A young mechanic who helps to service and maintain Kinaxia Logistics’ fleet of lorries has won the company’s apprentice of the year award. Lewis Brockbank, 20, joined Kinaxia in September 2021 on a three-year apprenticeship leading to a qualification in heavy vehicle maintenance. He is based at Kinaxia group company Bay Freight in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. Lewis was nominated for…
Torque of the Town! Apprentice of the Year!
Torque of the Town! Mechanic Lewis Crowned Apprentice of the Year! A young mechanic who helps to service and maintain Kinaxia Logistics’ fleet of lorries has won the company’s apprentice of the year award. Lewis Brockbank, 20, joined Kinaxia in September 2021 on a three-year apprenticeship leading to a qualification in heavy vehicle maintenance. He is based at Kinaxia group…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 19 February 2024
• Tickets, please, angry Tories! You may not like the name, but you’re welcome on London’s Windrush line (The Guardian) • Northern using AI to trial British Sign Language announcements on trains (Rail UK) • Europe Train Routes Threatened By Climate Change, But Resilience Is Expensive (Bloomberg) • How China built an e-bus juggernaut with over 95% of global market…
Staying in Control During Peak Season
Notwithstanding continued economic challenges, there was a rise in consumer spending across the period which, supported by figures from Retail Economics, accounted for £202bn worth of global sales online and a 3.7 per cent increase in the UK. This is certainly modest compared to the “peaks” in previous years, due to current economic challenges. However, specialist 3PL provider Europa Warehouse…
Staying in Control During Peak Season
Notwithstanding continued economic challenges, there was a rise in consumer spending across the period which, supported by figures from Retail Economics, accounted for £202bn worth of global sales online and a 3.7 per cent increase in the UK. This is certainly modest compared to the “peaks” in previous years, due to current economic challenges. However, specialist 3PL provider Europa Warehouse…
Confusing Cartographic Colours
Harry And The Amazing Technicolour Tube Map It is not generally known that Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber were very dedicated London Underground enthusiasts. When the idea of a map including national rail lines … … was mooted, Andy and Tim were aghast with the complexity of too many colours; and they set about writing a musical based on…