1 STOP (DRIVING) LTD, are based in Felixstowe within Trelawny House, and have been there for just over 24 months, prior to that the business was based from my home in Colchester for the previous 12 months which is now used as a satellite office. Prior to being started as a business I was employed within the agency / recruitment business which mainly revolved around the haulage industry. My aim was never to 'just supply' as I felt that that to many agencies had that mindset. I actually wanted to promote my business through other haulage companies and in turn grow with my customers along side my customers, which in all honesty has been my mindset and has worked well for me, however as I am sure you are aware it is imperative to keep lively within the industry as in just those 3+ years the industry's requirements within the use of agencies has changed considerably. We at 1 Stop want to be the best at what we do so we do not just supply, I have used my experience within the industry through my prior employment history to promote not just what I require but mainly what my customers require, therefore although my drivers are currently getting to grips with the 2 year of the DCPC we are currently ensuring all our drivers are sitting through in house training which includes: Drivers Hours. Working Time Directive. Manual Handling. Lifting and Carrying. Graduated Fixed Penalties Walk round checks and defect recording / procedures. We have invested in our own defect recording procedure with our drivers having to record any defects on our printed 1 Stop (Driving) Ltd defects books (3 page) and they also record 'Nil' defects on there timesheet daily. We pride ourselves in tachograph chart recall and have a strict procedure which monitor who owes what charts and when they should be back to you our customer - again this is something of a problem within the industry where the haulage company requires the charts back in a timely fashion for analysing and km recording etc, hence why we have made this a strict procedure. As I have stated we are more than aware of the amount of agency companies around the Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk area and that is why we have strived to be different, not just in what we do but how we intend to do it, and in truthfulness this has been our main step into our client base which includes James Kemball, Ralph Morton, Wincanton and Goldstar etc. I would be more than happy to either discuss what we do or how we do it in greater detail, either over the phone or at a meeting where you could see our timesheets and defect procedure incorporating our defect book .So why use 1 Stop (Driving) Ltd., my answer to that is why not? <p/