On the eve of the Lo-City Alexandra Palace show, the Mayor of London confirmed (Friday Nov 3rd) plans for the next major stage of his hard-hitting measures to help tackle London’s lethal air pollution and dramatically reduce harmful emissions with the early introduction of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in central London from 8th April 2019.
The upcoming edition of Warehouse and Logistics News passes on the IoC's message about Code of Practice to an even wider audience. The National Courier Awards and the Heads of Industry round table earlier the same day are also covered in a publication than reaches nearly 40,000 subscribers in the sector every fortnight.
Euston Traffic as roads close Friday Oct 27.
NW1 closures were tweeted by the IoC from first am.
Euston water main work closed roads in NW1, end of a busy Friday as road works continued.
Powered two wheeler accidents on the rise, IoC talks with the Transport Minister John Hayes and TfL, alongside the October heads of industry meeting resulted in the first foundations of a code of practice for Express delivery, An express delivery courier will be expected to have passed both their CBT and theory test before conducting paid, professional delivery work on a powered two wheeler.
Motorcycle riding standards are key to safety in London, the theory test passed should be a minimum standard before using a powered two wheeler for work.
Presently an individual can complete their CBT, ride a powered two wheeler and not have to have passed their theory knowledge of the Highway Code. The IoC code will set theory test passed as a minimum standard in its 2018 code of conduct for express delivery.
A IoC heads of Industry – a room rich and full of operators for express - the three T's Transport, Taylor & Trailblazer with national speakers
DWP, BIS IFA, TfL & TfGM at the IoC Heads of industry fellows round table event. Transport, Taylor & Trailblazer covered all key issues leading to the vision of a sector code of conduct for 2018.
Ten thousand words of nominations for the 21st year of the National Courier Awards.
Recognition from apprentice to lifetime achievement as Express sector rattled their clappers for the final mile.
IoC President Lord Falkland,
Twenty one years of the National Courier Awards, Express is an evolving sector and the awards have driven recognition of excellence. Tonight we see recognition from start to finish with apprentice to lifetime award and a national step change win for same day nationwide.
IoC chair, Carl Lomas The Three Ts, Transport / Taylor / Trailblazer. He spoke
Continued retail shift from High Street to home deliver has brought challenge to a sector evolving to deliver customer chain excellence, those at the forefront are here for awards this evening and have been recognised by our independent panel of judges.
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