MY TRANSPORT MANAGER HAS PASSED AWAY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
Yes, unfortunately that was the phone call that I had at 05:47 this morning, 1st January 2018. A very upset and distressed owner of a firm with a nice Transport operation that we have worked with on an ‘as and when’ basis for a few years now. We speak monthly if only to rib each other […]
WHY SHOULD YOU TRUST YOUR MAINTENANCE PROVIDER?
We have a case at present with a Transport Firm. They have had the same Maintenance provider for over 5 years. Whilst carrying out an Audit and on seeing the state of the PMI paperwork, and the general lack of defects and detail it gave me some concerns. I requested the Client send the vehicles […]
GATE CHECKS ON DRIVERS
Overnight in a Northern location to carry out a surprise set of Gate Checks on Drivers. Having had a great day out seeing a new client I am now holed up in a hotel near to a clients depot, one of over 40 they have across the country. Tomorrow and ‘Before Breakfast O’clock’ I will be […]
FACING A PUBLIC INQUIRY? THE SOONER YOU ACT THE BETTER
At a recent Public Inquiry in the East of England an Operator who had a number of quite serious issues surrounding the operation of the vehicle and the general lack of compliance to Drivers Daily Defect checking has come out of the Public Inquiry with albeit some sanctions but a very stern warning that they […]
NOT ALL TRANSPORT CONSULTANTS ARE EQUAL
Are you getting what you pay for with transport advice and consultancy? Our experience with some of our new clients and recent enquires is NO people are not! Poor advice that they have had from other Consultants is:- Stick local and the DVSA will never stop you (Wrong as the client found out). Plan your route away from […]
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
We Are The Champions! Are you now singing the song in your head? Yes we are now Officially Champions. CLOCS Champions. So what does that mean and what is CLOCS? CLOCS – The Construction Logistics & Community Safety Scheme has the objective to raise the standards of road safety across the whole of the Construction […]
WHY HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY – CAN YOU BE TRUSTED?
This month one of the Public Inquiries that we have attended in Cambridge involved a client where there was some rather difficult issues surrounding the case. The client was very sensitive to these and really was not keen to be, as they saw it, ‘airing dirty laundry in public’. The total opposite was in fact […]
ACCESS ALL AREA – AND YOU STILL NEED TO DO IT RIGHT
This month our MD Andy Miles writes in Access Point the magazine of the Scaffolding Association (www.thescaffolding-association.org) about the need for your Transport to be as compliant as the rest of your business. Also what can happen if you decide to ‘just leave it to the employees’ (also see our article ( https://asmilesconsulting.com/news/2017-07-07-can-a-public-inquiry-put-other-business-accreditations-and-a-major-client-at-risk)). This may make some […]
DEMONSTRATING PROFESSIONALISM
Chris Faulkner one of our newest Transport Consultants (see our article https://asmilesconsulting.com/news/2017-03-28-new-transport-consultant-joins-the-team) has yet again demonstrated his skills and experience. Not only has Chris recently attained the grade of Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport (CMILT) but he has now been awarded the Member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (MITRE). A fantastic […]
500 YEARS YOUNG AND GOING STRONG
It was great to have a whole day with the team down in London last week to celebrate the 500th year anniversary of the Worshipful Company of Carmen (@Carmen_Company). A fantastic parade of transport through the ages from handcarts to the latest low entry, low emission high visibility trucks. Then a very nice lunch in the […]