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…
The TENESO Europe SE team were welcomed to Switzerland at their recent Sales & Operations Meeting by Christoph Schweizer, XEROX’s Logistics Manager for Switzerland As Marco Marmo, pictured, became CEO of POLYSYS back in 1st January 2018, Christoph passed on his congratulations having worked with him for many years and passed him a congratulation card,…
Roads in the centre of Edinburgh were closed to traffic for the first time on Sunday May 5th 2019 as the city joined the Open Streets movement to reduce air pollution. Cities around the world have temporarily opened streets to people by closing them to cars, vans and other motorised vehicles on a regular basis.…
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…
George Scarrott in his younger days The Fun Fair at Wootton Bassett has been presented by Mr George Scarrott since the very first Wootton Bassett Carnival. During the crucial first years, his advice and long standing experience as a travelling showman were of great assistance in making the Carnival the success it has become. It…
I’m still not sure whether it was a coincidence but Tim decided to enter a team in The Vienna Relay Marathon in April on a date that coincides with the first TENESO Europe SE meeting of 2019. It certainly sounded great. “The Vienna City Marathon takes you to Vienna’s most impressive modern and historic sights.…
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…
I went to a very illuminating and interesting seminar held by one of our International line haul partners. What is clear to me is that the business community has certainly not underestimated the size of the task that faces us. But there will be subtle changes and differences that we have just not thought about…
With the clock ticking ever closer towards March 29th the likelihood of a no deal scenario remains high. Whatever deal is brokered between the UK and the EU it is likely that there will be some form of regulatory requirement to import and export goods to and from Ireland. While some clients have been actively working on…
Nick’s story During 2017 I was training to participate in the Race the Sun charity event on the Isle of Wight with all my work colleagues from Bishopsgate. As my training intensified so did the upper back pains but as they say “no pain, no gain” until one day the back pains spread around my…
