Having stated SDW 20 years ago this year, in this time I have never seen such a shortage of experienced candidates applying for jobs. There has always been peaks & troughs in application numbers, but, not as low as this and for so long. There is a battle on, between employers fighting for that elusive
Southampton container terminal is set to benefit from £40m worth of investment to take the site “to the next level”. DP World announced on Tuesday that Southampton, Britain’s second largest container terminal, will benefit from a major programme of investment in 2021. The investment worth £40m is aimed at providing customers of DP World Southampton with
Hampshire has been given the go-ahead for the “freeport” that its supporters say could generate 25,000 local jobs. Southampton-born chancellor Rishi Sunak announced at the end of his Budget speech that Solent was one of eight areas to have its freeport bid approved. Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which submitted the application, has said more
I am not one to look on the negative side of life, albeit personal or business, and after recruiting for the logistics sector since 2002, I’ve seen good times, bad times and mediocre times – all part & parcel of business & life in general. There are a lot of gloomy predictions with regards to
With Zoom & Teams calls now part of everyday life, more and more of us are using these platforms to communicate with customers, colleagues & family on a daily basis. But anyone who uses video call technology regularly knows that, they don’t always go as planned. According to data provided by Virgin Media, who ran
With Brexit, high freight rates and all the recent port chaos recently, this has been doing the rounds on Facebook. Certainly worth a read. Is this how you feel? 😉 We are capable of calculating quotations for three major projects, making booking for 5 different shipments and answering 12 totally unnecessary calls per hour, all
There has been a perfect storm recently in terms of UK port congestion, Brexit and of course the pandemic. Brexit has driven the demand for experienced Customs & forwarding staff dramatically, and we are now working with more companies than ever throughout the UK, who are keen to hire & quickly. However, with the pandemic
We are now well into our third lockdown & hopefully our last – but who knows. Regardless of the pandemic, working from home will become the norm for many, well after the virus disappears. Many people have welcomed switching the office and a suit for joggers and a sofa. But as the novelty starts to
Employees across the UK who are employed to keep freight & cargo moving during the coronavirus pandemic have been classed as essential. This means that they will be allowed to travel for work purposes and the children of logistics employees will be permitted to attend school, along with the children of keyworkers. The logistics industry
