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…
Bishopsgate are very proud to support Transaid again this year as it has done for many years. Bishopsgate joins many leading UK logistics companies in this support, and I wanted to spread the word of the great work done by Transaid, now in its 21st year. Founded by Save the Children, The Chartered Institute of…
Jake Bloch has overseen the expansion of the company fleet with the introduction of 8 ‘new’ vehicles this winter. Equipped to the very highest specification, 4 are direct ‘like for like’ replacements but 4 have been brought in to support the growth in the business alongside the new Tamworth depot which opened in September. Many…
I have never really been a fan of discotheques or disco music so when the option came, this year, to hold The Christmas Party at a Racecourse, my name was first on the list. I cannot take any credit for the idea though. This was all down to Sharon who suggested it as a way…
