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Fleet focus from our Fleet Director

Paul Jefferson is our Group Legal, Fleet & Sustainability Director. Every day he makes decisions that help our business evolve and grow, and fleet is a large part of those decisions. We interviewed him shortly after he spent a day “back to the floor” with one of our milk tanker drivers. He tells us about his day and more about the Gregory Group fleet as a whole.

Bringing electric transportation to the forefront

Anthony Humble-Smith, our Group Sustainability Lead recently attended the EV Summit which brought together business leaders and key players who are exploring how we advance e-mobility in the UK. Representing the heavy-duty fleet, Anthony and his fellow panellists highlighted some interesting points. Here is a summary of their discussion.

What does the future of transport look like?

The road transport industry has come a long way. If you just look at our vehicles, in just over 100 years we’ve gone from a Ford Model T Ton truck with 22.5bhp, to a Scania S450 with 450bhp! The two trucks are unrecognisable from one another. In these 100 years we have seen huge technological advances and constantly evolving legislation to keep us all protected. But we are on the brink of an even bigger evolution – one in which we see our carbon intensive fleets convert into net-zero fleets.

What does an Agriculture & Compliance Supervisor do?

An Agriculture & Compliance Supervisor needs to understand topography and agronomy, whilst also being a brilliant communicator. Robert Giddens, one of our very own Agriculture & Compliance Supervisors, explains more about his role.

Life as a pallet Driver from the eyes of our People & Culture Director

Given her role is to look after our people, Natasha Stansby, our People & Culture Director, is always keen to experience different job roles across Gregory Group. Recently, she did exactly that with one of our pallet drivers. Here’s a summary of her day.

The world of milk collection

As with all our other milk depots, our Evercreech milk team quietly weaves around local farms collecting milk so we can enjoy the dairy products we select from the shop shelves. But what exactly is involved in getting that milk from the farm to the production sites? We spoke to Will Cawte, Operations Manager at our Evercreech depot to find out.