It's a sure sign of just how busy we are when we advertise for drivers just before Christmas!!
We require drivers for our High and Heavy Division to work on a 4 on 4 off shift on days and on nights. It would be advantageous if you had experience in the handling of plant and machinery. You will be working out of Uttoxeter and we are offering a good salary plus a load bonus. If you are interested or know of someone who is please apply online through www.briteuropean.com and click on Recruitment. Here you will see the advert in full and you then need to complete the online application form. Alternatively email a letter to Alan Slattery at alan.slattery@briteuropean.co.uk expresssing your interest
We aim to deliver to our customers flexible and creative logistics solutions and to continuously improve our standards of service and professionalism.
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Tuesday 11 December 2012
BRIT EUROPEAN ACQUIRES TANKPLUS
Brit European has annual sales of c.£40million and operates within the UK and Europe in a number of specialized transport areas including vehicle delivery, bilk chemical road tankers and carpet distribution.
TankPlus is a small independent operator in the fuel and bilk powder sectors and is based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
Commenting on the deal, Graham Lackey Managing Director of Brit European Transport Ltd, explained the rationale behind the acquisition;
"We were looking to develop the size and scope of our Bulk Liquids Division and the TankPlus opportunity fitted the bill. We have no plans to change anything in the short to medium term as TankPlus appears to be working well and delivering what its current customers require. The location at Ellesmere Port however throws up some immediate opportunities for extending our tanker operations further"
Monday 19 November 2012
BRIT EUROPEAN CHOSEN AS DUAL FUEL DEMONSTRATOR
UK
to provide more than £11M to £23M alternative & dual-fuel heavy-duty
vehicle demonstration program; more than 300 vehicles
23 August 2012
The
UK government will provide more than £11 million (US$17.5
million) in support to a £23 million (US$36.6 million) demonstration program to
encourage road haulage operators in the UK to buy and use lower carbon
commercial vehicles.
The
Government funding will help operators establish and run fleets of alternative
& dual-fuel heavy-goods vehicles by meeting part of the difference in
capital cost between traditional vehicles and their lower carbon equivalents.
More than 300 low-carbon commercial vehicles will be involved in the
demonstration program. The funding will also help meet the cost of the refuelling
points for use by the trial fleets, including the provision of 11 new public
access refuelling stations around the country, which will be available for use
by other operators.
The
demonstration trial fleets will be run for two years, during which time usage
data will be gathered and analysed by the Department for Transport.
The
thirteen demonstrator trials will be led by: Ascott Transport Ltd (Derbyshire),
Brit European Transport Ltd (Crewe), CNG Services Ltd (Solihull; 2 trials),
G-Volution Ltd (Newport, Gwent), Howard Tenens Associates Ltd (Gloucestershire
& Wiltshire), J.B. Wheaton and Sons Ltd (Somerset), John Lewis Partnership
plc (London), T Baden Hardstaff Ltd (Nottingham), Robert Wiseman Dairies
(Glasgow), Tesco plc (Northants), The BOC Group (Guildford) and United Biscuits
UK Ltd (Leicestershire).
The
demonstrator trials include:
· The John Lewis Partnership working
with partners to demonstrate a 70% reduction in carbon emissions in a wide
range of articulated vehicles. This will be achieved by combining recent
research into truck aerodynamics with technology that substitutes the majority
of the diesel used with bio-methane, and many other interventions.
· A project led by G-Volution that will
trial ten 44 tonne dual-fuel commercial HGVs using their patented dual fuel
technology ‘Optimiser’ and biomethane. The articulated trucks, converted to
dual-fuel, will be trialled alongside diesel equivalents, providing direct
comparison data for different operating environments.
· United Biscuits collaborative
project, which proposes to exploit the value in used cooking oil by creating a
renewable fuel solution for use in 44 tonne articulated vehicles in a way that
is innovative and provides greater greenhouse gas savings than other liquid
fuel.
· J.B. Wheaton and Sons Ltd will trial,
with other fleet operators, the use of 28 vehicles that will be fuelled from
compressed natural gas or liquid natural gas blended with renewable biomethane
to run dual fuel gas converted trucks. The project will also provide seven
fixed refuelling stations & five mobile stations, which can be shared with
other fleet operators.
· Robert Wiseman Diaries, collaborating
with Chive Fuels, Cenex and MIRA, will trial the use of 40 new warranted dual
fuel 40 tonne articulated trucks substituting diesel with natural gas from two
upgraded public access liquefied natural gas stations, one in the West Midlands
and one in Scotland.
The program will be managed by Technology
Strategy Board in partnership with the Department for
Transport and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). OLEV is a
cross-Whitehall team that has been established to manage a program of measures
designed to promote uptake of the next-generation of ultra-low emission vehicle
technologies. Comprising people and funding from the Departments for Transport;
Business, Innovation and Skills; and Energy and Climate Change, OLEV is
responsible for taking forward a national policy on this shared agenda.
GREG DRAPER'S CAR
Driver Trainer, Greg Draper, recently took delivery of his new company vehicle which, without stating the obvious, looks rather smart in the Company livery.
MOTOR TRANSPORT NEWS ARTICLES
You will no doubt have seen the two News Articles which have appeared in recent copies of the Motor Transport Magazine (shown below). The clarity of the text is not as good as I expected it to be so here are a couple of links to the actual magazine which, when clicked. will take you to the page in question where I might add the text IS much clearer!!!!
http://motortransport.co.uk/blog/2012/10/15/brit-european-sees-turnaround-in-fortunes/
http://motortransport.co.uk/blog/2012/11/01/brit-european-transport-acquires-tankplus/
Happier reading!!!!
http://motortransport.co.uk/blog/2012/10/15/brit-european-sees-turnaround-in-fortunes/
http://motortransport.co.uk/blog/2012/11/01/brit-european-transport-acquires-tankplus/
Happier reading!!!!
Monday 8 October 2012
NEW TRAILERS
NEW BUSINESS AWARD
After some very hard work on behalf of Ed Beresford ably assisted in a small way by Andy Robinson (!) Brit European has been awarded a three year contract from Total Oil to transport lubricants from the Continent to the UK. Only joking about me taking all the plaudits as it was a team effort in winning this business - from our MD, Graham Lackey to the drivers who deliver the products.
We are all extremely pleased at this award here at Brit European as it further strengthens our presence in the chemical and lubricants markets.
We are all extremely pleased at this award here at Brit European as it further strengthens our presence in the chemical and lubricants markets.
AND YET ANOTHER NEW STARTER!!!
We have a new member of the Senior Management Team!
Andy Evans has joined Brit European today as the Fleet Optimisation Manager based at Radway Green. He will
work closely with the heads of each division, the Quality & Training team and the
teams at the outbased loading locations.
Andy comes with a wealth of experience in road transport and
I am sure we will all give him the support he needs in his new role.
Friday 21 September 2012
ANOTHER NEW STARTER
Hey, we have got yet another new starter at Brit European!
Leanne Vickers will be joining the Brit Drive team on Monday 24th September 2012. We all welcome Leanne on board and I am sure we will all make her feel very welcome.
TRACY'S HERO
I am so proud of my soon to be step son Lance Corporal Kyle
Campbell who is deployed on his second tour of Afghanistan. I wish him, his
battalion (1st Battalion, One Mercian) and the other guys and girls serving out there, a safe and speedy
return.
This picture is from the parade which took place in Congleton, Cheshire soon after he returned from his
first tour to collect his medal.
Tracy Smith
Monday 9 July 2012
NICKY JONES
Nicky Jones has joined the Brit European High and Heavy team as the replacement for Oggi Sharvarsky who recently left for pastures new.
We all welcome Nicky into the Brit European family and wish him well in his new position.
We all welcome Nicky into the Brit European family and wish him well in his new position.
Thursday 28 June 2012
EVEN MORE WEDDING BELLS!!!!!!
Crikey, there are even more wedding bells in the air!!!!
As well as Sarah Bradbury I am now reliably informed that our Management Accountant Tracy Smith is also engaged! I believe she got engaged to Paul sometime in April but has so far kept it a secret. Well Tracy Smith your secret is out. Must have something to do with the ring on your finger.....!
Congratulations to you and Paul.
Congratulations to you and Paul.
WEDDING BELLS ARE IN THE AIR!!!!!!!!
How do I know this? Because a little bird who resides close to her told me! I am not going to name names but that fella whose surname was Lionheart had the same first name as this person....
Tuesday 19 June 2012
OGGI IS LEAVING US!
Ognian Shavarsky (Oggi to his friends) has decided that there is life outside of Brit European and is moving on to pastures new! As part of the High and Heavy operations team Oggi kept the JCB's moving and his dry sense of humour and sharp wit sometimes had everyone in stitches!
He leaves at the end of June. We all wish him well and hope that he keeps in touch.
He leaves at the end of June. We all wish him well and hope that he keeps in touch.
Monday 28 May 2012
MERCEDES-BENZ ONE ROOF EVENT
Please convey my thanks to those involved in supplying
the CV transporter for our "one Roof" event held at the weekend.
The event was held to celebrate the relocation of the various Mercedes-Benz businesses in the UK under one roof - at Tongwell, and was open to all employees, their families and friends. Your transporter had pride of place - with all 2500 people who attended passing it's location at the entrance to the event.
Many thanks once again.
Regards
Richard Broomfield
Vehicle Logistics Manager
Mercedes-Benz UK Limited
The event was held to celebrate the relocation of the various Mercedes-Benz businesses in the UK under one roof - at Tongwell, and was open to all employees, their families and friends. Your transporter had pride of place - with all 2500 people who attended passing it's location at the entrance to the event.
Many thanks once again.
Regards
Richard Broomfield
Vehicle Logistics Manager
Mercedes-Benz UK Limited
Sunday 27 May 2012
A DAY AT THE RACES (IN CHESTER)
More photo's to follow..........
Friday 25 May 2012
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SHOW 2012
Well that's the Show over for another 12 months and what a Show it was! At Brit European we pride ourselves in presenting the right image in everything we do and without doubt the presence at the Show certainly did do us proud. The stand was fantastic and drew an awful lot of positive comments, not only from our customers who visited but also from members of the public and other exhibitors. We also had an outside display where we exhibited two trailers complete with loads and this again was a fantastic success. My thanks go to Rob Wardle and Alan Slattery for their help in getting the vehicles in place. Without them it would not have been possible.
GREG DRAPER
We are pleased to announce that
Greg Draper has taken the role as Driver Trainer and joins Rob Wardle and Alan
Slattery in the Training and Quality team. He will primarily be working with the very busy Car Division ensuring that the Quality of the Division remains as high as it is.
We all send Greg our best wishes
for a successful career in his new role.
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