- Date published:
- February 2026
- Organisation:
- UK Warehousing Association
- Themes:
- Warehousing
Today’s warehouses sit at the intersection of logistics, automation and artificial intelligence. They are essential infrastructure for manufacturing, retail, healthcare, defence and life sciences. But the skills system has yet to recognise what this means in practice. A new policy paper from the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), Building the Workforce of the Future, sets out why this matters and what can be done.