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Drivers FAQ | Customers' FAQ
Customers' FAQ's
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What type of work do you do? |
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Mostly container work, with some Tautliner work and Tilts. |
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What areas do you cover? |
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The entire UK mainland from strategic locations. |
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What type of goods do you carry? |
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Ambient, frozen and chilled products. |
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Do you run tankers? |
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We do not have tankers on our fleet, however if a customer wishes us to move a tanker based product, we can provide such a service. |
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Do you do multi-drops? |
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Mostly we do “Tip and Load” however we can do multi-drops as a contract basis. |
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Can you provide a consultancy service? |
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With the vast amount of knowledge and industry experience available to us, we are more than capable of providing consultancy services. However, our core business is providing a high quality haulage and distribution service. |
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Do you do contract work? |
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Absolutely. We have a dedicated Distribution team who manage all our contract work ensuring you are looked after to a very high standard. |
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Can you supply vehicles and drivers to our company in our own livery? |
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Yes. Currently, over 40% of our vehicle fleet is in customers' livery. |
| Q. |
What information do you need to quote for our work? |
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The most important points initially are:-
- The journey
- The commodity albeit container movement, or full/part-load distribution work
- The amount of movement or tonnage involved
- Would you require stand trailers?
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Drivers FAQ’s
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Can I be out based near home? |
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No, we only work out of our own depots. |
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Is it tramping work? |
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Its a mixture of local and distance. |
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Nights out? |
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The number of nights-out depends on the contract and location. 3 to 4 nights out a week is required in some instances. |
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What are the wages like? |
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We offer a competitive wages deal to all our LGV1 drivers, including payments for nights-out, meal allowance and ADR qualified. A fuel bonus scheme is also offered to further enhance our driver package. |
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Do you supply a uniform? |
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Yes. All our drivers are provided with a full uniform, PPE Equipment, etc. |
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Do you employ agency staff? |
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No. From the beginning we decided the company would not use agency drivers and have implemented this policy vigorously. We believe this has benefited the business. |
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