First Monday of February, Hermes announce self-employed driver holiday and guaranteed work, they are to call it ‘self-employed plus’ status.

Martijn de Lange, Hermes UK CEO, speaking to the IOC said:

This new option allows couriers to retain the flexibility of self-employment we know is so important to them and gives them the certainty of guaranteed levels of earning, the security of holiday pay and a strong voice.

We’re proud to be leading the way with this pioneering development which we hope will encourage other companies to reflect on the employment models they use.

We have listened to our couriers and are wholeheartedly committed to offering innovative ways of working to meet peoples’ differing needs.

Greater Manchester Highway Works on the Key Route Network from 01/02/2019

Greater Manchester Highway Works on the Key Route Network from 25/01/2019

Standing-room only on the Guildhall red carpet.

Let’s talk about the future of ‘Thermal Engines’

City of London set the stage for all things future in our vehicle fleets with a cracking opening day event stacked with hands-on vehicles in Guildhall Yard, rows of exhibition stands and keynotes for New York to Stockholm on all things clean air, alternative fuel.

Day two turned to technology and focused on battery and future technology. Not thermal engines, things that don’t make a sound. Andre Lagendijik asked the audience how much petrol was left in their car before turning to the myths of battery power. Sound, became a key theme for electrics, working dark shifts without disturbance is a big win alongside clean air.

ULEZ racing towards City of London. City of London set the stage for all things future in our vehicle fleets.

Electrification of Montreal, keynote opening for the two-day Future Fleet conference at Guildhall in the City of London.

Two days with a gala evening of Future Fleet Awards, agenda packed to busting from New York PD to City of London,

Biodiesel in Iowa to Stockholm for clean air with an exhibition of latest clean air vehicles to boot.

Are drivers skilled? measure by salary - future immigration paper.

After the Tuesday vote, a paper titled ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’ was published the following day by the Home Office. It aims to set out the UK’s approach to immigration after Brexit.

The proposed new system, which would be introduced in phases from 2021, envisages scrapping the current cap on the number of skilled workers that can be admitted from the EU or elsewhere, while there will be a consultation on a minimum salary requirement for skilled staff applying for five-year visas.

Talking to the IOC, Alan Lewis, employment partner with Irwin Mitchell solicitors said

The minimum salary of £30,000 required for skilled staff to apply for 5-year visas will, if applied to drivers, be likely to be prohibitive to recruiting anywhere near the numbers required for current logistics requirements.

Greater Manchester Highway Works on the Key Route Network from 18/01/2019