36 | MAY 2020
Motoring
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FTA LAUNCHES FORUM TO SUPPORT
INDUSTRY THROUGH COVID-19
FTA, the only business group representing the entire logistics sector, has this week launched
an online member-to-member platform to support businesses across the industry through the
COVID-19 outbreak. This resource will provide members of the organisation with the chance to link
businesses in need of logistics staff or fleet resources with available workers or vehicle capacity.
Kevin Green, Director of
Marketing & Communications,
comments: “Following the run-
away success of FTA’s #Logis-
ticsHelpsLogistics campaign
– which used the hashtag to link
businesses in need of logistics
personnel or fleet resource with
available workers or vehicle capac-
ity via social media – we wanted
to make it as simple as possible
for our members to take these
conversations forward, in addition
to sparking new connections.
With the social media campaign
reaching more than 1.3 million
logistics workers within just five
days, we are confident the launch
of FTA’s dedicated member portal
will make a significant difference
in helping to keep goods moving
across the UK during the outbreak.
If you have personnel or fleet
resources available for hire, or
alternatively you are looking to fill
a shortage of workers or vehicles,
we urge you to visit the online
member platforms and connect
with your industry peers.”
The first forum [Related resource
available] is for FTA members to
share and discuss availability of
their fleet or personnel during the
COVID-19 period; the second fo-
rum [Related resource required] is
for members to share and discuss
the resource they require.
For more information and to get
involved, please visit fta.co.uk/
coronavirus/member-discussion-
forum. The forum is for FTA
members, but FTA will be waiving
its joining fee until 30 April 2020,
for more information please visit
fta.co.uk/membership or call
03717 11 22 22.
More than 150,000 logistics
workers engage with FTA
logistics helps logistics campaign
FTA, the business or-
ganisation representing
the logistics sector, has
launched #LogisticsHelpsL-
ogistics, a social media
campaign to help business-
es keep goods and services
flowing, by filling shortfalls
of staff or identifying vehi-
cles with capacity during
the COVID-19 pandemic.
By posting jobs or require-
ments for support on so-
cial media, using the cam-
paign hashtag, more than
150,000 logistics workers
and business owners have
already engaged with
the campaign on social
media; more than 831,000
individuals in the sector
have already been reached
in the first five days of the
campaign.
Elizabeth de Jong,
Policy Director at FTA,
comments: “The British
public is relying on the
logistics sector to keep
supermarkets and other
essential retailers stocked
with food, medicines, hy-
giene products and other
basic items throughout
the COVID-19 pandemic,
as well as keeping loads
moving for industry. As
such, we are determined
to do everything possible
to keep goods moving
across the UK. Through the
#LogisticsHelpsLogistics
campaign, FTA is linking
businesses in need of
logistics staff with availa-
ble workers. I would like
to encourage everyone to
get involved in the cam-
paign – whether it is just
by retweeting or sharing
content – so we can work
together as an industry to
navigate the challenging
times ahead.”
#LogisticsHelpsLogistics
is supported by the De-
partment for Transport and
the Chartered Institute of
Logistics and Transport. If
a business requires drivers,
warehouse operators or
transport managers, they
should post their vacan-
cies using the hashtag;
similarly, anyone looking
for work should use the
hashtag to advertise their
availability.
Please search for the hashtag
#LogisticsHelpsLogistics on your preferred social
media platform – Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn – for
more information and to get started.
For more information please visit www.fta.co.uk