Take a BOW, Tess May 2018 saw the 2018 Cornish Pilot Gig World Championship which took place off St Mary (Isles of Scilly). The championship is well attended, with over 150 teams entering both the mens’ and womens’ competitions – teams come, quite literally, from all over the globe! The course takes the teams over… Read more »
We’re Very Grateful Nathan Dawson, Senior Sales & Recruitment Consultant for our Plymouth branch, spent today visiting local businesses in a bid to increase awareness of our fantastic recruitment packages. Places that he visited included the famous Cap’n Jaspers, The Navy Inn, “Barbers” and Oggy Oggy Pasty Company. Armed with our recruitment flyers, Nathan… Read more »
Wessex Truck Show Competition As a regular supporter of the Wessex Truck Show, we are excited to be able to launch a competition for you to win exclusive day and weekend passes to the show, completely FREE! The prizes available will be as follows: 1 x Family Weekend Pack (Up to 5 weekend-passes) 2… Read more »
Tom Clinches The Win Tom Beddow, Regional Manager, is the 2017/18 Fantasy Football champion! For the Backline League, at least… It was a close-run thing, with Simon George (now working with DHL) in first place until the last minute. But Tom had a storming final week of the season and took the title… Read more »
Say Hello! We’re pleased to announce we’ve added a number of new members to our team in recent weeks, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to introduce them. Who Are You? Phoebe Lewis Phoebe has previously worked in the tourism industry as a Travel Consultant with Thomas Cook. The job inspired… Read more »
He Passed! Kelly Hughes, general manager of our Outbase facility in Clyst St Mary, Near Exeter, recently undertook an intense two-week training course for his International Transport Manager CPC. When we say the course is intense, we mean it. The qualification covers a vast amount of information from Transport Legislation to European arterial routes… Read more »
Another Driver Upgraded You will see from our “Why Join Backline?” page the importance we place on looking after our field staff. Part of the investment that we make in them is training and up-skilling. Our internal training division regularly takes people through Driver CPC, Forklift and HIAB training. This year we have also… Read more »
You Won! A big congratulations to Tony Hurcombe, the winner of our Full ADR training gift card. Tony registered with us at our Gloucester branch‘s open day in March, which gained him entry to the draw. Names were put into the hat and the winner of the prize, worth £595, was chosen by Sam… Read more »
Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency The DVSA, previously Vehicle & Operator Standards Agency (VOSA) prior to merging with the Driver Standards Agency (DSA), has been cracking down hard on drivers breaking the rules. Drivers and operators alike have found that, since the agency became a self-funded organisation, it has appeared to be more zealous… Read more »
There’s Not Long Left Back in August 2014, there was a mad rush for Driver CPC training courses, as drivers and their employers realised they were soon to be unable to drive if they didn’t complete the required 35 hours of periodic Driver CPC training. Each Driver CPC entitlement lasts for five years from… Read more »
ADR Training ADR training, for the safe carriage of hazardous goods on the road, is something that everyone should take seriously. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a bit of fun whilst you learn! Chris, pictured, is one of the candidates attending this week’s ADR course in Plymouth – one of many we… Read more »
Right On! Following the successful launch of Backline’s Cornwall branch in 2017, we have taken the decision to relocate to a larger site in Bodmin. The new site is around ten times the size of the previous office, meaning we now have a dedicated training room in addition to the recruitment office. Ben’s Your… Read more »
RoSPA Gold Standard Huge congratulations to Richard, Andy and Kevin from our Training team who all achieved a pass when taking the RoSPA Advanced Driving test. The test formed the final part of their Driver Assessor course and focuses on a number of advanced driving techniques. Two of the three trainers achieved the highest… Read more »
Committed to Quality As part of our ongoing commitment to providing outstanding quality to the industry, throughout all our areas of operation, we have again achieved “FTA Approved” status for 2018. The Driving Agency Accreditation Scheme “aims to recognise, encourage and promote good practice within the sector.” According to the FTA’s website, the benefits… Read more »
No, we’re not talking about the Spice Girls, despite the rumours that they’re re-forming! This is a story about Steve, who’s licence we upgraded earlier this year. Steve’s relationship with Backline goes back to the early noughties, having previously been behind the wheel of a coach. When he first joined us he had… Read more »
