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Date: November 18th, 2014 

Briggs Equipment provides boost for future warehouse and logistics professionals

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Leading materials handling solutions provider, Briggs Equipment UK Limited, is demonstrating its commitment to help develop the next generation of logistics professionals by strengthening its link with a Derbyshire college.

The firm is continuing its sponsorship of a new Skillsbase Training Centre at Harpur Hill, which is operated by Buxton & Leek College and was opened by Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin MP earlier this year.

At the centre Briggs Equipment helped to create a realistic warehouse environment by providing a multi-level racking solution complete witha Yale forklift, Hyster pedestrian pallet truck and several packing tables.

Now the latest cohort of students are benefitting from even more warehousing equipment from the company.

Dean Mansell, National Operations Manager at Briggs Equipment, explained: "Supporting the centre provides a fantastic opportunity for us to further strengthen our relationship with the college and university.

"It will help them in their efforts to raise the bar in the warehousing and logistics industry.

"Although this is one of the largest employment sectors, it still has sizeable challenges around recruitment and retention of quality employees."

Facilities such as this offer a perfect opportunity for students to learn all aspects of the industry, both academic and practical, to help them gain employment and then develop a career in this dynamic sector.

Students at the centre study for Warehousing and storage NVQs levels one and two, combined with forklift truck driver training and a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). The support of businesses such as Briggs Equipment enables them to learn in a realistic working environment, equipping them with the skills they will need in the future.

Len Tildsley, Principal of Buxton & Leek College, commented: "This is real-world learning; it takes the student out of the classroom and into an environment designed to mimic the best commercial and industrial workplaces".

"By working with sector representatives we have been able to tailor the facilities and opportunities at the centre. This means we can provide what is needed to support core industries which are vital to business and economic growth."

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Dean Mansell and FE lecturer Tony Dean at the Skillsbase Centre with some of the latest students to benefit from the collaboration between the college and Briggs Equipment.

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Editor's Notes

Briggs Equipment UK

Briggs Equipment UK Ltd is a leading materials handling service provider and sole distributor of Yale Europe Materials Handling in Great Britain and exclusive Hyster products in the United Kingdom.  Providing a wide range of equipment for a broad customer base, Briggs provides innovative, tailored and cost effective solutions on a nationwide basis. With its headquarters and national support centre in Cannock, Briggs people assist and advise in the delivery of long term solutions that enable customers to develop more efficient and results driven businesses.

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Claire Kyereh 
Briggs Equipment
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