In January, the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) will launch the first ever independently accredited Warehouse Manager CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence), kicking off ‘2024: The Year of Warehousing’ campaign, which was announced at the UKWA House of Lords Parliamentary Luncheon in October. The new qualification has been designed to [...]

The UK Warehousing Association has been battling for some time to make the case to government for warehouses to qualify for support on business rates. In March we wrote to the Chancellor highlighting the unfairness of the proposed increase in business rates for warehouses and challenging the assumption that [...]

The UK Warehousing Association has welcomed reference in the King’s Speech to the Government’s plans to scale up renewable energy supplies, including solar, as well as its commitment to grid connection reform. However, UKWA CEO Clare Bottle warns that major investment will be required to bring the National Grid [...]

The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has welcomed news that the Funding Band for Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Apprenticeships has been revised upwards to Band 8 (up to £5,000). The revision, confirmed by Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan, represents a positive step forward for the industry, according to UKWA [...]

The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has announced that 2024 will see the launch of a high profile, year-long campaign to highlight the critical role of warehousing in supply chains, the sector’s major contribution to the UK economy, essential employment of 1m people, and the key role it is set [...]

Last month UKWA held the second of its Warehousing Roadshow events in Belfast, co-hosted with the All Ireland Warehousing Association (AIWA). Appropriately enough, given the passionate discussion around the issues facing Northern Ireland’s warehousing and logistics community, guests and expert speakers convened at a venue directly opposite the Parliament [...]

The UK Warehousing Association has reacted with frustration to the publication of the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) review of the Shortage Occupation List.  Forklift truck drivers and warehouse operatives are not even mentioned in the report. Having led a co-ordinated campaign during the review period in 2022 demonstrating the [...]

The launch of the government’s open consultation on Freight, Logistics and the Planning System this month represents a crucial opportunity for us to influence significant change in an area that has long been a major frustration for the sector, says UKWA CEO Clare Bottle. “Too often there has been [...]

As UKWA celebrated excellence in the sector at its Annual Lunch & Awards event at the Royal Lancaster London this week, Baroness Scott of Bybrook, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Levelling Up Housing & Communities, told a delighted audience that ‘warehousing is leading the way within the [...]