Outgoing United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) chairman Derrick Potter has called on logistics industry companies to increase their investment in training if the sector is to avoid a skills shortage.
Speaking at the UKWA’s AGM, Potter said: “With an ageing workforce and a perception among those currently in education that logistics does not offer an attractive career path, the sector may well find itself facing a skills shortage. One of UKWA’s key objectives will be to encourage members to engage with the Sector Skills Council for our industry – Skills for Logistics – to develop logistics related apprenticeship schemes that will attract Government funding.”
