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RMS Titanic
Company News - Wednesday 1st Feb 2012We recently helped the Quilley School of Engineering out on an exciting and innovative project where a member of staff and some pupils are undertaking to replicate a section of the stem (bow) of the ship using traditional skills and techniques from the early 1900’s.
Construction will commence in mid-February and the first steps are now complete ensuring the project will become a reality. On Wednesday 1st February a 4.5metre square, 2.5 tonne bending slab was delivered to the school – on loan from ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd at the Fawley Refinery. The slab was delivered to the school courtesy of Lambert Brothers Haulage Eastleigh.
(Attached picture shows the Headteacher Mr Richard Kelly thanking our driver, Peter Jeans, from Lambert Brothers Haulage for delivering the bending slab)
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Trial of longer semi-trailers
Company News - Wednesday 18th Jan 2012We are pleased to announced that we have successfully applied to operate a number of 15.65m long double deck trailers. These will be operated under a trial organised by the Department of Transport. We intend to use this equipment on overnight trunking, which is mainly motorway running. Although the payload is reduced slightly the capacity of the trailer will be increased by 8 standard pallet spaces. Our overnight services are not weight critical so the extra pallet spaces will be very beneficial.
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Retirement announcement
Company News - Monday 19th Dec 2011David Haines - Retirement
You may be aware that Dave Haines retires at the end of the year. David joined Lambert Brothers in 1982 and since 1994 has been Operations Director. He has been a valuable asset and friend and colleague to all of us and will be greatly missed.
Under David's guidance for almost 30 years the company has made considerable progress. David's hard work and experience has greatly contributed to the successful company we have today. I am particularly grateful to David for the support he gave me when my brother retired in 1998. His attention to details and relationship with our customers has been very valuable over the years. His leadership and loyalty to our company will be sorely missed.
We thank David for his many years of service and hard work and wish him well in his retirement.
The picture shows David being presented with a momemto by Ray Lambert.
Ray Lambert
Chairman
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Driver CPC Training - Approved Centre
Company News - Thursday 1st Dec 2011We are pleased to announce that we are now an Approved Centre for Driver CPC training.
Mike Bonner, our Training Manager, has recently obtained the necessary qualifications to carry out periodic training to enable our drivers to obtain the Driver CPC. All HGV drivers have to obtain the Driver CPC by September 2014. The training comprises of 5 days attendance which can be quite disruptive to normal work schedules. Using our own trainer enables us to have more flexibility as to when the training sessions take place. Recently we have had our 'day in the cab training' approved by JAUPT to count as a CPC day.
In addition to training our own drivers we can also offer this to our customers. So if you do employ drivers and require a friendly local company to carry out this training please let us know.
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25 years of dedicated service
Company News - Friday 21st Oct 2011To celebrate his 25 years of service Dave Smith, one of our longest serving fleet drivers, was presented with an engraved tankard by Clive Watkins, Managing Director. Dave joined us in 1986 and during his time with us most of our customers will have encountered his friendly banter and undenialbe charm at some point! Always the professional Dave's 'no problem/ approach is to his credit and he remains an invaluable member of our experienced driving team.
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Investing in the business
Company News - Friday 21st Oct 2011We have just purchased eight new Daf 85's. Fitted with 12.9 litre 6 cylinder diesel engines coupled to 12 speed AS Tronic gearbox and a Hill Start Aid function, these represent the latest technology in the industry. Our drivers just love them and we are expecting great mpg figures.
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Vehicle Tracking
Company News - Tuesday 31st May 2011We are so pleased by the results of the six months trial we had with our local vehicles that we are now fitting trackers to the entire fleet. We use Trackitnow software and find it very user friendly. The system gives us real time information on vehicle location, as well a host of other information on mpg, idling time etc. Already our traffic office are finding that they can operate the fleet more efficiently and they particularly like using the geofence facility. All this will result in providing a better service to our customers and has reduced our mileage and fuel costs.
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London Emission Zone (LEZ)
Company News - Monday 14th Mar 2011From 3rd January 2012 vehicles registered before October 2006 face punitive fines if they enter the LEZ, (which is roughly within the M25). Does this affect you? If so maybe we could help by providing a LEZ compliant vehicle on contract together with a fully trained driver.
Contact Janine Le Tourneau for more details on tel: 023 8061 7331
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