Victoria Womersley

In logistics and transportation, there can be tension between getting things done safely and delivering on time. Yet time pressures needn’t impact safety. It’s possible to have both - a culture of safety and success. The best way to do this is by building a safety-first culture.
Arguably, safety is more important in the transportation and logistics industry than in many other sectors. After all, truckers, delivery people, and bus or train drivers put the wider public at risk if safety isn’t a...

2020 brought massive change to every industry around the globe. Not least of all transportation and logistics. As people stayed at home to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 demand for contact-free delivery and convenience sky-rocketed.
The changes from last year are still reverberating. They’ll drive new and unexpected trends through 2021. Logistics and transportation are both significant contributors to national economies. In 2019, 173.5 billion was generated for the US by trucking transpor...

Attracting, training, and retaining talent can account for as much as 70% of a company’s costs.
Before employees can even begin to contribute to a business’s profit, the average cost per hire is $4,129 - this is made up of the time to find and recruit a candidate. After that, a company faces onboarding costs, to get people operational quickly, and ongoing training cost, to make sure employees are equipped with the knowledge to excel.
But over time, employees become more valuable, contributing...

More than 150 years ago, James Perrott of Chagford invented ‘letterboxing’. This fun outdoor activity combines problem-solving with treasure hunting, orienteering and, in some instances, art. Geocaching is a similar activity, but with a modern twist. Exact locations are recorded with Global Positioning System (GPS) data. Both are great ways to explore Dartmoor. Below we delve into the history, how to’s and a few tips for letterboxing and geocaching.
A brief history of letterboxing
It all star...

Continual development, career progression and employee engagement are inextricably linked. High employee engagement increases safety and compliance levels along with your bottom line. It’s also great for employee retention, productivity levels, and attracting new recruits.
In a nutshell, engaged employees are the ones who’ll produce better business outcomes. They’ll go the extra mile for your business and your customers.
Given how much employees value continual learning opportunities - partic...

Author Kai-Fu Lee begins his book with an unexpected invitation to look within ourselves and each other to guide us through the new age of AI. He notes that our AI future will be created by us and reflect the choices we make and actions we take together. If we allow it, AI provides us all an opportunity to discover what makes us human. But our path will not be straightforward, nor will it be easy. Technology is calling for us to face the critical issues confronting our societies today – growi...

One of the UK’s most famous prisons, Dartmoor Prison and Museum, near Princetown, is a great day out for anyone interested in recent history. Still run as a category C men’s prison today, the museum is separate to the working jail.
Dartmoor’s dark history
For more than 200 years, Dartmoor prison has been home to some of the UK’s most dangerous criminals. Most notable, Frank Mitchell ‘The Mad Axeman’. He escaped and caused one of the biggest manhunts the UK has seen! Unfortunately, recapture w...

Recruitment is costly for businesses - both in time and money. Getting it right means more than finding the right person to fill a position. Particularly when 20% of new hires leave a business within the first 45 days. That’s a statistic that rises to 33% over 90 days for drivers.
The standard cost for recruiting drivers is also higher than the standard $4,000 per-hire figure that gets bandied about. For trucking, it’s more like upwards of $5,000, which makes getting driver orientation traini...

Both internal and external links contribute to how Google’s algorithm and human quality assurance team rates your page. HTML tags help web browsers understand how to read, format and display your page content. Rel attribute tags, on the other hand, help web crawlers understand the value of each link within that page.
The correct use of rel attributes such as nofollow tags, sponsored content and UGC attributes means your links are categorised correctly which may help Google to understand your ...

Around 15% of people in NSW live in apartments. Managed properties can provide a superior experience to residents – particularly when they are managed well. Over the past 25 years, apartment living has risen by around 78% across Australia. In 2016, for every five occupied households, there was one occupied apartment (figures include flats and units, but not townhouses). There is a vast difference between a well-managed apartment complex and a mismanaged one. Loss of profits, deteriorating ser...

Holidays in static caravans can be lots of fun. At Langstone Manor Park, our stylishly modern caravans have all you may need. All kitchen utensils and facilities, duvets, bed linen and even outdoor furniture are included with our static caravan hire. You just need to bring yourself, towels and a loose plan for making the most of what Dartmoor has to offer.
What to expect on a static caravan holidays
It’s far easier to plan and pack for a caravan holiday than a trip abroad! There are no flight...

Unlike the usual business books, Frederic Laloux's 'Reinventing organizations' invites readers to evolve their view of work roles and places to create a newer and kinder way of working. Describing organizational structures from the viewpoint of developmental theory, belief systems, and worldviews, Laloux embarks on a journey to answer fundamental questions about the world of work and future organizational structures. Are there better, more fulfilling, and soulful ways to arrange organizationa...

People who talk about transport and logistics often make the mistake of thinking it’s all about the moving of goods. But that’s not quite right. Logistics and transportation are really about people - they are the cogs that drive the machine.
And yet it’s individuals - or the lack of incoming individuals - that poses one of the biggest threat to this industry.
What is happening and why?
Transportation and logistics suffers from a poor image. Working in this sector is not considered a desirable...

Shepherd and Phaup's book begins with a look at our technology-driven future and invites readers to recognize the challenges of change, glimpse new possibilities, and start planning for what's ahead.
If ever there was a time to evolve and grow into a new tomorrow, it is now. The World Economic Forum has described the 4th Industrial Revolution as a new chapter in human development. The turning of history's pages is set to accelerate, driven by the stream of technological advances we have witne...

Concerned by the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world, the founders of HG+ Protection saw an opportunity to assist Australian individuals, families and businesses. Moving quickly, the Di Cintio family, the founders of the business, tapped into existing supply chains nurtured during their involvement in the construction industry to access high quality healthcare and hygiene products. Within weeks, HG+ was set up and bringing medical grade masks and hand sanitiser to Australian businesses and i...