The Suez recruitment team decided to upskill its current staff to meet their demands for a new municipal contract they had won, and the company opted to outsource to specialist training company Insite, for a fully managed service making use of the HGV Skills Bootcamp.
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Helping SUEZ close the skills gap with HGV Bootcamps
SUEZ partnered with Insite to upskill their team for a major waste contract in the South East. The support helped them meet tight deadlines and scale operations with confidence.
40
Trained to Category C licence
£145,000+
Saved on training costs
Challenge
Following a successful bid for a large waste contract in the South East, SUEZ faced a significant shortage of HGV drivers.
To address this, they launched a campaign offering new recruits and existing staff the opportunity to train as heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers.
This initiative aimed to meet the demand for trained operators before the contract’s go-live date.
Solution
Owing to the potentially negative impact of heavy goods driver shortages on the UK economy, the Government introduced the HGV Skills Bootcamps at the end of 2021, an initiative designed to help deliver high quality driver training for companies and individuals in order to fast-track the closing of this key skills gap.
As the partner chosen by SUEZ to help resolve their driver shortage, Insite was able to deliver the entire training programme and, crucially, guide SUEZ in maximising available government subsidies to minimise the impact on the bottom line, saving them 70% on their training costs.
Result
40 employees have been trained so far to a Category C licence.
The business has saved over £145,000 on training costs to date.
This influx of qualified drivers enabled SUEZ to start the new contract on a firm footing and, thanks to Insite’s advice on securing government subsidies for driver training, at less than a third of the usual cost of HGV training.
Outsourcing the project to Insite paid dividends in terms of time saved and meant that the SUEZ team was able to focus on other practical, technical and financial demands placed on them by a large scale service ramp-up.
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