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.
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