A logistics firm's annual UK Female Driver Forum provided a safe space for female drivers to bring matters of concern to the attention of the industry.
XPO, a provider of end-to-end logistics solutions across Europe, held its fifth ever Female Driver Forum earlier this week.
As in previous years, all XPO Logistics female drivers were invited to attend the forum, which took place at the company’s national distribution centre in Northamptonshire.
Since the first one, the firm has increased its number of female drivers by 20 in the UK and Ireland and hopes to boost this number even further this year.
The forum covered several topics, including neurodiversity in the workplace. It also hosted an interactive session for female drivers to provide operational feedback.
Lynn Brown, vice president of human resources at XPO Logistics, said the event celebrated the successes of the company's female drivers.
She said: "Our Female Driver Academy has been instrumental in helping us move towards our goal of increasing the number of female drivers in our business and ensuring that we understand and remove any impediments to our progress.
"We want to continue encouraging more women to pursue this rewarding career.”