I had the pleasure recently to go and meet some of the team at Bishopsgate’s new workshop facility in Warrington. Bishopsgate’s focus has always been on providing added value services and this has, in the main, been delivered by our road crews. But we have been quietly developing and extending the number of added value…
It’s been a great couple of months not having to speak about BREXIT but the harsh reality of a ‘No Deal’ exit looks more likely given the current political climate and that Britain will exit the EU on the 31st October 2019. I’m certainly no expert on what might or might not happen in the…
After last year’s Rough Runner challenge The Tequila Worms (aka Barrie, Dave & myself from Bishopsgate’s Warrington depot) had gone into early retirement, but when our good friend Andy put out a call for help, The Tequila Worms did not hesitate to reform in support. Andy was travelling over from Northern Ireland to take part…
It was a cold but clear Saturday morning when Andy Penfold, one of Bishopsgate’s Customer Service’s team, drove the Bishopsgate people carrier to collect Nick and Tim along with their bikes and kit. Having rendezvoused at 6 AM they drove to Kempton Race Course in London for the 0730 hrs start of the British Heart…
But it was tough. Bernd Breugem, TENESO Austria’s MD was Team Captain and with ruthless Germanic efficiency (But Bernd is from Holland, Ed) he organised and starred in our Marathon relay team alongside Christoph Ludin from Germany, Eric de la Rochebrochard from France and our very own John Winter who represented GB. Karl Koeberl was also…
Following a successful trial, Bishopsgate have invested in CCTV Vehicle Camera Systems for its London fleet “I guess I have always wanted to install CCTV cameras in our trucks” said Tim Bloch, Bishopsgate’s MD. As long ago as the late eighties I saw the benefits creating “homemade” training videos with my camcorder. Then following an…
We are writing to our customers to inform them of the changes we are making to our CSCS card process following the withdrawal of the Construction Related Occupation (CRO) card last year. As hauliers who deliver and install goods on your behalf to construction sites we are classified as non-construction workers and are therefore exempt…
Strong 2015 results for TENESO Europe SE were reported today by Udo Scheffler Managing Director. Despite an economic slowdown in Europe and uncertainty with BREXIT, sales were 23% up on last year by turnover with 39% more deliveries being handled by the network. This progression is still not abating with Q1 2016 seeing a 50%…
