Bullet Express is up for an Insider Youth Initiative award after putting young people on the road to a career in logistics.
The Lanarkshire firm puts fresh recruits through Modern Apprenticeships giving them an insight into how the haulage business and its clients work. In the process, they shape workers who grow up with the company’s close-knit culture while filling an important skills gap.
One of them, Cameron Smith, 21, completed MAs in Warehousing and in Driving Goods Vehicles, and has passed his Cat C and Cat CE licences.
Robbie Weir, 19, has completed his MA in Warehousing and has moved on to his Driving Goods Vehicles MA, with a view to sitting his Cat C licence.
The Bothwell and East Kilbride firm’s transport manager Andrea Gardner said: “We recognise that in this industry we have a shortage of drivers, so if we are employing young individuals and investing time in them through training, they will be more likely to stay in the industry and we can keep bringing younger people through.
“As a business it has helped a great deal as we are being able to train young peolple up the ‘Bullet way’.”
Scottish Business Insider’s third annual SME Conference is being held on Wednesday 30 October at the Doubletree By Hilton Hotel in Glasgow Central. You can book a seat by clicking here .
The event will be hosted by leading TV presenter Jackie Bird.
We have an exciting lineup of speakers at the event which will be featured over the next few days here on insider.co.uk.
On the day, the SME Employer of the Year and Youth Initiative Award will be announced along with the Sprint 100 Fastest Growing Small Business; Fastest growing SME300 Company sponsored by LendingCrowd ; SME300 Highest Climber; Best SME300 Newcomer Award sponsored by SSE ; The Number One Company in the SME300.
