Logistics boss demands quicker truck driver training to ease shortages

  • Date: 06-Sep-2021
  • Source: Yahoo News
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Logistics boss demands quicker truck driver training to ease shortages

Lorry driver training should be shortened by three-quarters to help tackle the “intense pressure” on supply chains, according to the head of one of Britain’s biggest trucking companies.

James Wroath, the chief executive of FTSE 250 logistic operator Wincanton, said that qualification time should be cut to address an estimated shortfall of 100,000 HGV drivers.

Writing in The Telegraph, Mr Wroath called for “fast track learning opportunities for young drivers which would see their qualification time cut from 12 months to three” to “allow us to build a stronger, British workforce” that will include more women.