New apprenticeship delivers career route to front line express
Funded 12-month programme paid for by levy.
Sortation apprenticeship ST0753 – £4,000 funding band.
Starts possible in January. IOC textbook, IFA training plan.
Supporting the external quality audit of express logistics apprenticeships, the DFE advised the Institute of Couriers this week that the IFA Decision Panel approved an application for the IOC to join the Employer Directory for Express Logistics apprenticeships.
Yodel has invested over £1m in a state-of-the-art new sortation system that is specially designed to handle delicate and irregular shaped parcels.
The new system, called ‘Merlin2’, will be located at Yodel’s Shaw sorting centre and is the business’ second automated ‘out of gauge’ sortation facility, following the success of the original Merlin which was introduced in Wednesbury in 2019.
Winners meet HRH The Princess Royal in a quarter century of the award.
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Yodel take step change with ‘Store to Door’
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Defra minister Jo Churchill is confirmed to present Clean Air awards.
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Two Wheel, four wheel and office extracts from our shortlist.
Parking had to be paid.
Loads of water.
But it is road, rail, air and sea logistics all under one roof at Multimodal 2021.
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