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Rob Flello, former Labour MP for Stoke on Trent South and ex-head of all-party freight group comments.
Now that the dust has settled on the General Election - even if the repercussions are still being felt throughout Westminster and beyond - I wanted to write to thank all of the attendees of the Group for your valuable input to our meetings over the years. Your support and friendship have been very much appreciated; Thank You. I also wanted to say a special thank you to Jon Beech for his technical input over a very long time and to the trade associations for providing the invaluable administrative support to the Group.
As you know, I didn’t retain my Parliamentary seat in Stoke-on-Trent South and so I am unable to take the Freight Group forward in Parliament. At this stage I don’t know whether a willing volunteer will come forward to carry on the Group’s work but I do hope the real progress with raising the profile of logistics within Westminster can continue. Watch this space!
For my part I am now concentrating on a new career doing consultancy and advocacy work bringing to bear my knowledge of the freight sector, the operation of government and the Houses of Parliament more generally, as well as business know-how from my life before Westminster. I very much hope our paths will cross before too long and please always feel free to get in touch. My new email address is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London launched his draft transport policy for consultation June 21st
Today the Mayor launches his draft Transport Strategy and he would like to hear your views on it.
It sets out his vision and ambitious plan to reshape transport in London over the next 25 years to create a better city for all Londoners.
For London to function well and be a great place to live, work and visit, the way people move around will need to change. The draft new Transport Strategy sets out a comprehensive and bold new approach to change the way people choose to travel in the capital. Through investment in healthy streets, public transport and measures to reduce the reliance on cars the aim is that by 2041 80 per cent of all trips in London will be made on foot, by cycle or by public transport.
The document can be found here on the IoC web, starting policy number one,
- London faces a number of growing challenges to the sustainability of its transport system. To re-examine the way people move about the city in the context of these challenges, it is important that they have been correctly identified.
The Mayor would like to hear your views on his draft Transport Strategy which details the policies and proposals to deliver on this vision. To fill in the stakeholder consultation questionnaire go to: tfl.gov.uk/mayors-transport-strategy
Alternatively, if you would prefer to respond in greater detail you can send a written submission by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by post to FREEPOST TFL CONSULTATIONS. There are questions at the end of each chapter to provide a guide to key areas for more detailed responses and these are also attached for your information.
The public consultation will be open until 2 October 2017.
Top level TFL briefing: Ultra Low emission zone ULEZ will arrive 17 months early.
It begins April 2019 – Tim Ward TFL, ‘working with you we can improve air quality.’
IOC chairman Carl Lomas was with Tim Ward TFL for the ULEZ briefing. Tim welcomed the freight sector to the TFL 55 Broadway building in SW1, originally the ten floors rising from St James tube station was the tallest tower block in London. Buildings, like emissions, have moved on. It was an energetic and operator-engaged discussion as the ULEZ date races forward.
LoCity TfL Van group hosted on hydrogen for June meeting , clean air final mile deliveries, alternative fuels, a transition policy, electric cargo bikes, Kings College driver air survey.
Chair Carl Lomas, ‘The van group clearly has two streams, operators who return vehicles for fuel or charge to their base and operators whose drivers take vehicles home, they are unlikely to have off-street parking, garage or charging facilities. Infastructure has been voted the biggest challenge, charge points for electric. The group is a little electric-centric but solutions of consolidation, cycle and cargo bike are high on the operators' agenda. Training to save fuel remains high on the agenda for clean air and FORS were at the June meeting to showcase.
Arcola energy hosted the June meeting of LoCity van group, focused on alternative fuel vehicle solutions for London clean air and chaired by Carl Lomas IoC. Guests included CitySprint, Addison Lee, Tesco dot com, Ocado, DLR and the tube van support teams amongst the big London van fleets.
Over two thousand registered attendees for Microlise at Ricoh arena Coventry as news comes in for the Degree, Express Manager and 80% of those attending said they would wait five days for free delivery.
Microlise, the largest transport conference in Europe was standing room only at the Coventry Ricoh arena. Blue carpets stacked full of logisticians.
IoC Chair Carl Lomas spoke for Last Mile express. Exploding numbers of e-retail, a history of final mile, the pineapple from around the world delivered free to your door. A client chain delivery focused on a household food, delivered final mile free of charge.
Express revenue at DHL rose by 13.0 per cent to over three and a half billion euros.
Chief executive Frank Appel said:
Our team has managed the first half of Strategy 2020 very successfully. Our strategic measures are already clearly paying off. At the same time, we continue to work hard to expand our global market leadership. We are developing trend-setting innovations, moving into new fields of business and leveraging the opportunities presented by digitalization.
FedEx "experiencing interference" - confirms malware attack Friday May 12th
A worldwide cyber-attack hit many countries and multiple companies, NHS England was top of the UK news while FedEx was the first Express company to report a malware attack. The BBC reported computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a program that demands $300 in an online currency called Bitcoin.
Tony Campbell is to become Chief Executive Officer of the Motorcycle Industry Association from September 2017 taking over from Steve Kenward.
A spokesperson for the MCIA Board said:
Tony Campbell is an excellent choice to lead the MCIA and one which the Board of Directors are very excited about. Tony has extensive commercial experience in our industry both from a manufacturing and retail perspective and has an unparalleled understanding of the Association’s structure and focus. This was exemplified recently when he represented the industry at a Transport Select Committee hearing and stole the show, in putting forward the case for motorcycling for UK plc.
Tony is currently Managing Director of Piaggio Ltd, where he has been in this position for nearly 13 years.
Emma Gaydon, TfL, reports on City of London Bank Junction changes starting May 22nd
The City of London Corporation's experimental safety scheme, Bank on Safety, is going live on Monday 22 May 2017. This means that only pedal cyclists and buses will be able to cross Bank Junction, Monday to Friday, between the hours of 7am to 7pm. Other vehicles will be rerouted via advanced warning signs on the approaches to the area and the junction. There is a selection of maps on the City of London website – www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/bankonsafety - regarding taxi rank locations, loading areas, length restrictions and access routes to each of the approach arms, which are available to download.
Fifty year birthday for GLH in gala North London celebration. Staff awards recognised top van driver, call sign T44, Nahom Kahsay and bike V03 Paul Young as best of the best in road fleet while Steve Purkis for City Office took dept of the year and Louise Murray received the John Scott memorial shield.
IoC chairman Carl Lomas was on hand to dish out one more award. Tracey Worth presented a National Courier Awards silver C, marked fifty years for the GLH family. Rob Scott, second-generation Fellow of the Institute received the award from a line of IOC Fellows. Rob delivered a passionate speech about the first fifty years and looked to the future with vision of modern technology, new computers, a new head office at Ringway London N11 and a sneak preview of the future branding, ‘Our couriers ensure your delivery, we are time redeemers.’ The celebrations of the first fifty years were family together for the independent London firm in its first half-century.
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