THE TRANSPORT BULLETIN – SUMMER 2021
The latest version of our monthly newsletter ‘The Transport Bulletin’ is out now. This month we cover the following: Why You Should Not Prepare For A Public Inquiry CPD and the Relaxation of Covid Restrictions Consultant’s Top Tip Are You Ready For Darker Evenings? If you would like to receive a copy or to subscribe, […]
RECENT CASE – PUBLIC INQUIRY: COMPANY LET DOWN BY ‘REMOTE TRANSPORT MANAGER’
With only around two weeks before a recent Public Inquiry, A S Miles Consulting were engaged by a Midlands based company to assist them, as they had reached a point of despair and lack of action with their current transport manager. On attending the clients Operating Centre we found no systems of any worth being […]
ARE YOU THE BEST YOU CAN BE – OR THE BEST OF A BAD BUNCH?
This might seem a silly question but on examining the data that we have gathered in the last decade only 7% of the businesses that we work with want to be the best, full stop. The others fall into the category of ‘We want to be better than our competitors’ – 63 % and the […]
WHEN DOING NOTHING IS SIMPLY FATAL
A S Miles Consulting recently had a call to provide consultancy support to a client with a Public Inquiry which immediately caused us some concerns. Once our Managing Director started to work with the client and their legal team it became apparent that the client had originally had a poor DVSA visit some 18 months […]
WHY YOU SHOULD GET SERIOUS WHEN THE TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER SENDS YOU A CALLING IN LETTER
When you receive the Traffic Commissioners calling in letter you really do need to get serious and take action. AS Miles Consulting were called in by a new client to help them with only 3 weeks to go before the Public Inquiry. This was a pity because the incident that had triggered the call to Public […]
THE USED OR RENTAL TRUCKS THAT COULD COST YOU YOUR O LICENCE AND REPUTE
There is a Ticking Time Bomb in the used Truck Market and no one seems to want to do anything to inspire confidence back into the market. I am talking about Adblu traps, Diversions, emulators, software and any other such ’emissions cheat devices’ that have been fitted to trucks by previous owners that are then […]
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 […]
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 […]