Behind almost every purchase you make, from Christmas lights to a new car, there is a ship. Almost everything we buy, use, wear, and much of what we eat, spends at least some of its life in a container at sea. These giant craft are the lifeblood of the global economy, circumnavigating the globe to
In my 19 years of recruiting or the shipping & logistics industry, I have never experienced such a shortage of industry professionals looking to make a career move than we are facing now. With competition for good candidates at an all time high, candidates are attending 3 or 4 interviews and, in most cases, getting
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
On average, UK workers tend to move jobs every 3 to 4 years, with younger workers loyalty to the employers becoming even less, as they look to move on after around 2 years. But with the Coronavirus pandemic & all the uncertainty, we have seen many people within the logistics industry who are currently employed
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
Whether you are looking for a new job opportunity of feel you are doing a great job for your current employer & deserve to be rewarded more – salary negotiation is a key part of not only the recruitment process, but the relationship between employer / employee. Both need to feel they are being rewarded
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
