gave an all things road overview, freight and fleet flagship programmes, FORS/CLOCS/LoCity.
Peter Binham, Head of Freight TfL
Neil Impiazzi from SEGRO spoke about his vision for Logistics 2025 delivery -
The changing nature of the sector driven by factors such as real time e-commerce and the world of big data impacts on decisions when considered development designs in the future; This includes decision on mixed uses, multi storey and how to adapt designs to changing technology. What will the physical logistics buildings of the future look like and what are the development opportunities available?
Neil Impiazzi, SEGRO
Alex Farkas, National head for logistics at DWP spoke employment and recruitment at the heart of the Job Centre Plus environment in the Heathrow region. Solutions for employers on a local scale in the perfect storm outlined by James Billingham.
Alex Farkas, DWP
Carl Lomas, LSA chair, only hours after returning from his four-day London to Paris cycle ride for transport charity Transaid, spoke passionately, thanking the guests for attending and for their support for the answers offered by Vision 2025 to the sector's future challenges.
Exploding Express numbers, Heathrow runway three, HS2, Uber in the days ahead, a next-generation workforce for logistics.
It's time to act, Trailblazers are upon us, levy lock-down interviews are at your disposal, step into the next platform with your next generation workforce.
