By Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment The pharmaceutical retail, wholesale and distribution sector is ‘in play’, as they say on the markets. The group around Lloyds Pharmacy (retail) and AAH Pharmaceuticals (wholesale) has been acquired by Aurelius; Walden have bought Movianto, joining Eurotranspharma and Ciblex and so …
Read More »Food industry changes demand strategic thinking
By Leigh Anderson, Managing Director, Bis Henderson Recruitment From producers to processors, wholesalers and retailers, the food industry employs many of the sharpest minds in supply chain management. In an industry based on the tightest of margins, where the smallest change can have great consequences, supply chain threats and opportunities …
Read More »HR strategies will be key to post-pandemic logistics
As industry and commerce gears up for the post-pandemic ‘new normal’, supply chain talent specialist Bis Henderson Recruitment is seeing a marked upturn in demand for senior Human Resource (HR) executives. Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment says, “Logistics operators, and distribution and fulfilment functions across retail and …
Read More »Yorkshire-based transport recruitment company urges young people to consider a career in logistics
Bradford-based logistics experts, Driver Hire, are urging people to consider a career in logistics following what has been a record year for transport drivers. Thanks to the continued growth of internet retailing there’s an increasing need for logistics and supply chain experts across the country, although industry professionals are concerned …
Read More »SMEs should look to interim solutions for permanent change
By Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment During the pandemic many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have necessarily paused, postponed or cancelled their plans for long-term logistics and supply chain development. With lean workforces stripped to the bone through furloughs and redundancies, the emphasis has been on …
Read More »UK logistics boss highlights digital skills shortage will hold back development of supply chains
The shortage of digital talent is a massive challenge for the logistics industry, potentially bigger than the lack of drivers according to the UK head of one of the world’s largest transportation technology platforms. Nick Ghia, General Manager UK at C.H. Robinson, which supports some 119,000 market sector customers and …
Read More »Make UK launches HR package to help businesses
Make UK Legal Services has launched a new suite of downloadable toolkits to support organisations to adapt and future-proof their business in this volatile working environment. Make UK’s suite of services has been developed to help and empower organisations to successfully manage change, through template policies, guides, checklists and planning …
Read More »How to maximise your potential for job opportunities in a crisis by Leigh Anderson, Managing Director, Bis Henderson Recruitment
Jobs are going almost daily, from retail assistants to aero-engineers, and inevitably including a good few logistics and supply chain staff. But all is not necessarily doom and gloom, as there are some outstanding vacancies out there. Fortunately, crises always create opportunities, and this one is no exception as organisations …
Read More »Bis Henderson recruits senior practitioner to Executive Search role
Bis Henderson Recruitment, the specialist supply chain and logistics recruitment consultancy within the Bis Henderson Group, has appointed high-profile supply chain practitioner Alison Kirkpatrick as Executive Search Consultant. With over 29 years’ experience in the sector, mostly at director level, Alison brings a wealth of knowledge to Bis Henderson’s expanding …
Read More »New apprenticeship standard agreed for lift truck and powered access technicians
In a major new development for the sector, a Level 3 Lift Truck and Powered Access Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard and end point assessment (EPA) have been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education. The 36-month course will be recognised by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (I/MechE), the …
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