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'Logistics firms let down over NSAL collapse'

5th December 2013
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THE NATIONAL Employer Board (NEB) of the now collapsed National Skills Academy for Logistics (NSAL) claims the government has let it down, following the withdrawal of funding to support the Academy into its third year (CM 28 November). Maritime Transport, TNT, Gist and Maxim Logistics were among the nine employers that made up

the NEB, set up to govern the academy, which launched via government funding obtained by Skills for Logistics in 2011. "The NEB, as a group of unpaid volunteers, has been let down by the Skills Funding Agency [SFA]. We strongly believe that the NSAL experience should be taken as a lesson to other employers who give their time to government

based initiatives on a free and voluntary basis," said a statement from the NEB.

Unhappy with the way the NSAL was being run, the SFA asked the NEB to submit an employer-backed business plan in March. According to the NEB, the SFA missed deadlines and changed its mind twice before confirming that it wouldn't

be providing further funding last month.

NEB member and MD of Maxim Logistics Andy Lawrence told CM: "A lot of people tried very hard and it's disappointing that our efforts haven't come to anything.

"We all still believe there's a need for co-ordination of training activity and generating interest within the industry for training."


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