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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

CAN A PUBLIC INQUIRY PUT OTHER BUSINESS ACCREDITATIONS AND A MAJOR CLIENT AT RISK?

When an Operator finds themselves being called before the Traffic Commissioner to a Public Inquiry they are probably not loooking much further ahead than the Public Inquiry and how they are going to...

HOW TO KEEP YOUR OPERATOR LICENCE AT A PUBLIC INQUIRY

How to keep your Operator Licence at a Public Inquiry or Why finger pointing and blame don’t work. So far in 2017 alone we have been to numerous Public Inquiries across the country. Some have...

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