RHA calls for changes at SfL as chief executive departs
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By Laura Hailstone
SKILLS FOR Logistics (Sit) needs to be "a lot more in tune with the industry", the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned, in the wake of the sudden departure of its chief executive.
Mick Jackson was replaced with immediate effect by his former deputy Ross Moloney last week and the board is searching for a replacement. It leaves Sit searching for a new leader with less than a year to go until the Driver CPC deadline, which Sit has warned will exacerbate the shortage of drivers.
RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning said: "No one is irreplaceable. There is a need for Sit to be a lot more in tune with the industry. I sit on the board of Sit and it will be interesting to see who replaces Mick and whether it means any change in direction."
Jackson said of his departure that he felt there was a need for someone to be able to commit to the new strategy for the next five years. "I didn't feel that was appropriate for me," he said. A spokesman for Sit said he could not comment further on whether Jackson's departure was a direct result of the introduction of
the new five-year plan, which the organisation said will involve "a greater emphasis on deeper commercial activities".
Whoever ends up taking on the mantle at Sit will have to work hard to bring the industry on board. Steve Granite, MD of Liverpool-based Abbey Logistics, said: "The way we see it is that Sit didn't listen much in the past; if you went to it with an idea it'd always say 'that's great but we want to do it this way'.
"It also had a very southern approach; no events were ever organised past Milton Keynes, they were always in the South."