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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]