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Dec 14 2017

Inaugural Freight Transport Association Logistics Awards a night to remember

UK – Last night, in the plush surroundings of the Intercontinental in London's Park Lane, the inaugural Freight Transport Association (FTA) Logistics Awards took place at what transpired as a very pleasant evening for all concerned, offering a chance to fête those individuals and companies who have excelled in the past twelve months in the eyes of their peers. With a variety of categories and a truly excellent host in the shape of the, dare we say inimitable, Alistair McGowan, this looks set to be a recurrent event in the British freight and logistics calendar.

 

The scene was set by David Wells, FTA Chief Executive who thanked the sponsors before he introduced the President of the FTA and executive director of the CEVA group, Leigh Pomlett, whose job it was to give the main introductory speech, and he started by taking pride in the fact that 300 or so of the stalwarts of the industry had come out on such a freezing night to celebrate.

 

Mr Pomlett went on to cover many of the topics which dominate conversations throughout the sector. He opened saying how resilient the logistics profession is, with the ability to bounce back despite an infrastructure often not fit for purpose. He reluctantly moved to the elephant in the room saying that Brexit was the biggest challenge faced in generations by FTA members and ‘unhelpful’ at a time when the skills shortage was critical, despite all the efforts to promote jobs in logistics by the FTA with apprenticeship programmes, support for everywoman etc.

 

Staying on the theme, the FTA head pointed out that ‘Calais has not gone away’ and that the migrant problem was still very real and, as representatives of an industry which nets over £120 billion and gives work to two and a half million people in the UK, said the FTA will continue its work to both assess and influence government policy, whilst he gave thanks to his team at home and in Brussels making this happen. Read more

 

 

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