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Have we become complacent?

A few weeks ago, I was standing at Euston Station staring at the departure boards. It was one of a handful of days in the year when a trespasser on the track (or some other incident) causes absolute chaos to rail passengers. As the departure board timings were replaced with the ‘delayed’ message the concourse […]

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The contract is king

In business the contract is a powerful tool and in 2015 the Supreme Court declared, ‘the contract is king’. The case was nothing to do with logistics or transport, in fact it was concerning the service charge for holiday lets, but an authoritative statement all the same. The contract is an agreement, enforceable by law, which […]

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Is road transport the poor cousin to workplace safety?

Yesterday an average of five people will have been killed on UK roads. This is alongside the five people killed on the roads today and those five who will be killed tomorrow. Tragically, it won’t matter when you read this article, this opening line will be valid at any point in time – the number […]

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Should all operating standards be enshrined in law?

Accreditation, qualifications, testimonials and reviews are a fact of life and can be a means to attracting or winning new business. They are a way to evaluate, benchmark or demonstrate the quality of a product, service or even an individual. Whether it’s organic food, hotel facilities or take away shop hygiene – accreditation has become […]

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Building efficiency in construction supply chains

Casting your eyes around the London skyline, no matter where you are in the city you’ll see cranes in every direction. A clear sign that London’s undergoing a radical transformation. Deloitte’s London Office Crane Survey Summer 2017 shows almost 15 million square feet of office space under construction. Government has identified a number of opportunity […]

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A review of FORS and CLOCS

This year has been a pretty impressive for the complementary FORS and CLOCS initiatives. It’s clear both schemes are going from strength to strength and becoming embedded in a range of sectors as the national standards for quality fleet operations and managing road risk in supply chains. FORS in 2016 FORS has now completed its […]

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A vision for direct vision

With London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s recent announcement that certain HGVs will be banned from the capital’s roads within the next four years, there is now a very clear statement that vehicle operators and manufacturers are about to experience a significant shift in the future of HGV design. As part of Khan’s manifesto which put forward […]

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