ISO 9001:2015 ACCREDITATION ACHIEVED
ISO 9001:2015 Accreditation achieved (view certificate) Today as a resut of consistent work in the background by all of the team, we are pleased to announce that AS Miles Consulting Ltd has been approved by ISO Quality Services Ltd to have a Quality Management System that meets the Standards and Guidelines of ISO 9001:2015 as […]
WHEN ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
Have you been stopped by the DVSA? Have they asked you or your drivers questions and told you that they will be back in touch? Do you then do nothing and hope it will go away or do you not know what to do? Help is at hand. We have come across all of the […]
NEW TRANSPORT CONSULTANT JOINS THE TEAM
We are really pleased to announce that Chris Faulkner has joined AS Miles Consulting Ltd as a Transport Consultant. Chris has a fantastic background within the transport industry latterly having 15 years experience within a major British PLC within their Transport operation. After his induction phase Chris will be working along with the other consultants […]
PAPERWORK OLD AND OUT OF DATE? IT COULD CALL YOU TO A PUBLIC INQUIRY.
In a recent case that resulted in a Public Inquiry in Eastbourne we were asked to carry out an audit on the companies transport operation and then. as we always do, provide our recommendations to improve it. As the result of a very long day we produced our detailed report. Within that we found that […]
HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY PUBLIC INQUIRY!
One of our clients who only came to us when the Traffic Commissioner called them to a Public Inquiry and they had read an article that our MD had written in the Scaffolding Associations Magazine (also see https://asmilesconsulting.com/news/2017-08-08-access-all-area-and-you-still-need-to-do-it-right). They had some issues surrounding their application. So the Traffic Commissioner had decided to call them in for […]
PUBLIC INQUIRY? GETTING ADVICE & TAKING ACTION WILL HELP
At a recent Public Inquiry, an Operator who had fallen below the standards required for maintenance, drivers’ hours infringements and Drivers Daily Inspection had his authorisation reduced permanently by 3 vehicles. The operator had not correctly trained the drivers in the correct procedures for carrying out DDI’s, he had no system for analysing tachographs correctly […]
DVSA INTERVIEWS BEFORE A PUBLIC INQUIRY – DON’T GO IT ALONE AND PROACTIVE
A client of ours referred us to one of his long-term suppliers as they had been stopped at a DVSA roadside check and the DVSA now wanted to interview them. It was very obvious from the first meeting that there were a number (14 in total) of issues that the DVSA would want to talk to […]
CALLED TO A PUBLIC INQUIRY? HAVE AN AUDIT AND START PUTTING IT RIGHT IMMEDIATELY.
A Midlands based PSV operator who was facing a Public Inquiry called us in on the recommendation of his legal team to complete an audit on the Transport Operation. The problems for this operator surround poor maintenance practices, lack of Driver Daily Inspections, an over reliance of pieces of technology to do the job and […]
OCRS – A LACK OF TEAM WORK INCREASES THE CHANCES OF BEING STOPPED BY THE DVSA AND POLICE
An operator who sent his fleet of 11 LGV’s in for their schedules PMI on time and filed the paperwork when the vehicles returned from PMI and MOT was shocked when we checked his OCRS score to find out that he was in the red. This Red OCRS score will greatly increase the chances of […]