Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: SteveH on 9 Dec 2006 20:06 Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > 'Cos 10 Billion Euros turnover is of the 'quite significant' magnitude. > > It's certainly enough to cover buying most of the companies we work > > with. > > > Tesco did 5 times that just in the UK alone with Asda and Sainsburies > both doubling your company, again in the UK alone. BSkyB did 2/3 of > that and BP did $286 billion. Who knows, one of us may work as a tanker > driver for them. > > I'd have expected a supposed European company which is a market leader > with internationally recognised brands, which I doubt you'll tell us > what they are, to do a bit better than 10BN Euros. Of the companies we work with, or have been negotiating with, only Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys are bigger. We're bigger than Morrisons, Somerfield and any other high street food retailer I haven't mentioned. Oh, and that's just the food retailers. We operate in a fairly narrow field and have such an influence in our home country that supermarkets don't open unless they have a deal with us. We also buy more products than certain UK high-street institutions do when they approach manufacturers for supply deals. We're one of the largest privately owned companies in our home country and have a bigger turnover than the European arm of Coca Cola have. Comparisons with petroleum companies is pushing things a tad, given the very narrow margins on such products and the nature of the market. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Clive George on 9 Dec 2006 20:44 "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hq3sdj.1rty68h1vrfywnN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk... >> On behalf of all of us at uk.rec.driving, may I be the first to wish you >> and >> Adrian a happy anniversary! > > Oh, my aching sides. Yeah, anyone with any clue knows it's you and Dervy :-)
From: PC Paul on 10 Dec 2006 05:07 Conor wrote: > In article <jdDeh.946$xm1.169(a)newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, MrBitsy says... > >> 15 hours means about 10 lessons due to the travelling between >> lessons - I don't do it everyday. >> > With a 30% loss in earnings, you don't want to be. > > My instructor used to have the pupil drive to the location of the next > pupil and pick them up. They'd swap over and the just picked up pupil > would drive the other home thus ensuring everyone got their full hour > and he had no downtime travelling from customer to customer. He used > to use the time on the journey home for the pupil who's lesson had > just finished to allow them to observe another pupil and spot the > mistakes. > > Just a thought... Sounds like a good plan, I just wonder what the insurance situation is with having a passenger while a learner is being taught?
From: NM on 10 Dec 2006 05:31 Conor wrote: > In article <jdDeh.946$xm1.169(a)newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, MrBitsy says... > > > 15 hours means about 10 lessons due to the travelling between lessons - I > > don't do it everyday. > > > With a 30% loss in earnings, you don't want to be. > > My instructor used to have the pupil drive to the location of the next > pupil and pick them up. They'd swap over and the just picked up pupil > would drive the other home thus ensuring everyone got their full hour > and he had no downtime travelling from customer to customer. He used to > use the time on the journey home for the pupil who's lesson had just > finished to allow them to observe another pupil and spot the mistakes. > > Just a thought... > This is normal practice in the Netherlands up to 3 pupils in the car with the instructor, taking turns at the driving, commenting, observing and critisising each others attempts. I believe for a lesser fee you can go just as a passenger, to gain information. Also you cannot go on to the road until you have passed a vehicle handling test, bit like the part one bike test. That would be a good thing to adopt here. > --
From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 08:19
In article <1hq3url.1fw4mj0s6tdllN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 'Cos 10 Billion Euros turnover is of the 'quite significant' magnitude. > > > It's certainly enough to cover buying most of the companies we work > > > with. > > > > > Tesco did 5 times that just in the UK alone with Asda and Sainsburies > > both doubling your company, again in the UK alone. BSkyB did 2/3 of > > that and BP did $286 billion. Who knows, one of us may work as a tanker > > driver for them. > > > > I'd have expected a supposed European company which is a market leader > > with internationally recognised brands, which I doubt you'll tell us > > what they are, to do a bit better than 10BN Euros. > > Of the companies we work with, or have been negotiating with, only > Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys are bigger. > <snip> I guess I was right when I said you'd not tell us what the brands are. Guess it's top secret is it Steve? -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us. |