Thomas Cook road to jobs in Express final mile logistics.
The Institute of Couriers is working with DWP's Job Centre Plus Head of Logistics Engagement Alex Farkas to help coordinate job places nationwide for Thomas Cook staff to apply for roles in the Express final mile logistics sector.
Your first step is a brief narrative, name and geographic location to begin an application across the express delivery sector.
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At the IOC fellows' Heads of Industry, employment law expert Dr Sybill Steiner spoke tests for employment status of express sector van drivers.
The following day the REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING BY THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , REFERRING TRIBUNAL Employment Judge Andrew Clarke QC at the Watford Employment Tribunal, Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, YODEL DELIVERY NETWORK LIMITED was published.
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ULEZ & Vision Zero – keynote from TfL – ULEZ. Taylor from Irwin Mitchell expert and whole-life electric van cost by CENEX.
Awards nomination case studies, Express Trailblazer apprenticeship workshop, all opened with an industry outline masterclass focused on client chain.
Sept 17th IOC fellows' Heads of Industry round table at the Institute of Directors began with a networking of all things courier from national, regional and SME operators in final mile, last mile.
Tracey Worth delivered a masterclass on nomination material that scores the best results in National Courier Awards nominations. Head of National and Regional partnerships at TfL, Lauren Preteceille talked ULEZ and Vision Zero. Irwin Mitchell put forward Taylor expert, Dr Sybill Steiner who talked worker status and a last minute keynote was CENEX Fergus Worthy who talked whole-life electric van cost.
Van drivers – the silent professionals
One in ten vehicles on the road is a van - 4 million vans
Vans equal £56bn pounds of the UK economy
IOC at Silverstone to look at how we can address the challenge of safety on our roads with Highways England.
Highways England Van Summit 11th September at Silverstone, a shared showcase of all things road from cone trucks to speed camera vans.
Green lighting at the Salford, AJ Bell rugby stadium for challenging questions on UK-wide compliance for clean air zones.
Manchester, Trafford Park logistics homeland for a run on the M60 to the rugby stadium of AJ Bell for a well attended Motor Transport Clean Air roadshow.
Trucks showcasing gas in the car park, a busy micro-table trade show and a long room full-house seminar room shadowed with green roof lights to set the mood for compliant emissions and green transport.
Motor transport, Hayley Pink delivered the H&S, ‘turn left onto the rugby field if the alarm calls’ Three short workshops, gas, electric & euro 6 with a free lunch. Carl Lomas met up with Megan Black.
Tally of almost three hundred EVs for the South East.
The Big Red Machine talked moving six hundred vans for ULEZ at the recent TfGM Manchester freight forum. This week Royal Mail reported it is rolling out 190 electric vans in London and the South East to add to the 100 that it already operates in the UK.
The new vans have a green livery rather than the traditional red.
In heatwave July on Thursday 25th Boris Johnson appointed a new Secretary of State for Transport.
MP for Welwyn Hatfield since 2005 Grant Shapps takes the top job at DfT.
Friday saw two more new Transport Ministers appointed as the department looks set for a clean sweep.
There are two IOC must-do dates for your diary in Q4 2019
Heads of Industry Sept 17th - National Courier Awards Oct 15th.
New step by GLA brings sole trader status eligibility
ULEZ scrappage scheme looked flawed for courier, final mile van drivers; a first draft asked for VAT or company registration - a final mile driver had to be Ltd or VAT registered, (£85k threshold).
Alex Williams TfL talked 'giving the money away' at last week's TfL freight forum.
We repeat the extract below and re-list the Ford scrappage deal. First we bring news that GLA no longer ask for VAT or company registration for owner-drivers. GLA-TfL scrappage, get a Ford and win a double-bubble ULEZ solution.
IOC at Broadway SW1 for STAT 2019 annual report launch. Three years of progress – apprentices at the heart of logistics.
Carmen education bursary goes to DPD trailblazer candidate.
The STAT 2019 annual report was launched this week by Mike Brown, Transport for London. ‘The third annual report marks over eight thousand apprentices in logistics since STAT began in 2016.’
Words from minister Nusrat Ghani on the sector's engagement and a full house to talk trailblazer apprentices in logistics.
Download the 2019 report alongside the previous two yearly reports from the IOC archive here
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