BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

The next trip might not end on a high - This week we have a drug and alcohol special with guest-speak Ean Lewin from D.tec International Limited.  D.tec International Limited provide drug and alcohol testing services and equipment for safety critical employees, as well as all 43 police forces in England, Wales and Scotland. Ean and the team discussed: 

•the extent to which professional drivers driving under the influence of drink and/or drugs is really an issue.
•Industry statistics.
•The hidden nature of the problem and turning a blind eye.
•The role of the operator to provide policy, educate, deter and detect.
•Criminal offences and sanctions.

We also look at the reintroduction of the HGV levy, the driver shortage and using agency and self-employed workers.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

Once your vehicles leave your yard, you are pretty much at the mercy of the driver in charge.  This week's webinar will be scenario-based and the team will be discussing situations arising at the roadside and how operators can handle these: 

• What happens when a driver is stopped.
• Who might stop them and their powers.
• Maintenance issues.
• Driver conduct.
• Criminal offences.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

The unexpected happens in the blink of an eye, and all of a sudden everything can change. This time our team discussed:

• The repercussions of turning a blind eye to human error and system failures.
• What's in a title? The implications of being a transport manager or both a director and transport manager and when to accept you are spreading yourself too thin.
• Accidents at work and corporate manslaughter.

 The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

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BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

In the current economic climate, many businesses are going through both operational and organisational change. This means balancing the needs of the business with the needs of the people within it.  This week the team discussed: 

• Having difficult conversations as a transport manager.
• Balancing a TM's repute and personal commitments with the needs of the business.
• Resolving conflict at Board level.
• It can be lonely at the top - looking after the leaders. 
• Driver health and well-being - the warning signs.
• Effectively leading organisational and operational change.

There will be a special focus on mental health throughout this week’s webinar as Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close. 

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

With so many demands being made on operators, it is possible that sometimes a business can end up inadvertently sailing close to the wind.  Often, this can easily be avoided. This week on the podcast, the team discussed: 

• Avoiding hefty penalties by correctly incorporating your terms of business and when the CMR actually applies to a load.
• Problems with maintenance and the recent changes to the DVSA’s Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness.
• How to handle a request from the DVSA for a desk-based assessment.
• Taking on the state – using judicial review to tackle a decision you are unhappy about. 

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This week, things are a little different! We have guest speakers talking to you about hydrogen in transport.

Have you thought about the hydrogen combustion engine as an alternative to electric vehicles?

 "Hydrogen is coming - and it's coming a lot quicker than many people think." Brendan Bilton.

Tim Harper and Brendan Bilton from Element 2 Ltd and Natascha Engel from Palace Yard are experts in this field and discuss  this and much more on our hydrogen special podcast.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This week the team was:

• making a whistle-stop tour of the transport aspects of the Spring Statement.
• talking about the industry's reaction.
• discussing load security.
• going through some of the Senior Traffic Commissioner Guidance.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.
 
This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This week we have a prosecution special, looking at the impact of and how inter-woven a prosecution of a driver or director can be with your business:

• Notices of prosecution and providing information.
• Fixed penalty notices (speeding, red light offences, no insurance and tyre offences).
• Totting up.
• Hardship/exceptional hardship.
• Drink-driving.
• Statutory declarations.
• Business systems.
• Impact on the company’s O-licence.

We also looked at load security enforcement issues and what’s on the TC’s radar at the moment.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

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BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

When one of your staff makes a mistake, do you turn a blind eye or is it the case that you've had enough and wild horses won't stop you from disciplining them? Everyone makes mistakes, but in the transport sector a small mistake can lead to large repercussions, so proportionality is really key.  This week the team discussed: 

• handling minor infringements made by staff;
• drugs and alcohol testing;
• transport consultants - witness or representative?
• examining the importance of authorised fleet size v actual vehicles in the goods and passenger sector.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live  fortnightly webinar held every other Friday.  So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://www.backhousejones.co.uk/events/

Don't be left out in the cold by confusing the employment status of your drivers. Current HMRC guidance suggests that it will be ‘very rare’ that a commercial vehicle driver will be genuinely self-employed (regardless of the label given to the relationship) and Traffic Commissioners now scrutinise the arrangements operators have in place for engaging their drivers. So called ‘self-employed’ drivers are a major concern for HMRC and the Traffic Commissioners and can result in serious tax consequences as well as findings of loss of good repute.  This week the team discussed:

• self-employed drivers and the implications for operators;
• maintenance issues and Public Inquiries; and
• what operators need to know about certain ESG procurement requirements for entering into contracts with large companies.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice.  If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in future episodes.  We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.backhousejones.co.uk