Transport and logistics business CM Downton is reporting another successful annual apprenticeship open day, which was held on 20 May and which was attended by more than 30 potential recruits.
Apprenticeships
Grade: Police Constable OR Police Staff SO2 (£30,180 – £31,935 per annum)
This post will also attract for police staff only, 14% shift allowance and 14% weekend working allowance. There is also a requirement to provide on-call cover in this post and therefore respond to an incident within 60 minutes.
Due to an internal promotion, we now have a vacancy for an Assistant Engineering Manager at our Cheltenham depot.
People
Finnish companies Visedo and Sisu Auto have developed a hybrid electric parallel power system for heavy trucks, capable of delivering 850kW (1,140bhp) and more than 5000Nm torque.
Engine/Transmission Management
Swiss operator PostBus has ordered 19 double-decker vehicles from Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL), based on the British bus maker’s Enviro500 model.
Bus & Coach
The director of a haulage firm has been banned for five years and disqualified indefinitely from acting as a transport manager, after a string of breaches showing “serious, sustained and deliberate” non compliance.
Transport CPC
The ElectriCity partnership for electrified transportation in Gothenburg, Sweden, took first prize in the "operational and technical excellence" category when the prestigious UITP Awards 2017 competition results were announced in Montreal on 17 May.
Bus & Coach
PRM Group, one of Ireland's leading independent Chilled & Frozen Food Sales and Distribution companies, has invested in a new Volvo FH-500.
Refrigeration
The Cardiff Window Cleaning Company (CWCC) is deploying GPS tracking in its three vans and one company car, after a trial resulted in lower fuel consumption and fleet efficiency improvements.
Telematics
Storage and distribution business Farrall’s Group has taken delivery of 10 curtainsider trailers and three rigid bodies from Tiger Trailers, after a trial unit “performed outstandingly”.
Trailers
Trailer manufacturer Krone has provided a special Profi Liner curtainsider to Volvo Trucks for a test run from Gothenburg to Scotland.
Trailers
As of May 2017, businesses can purchase Vauxhall vans with Masternaut’s telematics devices pre-installed, eliminating deployment time, hassle, and cost. These vehicles are then managed via Masternaut Connect, which helps customers realise substantial gains in safety, savings, service excellence, and sustainability.
Telematics