The June 2012 issue of The Mover is out, and if you haven’t received yours yet then feel free to view it here.
Britannia Sandersteads have recently installed state of the art CCTV equipment in a move to further enhance security and health & safety at its depot in Godstone.
And keeping with Britannia Sandersteads, they have just taken delivery of a new Euro 5 DAF 65 truck as part of their programme to comply with the London Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) requirements. The 6 container, 18 ton, 2400 cubic feet vehicle brings the fleet up to 15 now, however, an additional order has been placed with DAF for two smaller 4 container, 12 ton, 1600 cubic feet vehicles which are due for delivery in September.
The Britannia Annual Conference took place in April in Newcastle. Our congratulations go to Mark Lane of Britannia Lanes of Cornwall for abandoning his car for the weekend and cycling from Land’s End to the conference, all in the name of charity! As is tradition with the Britannia Conference the final event is the annual awards ceremony to honour the best performing Britannia companies in a number of categories. Our congratulations go to Britannia Sandersteads for being awarded Top Shipper, Britannia Ryans for being awarded Outstanding Sales Support and Britannia Sandersteads again for being awarded Outstanding Quality of Service!
Simon Bray of Bray & Son, Maidstone sent in the following photograph of his grandad, Frank Bray who started the company after leaving his wartime service in 1946. His first vehicles were converted army trucks. According to a note on the back of the photograph it was taken just after being loaded ready to head off to a job in Bromley. The photograph was taken sometime in the 1960s. Bray & Son now run a fleet of 10 vehicles from 3.5-36 tonnes!
The June 2012 issue of Removals & Storage is out, and if you haven’t received yours yet then feel free to view it here.
Alexanders have been shortlisted as a finalist for the “Small Business of the Year”. Alexanders are up for the Business Excellence Award for companies in South Hertfordshire, South Buckinghamshire and North and West London. Read how they go on here.
To remain compliant with the new London Low Emissions Zone, Britannia Sandersteads have just taken delivery of another DAF 65 series, 18 ton, 6 container, 2400 cubic foot truck! And add to this another two DAF 45 series, 12 ton, 4 container, 1600 cubic feet which should be due in August and September!
Great to read that Gary Wheadon of Sully’s has been elected as BAR Vice-President. Gary will hold this role for the next two years, before becoming BAR President!
Winning the DMotY (Domestic Mover of the Year) 2012 award was M J Christophers & Son of Newquay, however, a Certificate of Merit was awarded to Maidmans Removals & Storage and included in the three finalists were Matt Purdie & Sons, Bathgate and Kilmarnock Removals International (Matt Purdie & Sons).
Again, congratulations to Specialised Movers of Sheffield for being awarded the CMotY (Commercial Mover of the Year) 2012 award. The rules were shaken up this year and the judging procedure changed. Fifteen members of the CMG applied, and as every entrant achieved a score within 80% of the winner’s total everyone received a certificate of merit, including Maidmans Removals & Storage. You can view a video of the announcement at the BAR Conference recently held in Old Windsor here.
A BAR Vehicle Exhibition & Competition was held at the recent BAR Conference. The exhibition was like a tour of the industrial revolution from the perspective of the removals industry, starting with a horse drawn tunnel van and a pair of pantechnicons, followed by an amazing Foden steam van and then a wonderful array of vans from the 1940s through to the present day. Our congratulations go to Kilmarnock Removals for winning Best Mechanical Modern, and Britannia Reeves for winning Best Bespoke/Innovative.
During the Gala Dinner at the BAR Conference held on Saturday May 19th in Old Windsor, the winner of the coverted Commercial Mover of the Year (CMOTY) 2012 was announced.
Making the final 15, in alphabetical order were: BCL, Business Moves Group Ltd, Company Moves, Delivery Services, Ede’s UK Ltd, Greens Removals & Storage Ltd, Harrow Green Removals, Johnsons Business Moves, JY & Sons Relocations, Maidmans Removals & Storage, P.Fahey & Sons, Premier Moves, Rose Removals, Specialised Movers and Xpress Relocations.
Our congratulations go to a worthy winner, none other than Specialised Movers of Sheffield, well done everyone.
During the Gala Dinner at the BAR Conference held on Saturday May 19th in Old Windsor, the winner of the coverted Domestic Mover of the Year (DMOTY) 2012 was announced.
That winner is none other than M.J.Christophers & Son of Newquay, who fought off stiff competition from both the Kilmarnock and Bathgate depots of Matt Purdie & Sons in the final three.
Our congratulations go to M.J.Christophers & Son who now go on and join an elite list of past winners comprising of Maidman’s Removals & Storage, Matt Purdie & Sons and Luxfords of Weybridge, all very worthy winners indeed.
Congratulations to all 3 DMOTY finalists, Matt Purdie & Sons Ltd – Bathgate, Matt Purdie & Sons Ltd – Kilmarnock and M.J.Christophers & Son.
We are delighted as Matt Purdie & Sons are a Move Administer users, and so far every DMOTY winner has been a Move Administer user! Need we not forget M.J.Christophers & Son too, as they are a previous client of ours who still uses Remstar, although we hope they upgrade to Move Administer in due course.
The winnder of the 2012 DMOTY will be announced at the BAR Conference on Saturday 19th May 2012.
Congratulations also go to last years winners Maidman’s Removals & Storage for being awarded a Certificate of Merit.
May we take this opportunity to thank everyone that took part in our Digital Pen Questionnaire.
The results of the importance of digitizing the following forms are:
Inventory = 115 points
Survey = 110 points
Waybill = 100 points
Service Specification = 76 points
Crate Docket = 64 points
Archive Docket = 63 points
Warehouse Movements = 62 points
Self Storage Licence = 29 points
The results of the importance of adding the following sheets to the Waybill are:
Crewsheet = 119 points
Vehicle Defects = 86 points
Timesheet = 83 points
Questionnaire = 80 points
Although no forms have been designed at present we have been in further discussions with Destiny to discuss the technicalities and to get some draught costs on our ideas. The first thing we had to take into consideration was whether to use Dynamic or Non-Dynamic forms.
A Dynamic form is where data is passed from Move Administer to Destiny in the first instance. This then allows Destiny to not only print this data onto the digital forms but also merge and display it once data has been received from the Digital Pen.
A Non-Dynamic form has no interaction from Move Administer and cannot print onto the digital forms. However, Move Administer can print data onto the digital forms, but please note, this data cannot be merged or displayed with the data received from the Digital Pen.
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Destiny Digital Pens
On February 21st in a meeting room at Old Thorns in sunny Hampshire, Tom Thiselton from Destiny Wireless presented to a group of 22 attendees the benefits of using Digital Pens in today’s workplace.
After a good intake of caffeine, the morning sessions kicked off with Tom giving an introduction to both Destiny Wireless and the technology of the Digital Pens including Anoto technology. Tom then proceeded to provide a ‘live’ demonstration of the pen in action, by completing a document and the transferring the data captured by the Digital Pen to his Blackberry via Bluetooth and then from the Blackberry to Destiny’s server. Using his laptop he logged into the Destiny server to display the captured form. Not only did Tom display the captured form but he also showed an electronic version of the form, where his handwriting was converted to text, where any misinterpretations could then be corrected, but as the pen learns your handwriting gestures over time it was indeed spot on.
After a hearty lunch break which included some stunning desserts, those wanting to discuss the Digital Pens in further detail stayed behind to share information they currently gather on their survey sheets and to discuss other forms that could be digitised.
All in all it was a great day, which ended back where it really began 24 hours previously, in the Sports Bar although only for a swift alcoholic beverage this time around.
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Reflex Moodys of Salisbury go live on Move Administer!
Being a former Remstar user, our data converter made the switch efforless and unproblematic.
Installation of a 2 users system was completed remotely prior to a single days training.
The shortlist for the next stage of the Domestic Mover of the Year 2012 has been announced and I’m please to say that 3 are Move Administerusers.
The shortlist consists of:
Andrews of Kent International Removals & Storage
Britannia Anchor Removals
Maidman’s Removals & Storage
Matt Purdie & Sons Ltd, Bathgate
Matt Purdie & Sons Ltd, Kilmarnock
MJ Christopher & Son
Reddaways Removals Ltd
Richard Healey Removals Ltd
Our congratulations go to all, especially Matt Purdie & Sons and Reddaways Removals Ltd as they have been shortlisted every year since DMotY began 4 years ago. The question is can a Move Administer user lift the coveted award for the fourth year running?! Our fingers are crossed!
After searching long and hard for a crate hire solution, Specalised Movers turn to our Crate Administer module.
Crate Administer allows you to charge for the hire of crate and other items (sack trucks, computer cages, etc) as well as charging for the sale of consumables (security tags, labels, keyboard bags, etc). Dockets immediately show what needs to be delivered and/or collected, and display on our Event Diary for easy resource management.