Asking the question of delivery time value for Curly Wurlies.
Final mile, client chain, fellows talking express numbers and best practice - from the IOC pledge of 'doing the right thing' to Taylor and employment law.
Curly Wurly gifts for your answers to our survey.
It would not be client chain without a pineapple. Intralogistex was a magic start to the 2019 trade shows.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan and TfL Alex Williams comment below. GLA, Oliver Lord, spoke to the IOC on detail of the launch of the new diesel van scrappage scheme this week.
‘It’s targeted at microbusinesses and charities. Microbusiness must have fewer than ten employees, less than 638 thousand pounds of turnover and be registered at Companies House or be VAT registered.’
Gnewt by Menzies with Ford to trial digital delivery service co-ordinating multiple modes of transport from depot to doorstep.
Sam Clarke,
We can not just keep adding more and more small vans into the mix.
During the trial, Gnewt’s last mile delivery service will be driven by Ford’s cloud-based, multimodal routing and logistics software MoDe:Link, that manages parcel delivery from depot to doorstep.
This may be the largest electric fleet in the world - aimed at six thousand electric vehicles on the road in the next three years.
IOC fellow Bob Black tells us first-hand, Australia Post is set to operate nation’s largest electric vehicle fleet.
The Institute of Couriers' Tracey Worth was in Yorkshire heartland of Sheffield to promote career job routes in Express Final mile for the DWP logistics focus event held at Bailey Court, organised by Job Centre Plus, transport sector guru Alex Farkas.
The event focused on diversity, signposting opportunity in the express sector for unemployed individuals looking for work from socially deprived, ethnic and single parenting backgrounds both male and female being able to meet and talk to different employers.
IOC CEO, Tracey Worth, STAT member lead for Diversity in Transport gave a speech on the opportunities within the transport industry and explained a rich opportunity for a sector in transport with a strong track record of diversity.
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.
Matthew Taylor FRSA, author of 'Good Work - The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices' responded to the news of the Hermes-GMB deal in a communication to Fellows of the RSA...
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