TLS News May Edition 2018

MAY 2018

01/05/2018
NEWSLETTER ISSUE 4









1000 SHIFTS FILLED...IN A WEEK !




I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E Week ending 20/04/2018 we

1. Operational Success celebrated our Operation Team
2. Meet TMGB’S Newest great achievement, as over 1000

recruit: James Benson

3. May Birthdays Shifts were filled within a week.
4. The Importance of… All we can say is WOW! and well

5. Partner of the month & done to our all- star Operations
more

6. Monthly Reminders Team. This is proof of the hard
7. Other News work and dedication given on a

8. Highway Industry News day to day basis. Need a shift
filling? You know who to call.

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TMGB welcomes James Benson…

TMGB and TLS extend a warm welcome to James Benson who has been appointed as
Southern Depot Manager for TMGB.

James will be based in Brentwood and will be overseeing operations in the South as well as
spending time with us at Retford.

James has many years’ experience within the traffic management industry and as such is
excited about the plans for improvement and growth within the company. Along with
James’ enthusiasm and drive to achieve, his knowledge and commitment will be
invaluable to its success. We look forward to his new ideas and insights that will
contribute a lot for our growing company.

On behalf of our team and management, we would like you to know that we are so
grateful of having you. Welcome aboard James!








1. Full Name – James Matthew Benson

2. Job Role – South Division Manager

3. Who is your hero? And why? My Mum, because she’s my Mum!

4. What’s the one thing you want to accomplish before you die? – Sleep with
Cheryl Cole

5. If you could spend a week anywhere in the world, where would it be? In

Cheryl Cole’s Bedroom

6. Favourite Film? – True Romance

7. Best known in the office for…? - Being a pest

8. Favourite Song? – Modern Love by David Bowie

9. What’s the craziest thing you have done? – Got married

10. What’s your party trick/hidden talent?- Drinking a pint in 4 seconds

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Happy Birthday to Yah!



It’s time to say Happy Birthday to our May Babies John, Steve and Peter.

As most readers will already know, all 3 play a huge roll in the day-to-day
operations at TLS.
Peter Priest
Steve Bennett

John Delaney Pete is our hard-
Steve is the driving force working
John controls the and mastermind behind Accounting
compliance within our Managed Support
Manager, who is
our company, Service. Setting TLS up in responsible for
making sure all 2010, Steve’s brought this
partners are fit & company all the way to all the financial

ready to work on the top. reporting for
the UK roads. both TLS & TMGB.











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The Importance of Occupational Health


What Are Safety Critical Worker Medicals? (Fit For Work Medicals)


Fit For Work medicals are in-depth medicals designed to ensure

anyone who may be undertaking safety-critical tasks is fit to do so.




Why Do You Need Fit For Work Medicals?

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, states that under current
health and safety legislation, employers have a duty of care to prevent
the ill-health of their workers. This is particularly relevant to those

carrying out so-called safety-critical tasks. These are becoming more
compulsory in the traffic management industry, same as CSCS. If you
don’t have this qualification you’re going to struggle to get on certain

sites.



It is important that safety-critical workers are not suffering from
medical conditions or undergoing any medical treatment which is likely

to cause sudden loss of consciousness or incapacity, impairment of
awareness, concentration, balance or coordination or significant
limitation of mobility.



What is Safety-Critical Work?

The term ‘safety critical work’ is defined as any work:

“Where the ill health of an individual may compromise their ability to

undertake a task defined as safety-critical, thereby posing a significant
risk to the health and safety of others.”



To book a Safety Critical Worker Medical (Occupational Health)

Contact Express Medicals on: 0207 500 6900

www.expressmedicals.co.uk

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The TLS £10 Quiz May Edition



It’s back! a car wash, a haircut, and most importantly, it’s a few pints. The £10 quiz! follow the

link on the email, answer some basic TM questions and submit your answers to be in with a chance
of winning.



Partner of the One to watch… Special Mention...
Month…

Tom Worton Myles James
Kieran O'Halloran
After parting ways with TLS in
This month TLS & TMGB would August 2017, Myles returned This Month’s Special Mentions
like to grant our partner of the at the beginning of April 2018. is given to partner Kieran
month award to Tom Worton. O’Halloran. Due to great work
Myles didn’t leave on very Kieran has been given 12
Tom uses Fastlane and is fully good terms so we were unsure weeks work by Priority TM.
compliant with everything TLS of how he would perform.
& TMGB require. After a month of convincing Here’s what Daniel Steadman
us he had altered his ways. of Priority TM had to say when
He has helped us in Area 10 on TLS decided to give Myles he emailed us regarding
the new Chevron works. He another try. Since returning Kieran.
goes above and beyond to he has been a credit to
ensure not just himself, but himself. Myles was available “TLS, please can you take this
other Partners arrive on time, at short notice to help cover email as notice of 12 weeks
ready to work. man on sites for Herts, RTS & for us Taking Kieran
Shift. He was given great O'Halloran on to our books, he
A big well done to Tom for credit for his use of hand-e- will be booked for every day
going over and above for TLS. pix whilst onsite for Shift WTF for the period of 12 weeks
Traffic. Vicky Clark of TLS with the exception of
weekends and bank Holidays”
would like to personally say a
big thank you to Myles for his Kind Regards,
help in covering sites at short
notice and his attitude whilst
onsite.

Kind Regards,




Kind Regards,
TLS & TMGB

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Operational Reminders


Expiry Dates


It’s easy to forget that things now-a-days need renewing, and in the TM industry you need to be extra

vigilant. A lot of our partners are caught out by expiry dates so remember to check all of the following on
a regular basis:
• Driver’s License
• Passport
• TM Card or Cert
• CSCS Card
• Occupation Health

CSCS

Remember, the importance of obtaining a valid occupational health and CSCS qualification is
becoming more and more important. If a partner holds the two simultaneously, their possibilities
of regular work will increase massively with our all major clients throughout the UK.



Payroll Reminders


Director Paul Chamley insists all partner's MUST be booking their hours on
Fastlane before Midnight on a Sunday. If not, this causes a huge
inconvenience for our payroll and can massively delay your time of
payment. Please be aware that if you are to book your hours late, neither

TLS or TMGB will be made accountable for late payments

*If you are currently unable to log in to Fastlane or you have trouble
working out how to use it please contact:

Fiona – 07950 921612 - Tabbie – 07508 655957

Training Reminders
We are available between 08.30 – 17.00 Monday to Friday to help assist,
reset passwords or offer information.
REMEMEBR, Although TLS & TMGB don’t have a Training Centre, we’re here to help when it comes to
We are happy to help to make sure you are paid correctly
training. Please contact our Training coordinator, Joseph for any queries regarding qualifications,
Cards, Logbooks and more.

Want to further your career and earn more money?

At TLS we are determined to get people moved up the TM Training ladder. We’re brilliant when it
comes to putting together crews for our clients. So, what are you waiting for? Further you career
today!

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In Other News…


TLS & TMGB pass BSI Audits with flying colors

First of all, TLS & TMGB would like to say a big thank you to our Compliance

and Fleet Manger Graham Cobb who has completed the BSI 9001 & 14001
audit and passed us with no non-conformities!

TLS & TMGB achieved ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) & ISO 14001:2015
(Environmental Management System).

We would also like to extend the thanks and praise to Vicky Clark, Joseph Hamilton &
John Delaney who were all interviewed by the auditor and made a great impression and
impressed her greatly. This of course, contributed to our pass.

This is a perfect example of the great team work within TLS & TMGB, well done
everyone.










This Month’s Corporate Social Responsibility was…. Sweet!

As part of our on-going commitment to CSR we teamed up with Make-A-Wish foundation by
offering some goodies to our team and donating a pound every time a
bag was purchased. This was a great way to raise money whilst munching!
Make-a-wish was more the grateful, and even thanked us on Facebook!
We look to do more with charities like this in the future, and recently
we’ve been looking in to events with Bluebell Wood…so stay tuned!

Read more about the amazing Make-A-Wish foundation below:
www.make-a-wish.org.uk/about-us/about-our-work

Suggest a Charity
we can support
By emailing
[email protected]

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Highway Industry News




Highways England hits back at Stonehenge tunnel critics

Highways England has labelled claims
of irreparable damage at Stonehenge
as “alarmist” and “untrue” after
archaeologists warned that tunneling
under the monument could destroy the
site.

Stonehenge Alliance – a group of
archaeological and environmental
campaigners including Campaign for
Better Transport and Friends of the
Earth – said the £1.6bn A303 upgrade
plan, which includes a 2.9km twin-
bored tunnel, would “destroy
important archaeology” at the World
Heritage Site.

But Highways England project manager for the A303 Stonehenge scheme David Bullock has hit back,
labelling the comments as “alarmist”.

“The suggestion that Highways England’s survey work will destroy layers of archaeology is alarmist and
untrue,” he said.

“No work has been carried out during unsuitable conditions – the recent wet weather has resulted in the
plant operations being stood down at times to avoid any risk to archaeology.

”The works are being undertaken in a highly professional manner with due care being exercised at all
times. No destruction of archaeological layers has occurred.”

Bullock added: “The tunnel/tunnelling will cause no damage to Stonehenge itself or any other surface
features within the World Heritage Site, and in terms of construction, all efforts will be made to minimise
disruption and impact.

“The preferred route has been carefully chosen to avoid monuments and barrow groups, and our modified
plans also included moving the position of the western entrance to the tunnel to avoid conflicting with the
Winter Solstice alignment.”

The Stonehenge Alliance claims that a planned western entrance to the tunnel would partly destroy an
ancient Beaker burial cemetery, as well as several Neolithic longbarrows. Its comments came in the
alliance’s submission to Highways England’s consultation, which closed yesterday (23 April).

Read the rest of the story via the email link.