HRH The Princess Royal was joined by Warwickshire's Lord Lieutenant, Tim Cox, as she visited a conference in Warwick this October.

She attended the annual Women in Logistics Conference at Volvo Trucks UK and Ireland's, Wedgnock Lane, on Thursday October 13.

HRH The Princess Royal is a patron for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), also known as CILT UK, which is the Chartered body for professionals involved in the movement of goods and people, and their associated supply chains.

The conference, titled "Use Us or Lose Us: Retaining and Upskilling your workforce", discussed a variety of current and important issues surrounding the logistics industry.

These ranged from challenges requiring workers to upskill or retrain, and worker productivity levels, to disruption to the labour market following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable dignitaries in attendance included the High Sheriff of Warwickshire, David Kelham; the Mayor of Warwick, Cllr Parminder Singh Birdi; the chair of Warwick District Council, Cllr Mini Mangat; and the chairman of Warwickshire County Council, Cllr Dave Humphreys.

Mr Cox said: "It was a pleasure to receive HRH The Princess Royal to Warwickshire for the attendance of the Women in Logistics Conference. Logistics and transport play an important role in our county, especially as we are located so centrally within the UK.

"The conference provided a great opportunity for HRH The Princess Royal to engage with key figures within the industry as well as representatives of Warwickshire in order to better understand the current issues faced by this industry and how these issues can be addressed."