SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US AT EMS THIS MONTH. WE SPONSORED THE WATER COMPLEX JUMP AT THE INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS AT BICTON ARENA.
ITS A FABULOUS ANNUAL EVENT AND WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED.
It was an autumnal affair at Bicton for the last British Eventing fixture for the season where there were prizes and awards aplenty as the schedule included the ever-popular BE90 and BE100 3 Day Events.
Bicton Arena’s Manager Andrew Fell commented “What a fantastic weekend of competition we have had here at Bicton and congratulations to all the winners – what an outstanding end to our busy season!”
BICTON ARENA
Bicton Arena run both Affiliated showjumping (BS) and Unaffiliated showjumping throughout the year. They host numerous multi-dayBS Shows through the Summer months, the busiest one being their Spectacular show where they run HOYS Qualifiers and stable in excess of 800 horses on site.
These shows make use of all arenas, both all-weather and grass, with the showcase classes being held in the iconic TopSpec Main Arena.Whilst the multi-day shows only run through the Summer months, they also run single days of BS in February and March on the all-weather arenas.Unaffiliated showjumping runs all year round, normally making use of the all-weather arenas.
OUR SERVICES
At EMS Waste Services, we’re constantly improving the way we collect and process all manner of waste. Our facility has a dedicated segregated processing line to keep soil, glass, plastic, metal and stone waste apart before it’s transported to our recycling area.
Our facilities are fully licensed to accept all manner of household, commercial, and construction/demolition waste. If you have any questions about the waste we can handle, please contact us.
We offer a range of skips for our customers to hire that are suitable for containing all manner of domestic and commercial waste. We can also arrange and provide detailed recycling reports tailored to your specifications.
By operating our own processing and recycling facilities, we’re able to keep costs down for our customers, ensuring our services are competitively priced and suitable for all budgets.
We can tailor your skip hire experience to your needs, schedule, and funds.
We’re fully committed to reducing waste wherever possible. At our dedicated recycling facility, we’re able to finely separate and examine all of the waste we collect to ensure that every recyclable element is properly processed.
This makes us the number one skip hire service for environmentally-conscious customers.
More more information get in touch. We’re always happy to help.
OH WE DO LOVE A NEW TOY! AND THIS IS A FABULOUS PIECE OF KIT!
ITS A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE TEAM AND WILL MAKE THINGS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. ALL GREAT FOR PRODUCTIVITY!
SO WHAT IS A LOADING SHOVEL?
A fantastic piece of machinery by Volvo that is used across various sectors to basically push waste, silage or whatever you might around! In our case our New L70 is a welcome addition being used to empty waste bays, load orries and push waste up.
SAFETY AS STANDARD
• Anti-slip steps and strategically placed handrails
• Orange three-point seatbelt
• Redesigned side mirrors
• Rear-view camera
A BIT OF LOADER HISTORY
Volvo’s, or rather BM’s, first wheeled loader was the H10. But where did it come from?
To start with, engineers simply turned an agricultural tractor back-to-front. By placing the loader unit over the bigger wheels, they reasoned that it would be capable of lifting heavier loads.
The H10 wheeled loader was based on a series of different tractors, including the BM 470. The H10 was a major success at the time; it was the world’s first wheeled loader with a parallel linkage, double-acting lift rams and a purpose-designed attachment bracket.
In 1986, Volvo brought its first ‘L’ series loading shovel to the market – namely the L160. The ‘L’ designation is still in use today.
L means loader and the number indicates the full turn tipping load
FULLY LOADED
Whatever the job, we have the tools to get it done. Volvo offers a full range of Volvo buckets, including general purpose, grading, refuse, light material, and more, to handle everything, from light material to heavy rocks. Built on decades of engineering excellence, Volvo buckets are optimized for Volvo wheel loaders and durably designed for all types of materials and tasks.
THE NEW L70 LOADING SHOVEL – AN UPDATED MODEL FOR OPTIMUM RESULTS
Its packed with innovative features that achieve up to 20% greater fuel efficiency than older models. Combining new optimized loading unit weight, redesigned counterweight, and increased top speed of 50km/h, facilitated by the optional lock-up function, the next-generation wheel loader delivers greater profitability in every load.
IF YOU’D LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ANY OF OUR SERVICES JUST GET IN TOUCH. WE’RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP.
We’re incredibly proud to be involved with the latest charity calendar being organised by Girl Torque. Our girls have done their photo shoot and we think the photos are fab!
Here’s a few snippets from the article published in Truck and Driver. It makes great reading!
Brought together by a passion for their profession, a group of drivers are producing a calendar to raise money for various charities
Road transport may be facing a wider range of problems than ever, but it keeps on going; the blood in the veins that keep the heart of our nation pumping. Those wheels keep turning, in the face of ever greater adversity.
That’s because when you strip it all down to the bare bones, there’s a spine of incredible, inspirational people who go above and beyond what they need to get the job done and seek to support others.
Look at the amount of charitable and fundraising events organised by truck drivers. Would you find anything close to that per-capita in any other industrial sector? Don’t think so.
“Truck driving brings people together, it creates bonds and unites, and forges friendships for life. For some folk, yeah, it’s just a job. But for others, that feeling of freedom, of the open road, that inexplicable need to keep on moving and exploring; it becomes a compulsion.
It burrows into your soul and it never really leaves you. You either get it or you don’t”
That’s ultimately what’s brought this group of women together; a mutual respect, a passion for the work they do and the career they’ve chosen. This industry badly needs more drivers full stop! Not just women!.
THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE GIRL TORQUE CALENDAR IS KAREN SUTHERLAND.
She came up with the concept after hearing a variety of comments and opinions over the years about women drivers, whether she asked for them or not. “I wanted a way to show everyone what we do as drivers and raise some money for charity too” she explains, “There are plenty of women who are more than capable of doing this job out there. It shouldn’t matter whether you are male or female! These women do what they do for the love of the job, not the attention.”
This years calendar will feature 48 female drivers from different sectors of the haulage industry. Each month has four showing off the truck they drive and the work they do.
SPONSORSHIP
EMS and Stuarts have sponsored this fabulous calendar and are really proud to be associated Girl Torque. Other sponsors include Volvo UK, Michelin Tyres, STAS Trailers and Gray & Adams Trailers just to name a few. If you want to support this great cause, then don’t delay! For enquiries pleae contact Girl Torque via their website www.girltorque.co.uk
ALL PROFITS FROM THE 2023 CALENDAR WILL GO TO THE FOLLOWING FOUR CHARITIES:
The Alzheimers Society
Dogs Trust
Maggies Cancer Support
MIND
Our awesome girls Lydia, Chloe, Trina, Cat and Cassie attended for their photo shoot this week and the photos are fabulous!
GIRL TORQUE IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATION WHO ARE WISHING TO NORMALISE AND PROMOTE HARD WORKING FEMALES IN THE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SECTOR, WHILST RAISING MONEY FOR VARIOUS CHARITIES
Female HGV Drivers at EMS
When you think of a HGV driver you’d be forgiven for usually thinking of a man. However this role is becoming increasingly popular with women of all ages and we have to say some of our best drivers are girls!
We’ve actively promoted sexual equality in the work place for years and think its great that more and more women are taking an interest in the role.
We’ve had people join us from other companies and we’ve also trained from within the company and they’ve been amazing!
The haulage industry is traditionally seen as a male dominated industry and the figures speak for themselves. Out of over 315,000 registered truck drivers in the UK, only a very small percentage are Female!
BUT numbers are on the rise and the Female Trucker roles are gaining popularity. There are many female truckers posting on TikTok with videos showing their life on the road. Girl Torque are using their flatform to promote and normalise hard working females.
We like to think we’re forward thinking in our approach to recruitment and hopefully this driver shortage will encourage more female drivers to look for a change of career.
We’d love to hear from anyone (male or female) looking to return to HGV work or even a new challenge.
Get in contact and we’d be happy to discuss any possible vacancies we may have.
HERE AT EMS WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR COMMITMENT TO THE TEAM. WE WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO ENJOY THEIR JOBS AND HOPEFULLY FEEL THAT THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER AND THAT THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT IS WHAT HELPS MAKE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. SO AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AND COMMITMENT WE ARE VERY SAD TO BE SAYING GOODBYE TO OUR OFFICE MANAGER IN EXETER, JULIE ANDREWS.
After seeing her every day Julie will be sorely missed by the whole team. She has been a huge part of many of the teams daily life and has contributed to our successful growth over recent years.
We enjoyed her last day with plenty of food and a gift of a ‘teas maid’ as she can now enjoy a cuppa in bed instead of rushing to the skip office each morning!
Thank you Julie for all your hard work over the last 20 years! You will be missed
EMS Waste Services is considered one of the premier waste management services in the country, serving customers throughout the Devon and Cornwall regions. We offer a range of skips for hire that are suitable for all manner of waste. We can help you with everything from garden and general household waste to specialist waste removal, such as asbestos.
Our friendly and professional team has over two decades of industry experience, allowing us to provide you with the best possible customer service. We can assist with the provision of permits for roadside skips to make your experience with us as stress-free as possible.
EMS have over two decades of experience. Our reputation speaks for itself and our continued expansion means we are constantly striving to recycle every kind of waste possible.
EMS Waste Services is a family run business with family values running through the Company from Director to Operator, focusing heavily on service, image and customer commitment
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
At EMS Waste Services, we’re constantly improving the way we collect and process all manner of waste. Our facility has a dedicated segregated processing line to keep soil, glass, plastic, metal and stone waste apart before it’s transported to our recycling area.
Our facilities are fully licensed to accept all manner of household, commercial, and construction/demolition waste. If you have any questions about the waste we can handle, please contact us.
We offer a range of skips for our customers to hire that are suitable for containing all manner of domestic and commercial waste. We can also arrange and provide detailed recycling reports tailored to your specifications.
Want to join our fabulous team?
It’s not often we tend to lose staff but as we’re constantly expanding we’re always looking for conscientious people to join our already amazing team!
SOME REASONS TO WORK WITH US
Company general reputation
Reputation of being a key leader in our industry
Admiration of our products and services
Company culture and values
Company continuous growth and success
We listen! We listen carefully when you tell us what you want
We keep our promises
We keep developing us further
We have years of experience in our industry
We work closely together with you
We talk easy – the door is always open
We are an equal opportunity employer
Part of the Stuart Group, EMS is a leading waste management company providing turn key solutions for business. Providing bespoke waste management solutions for industry our clients trust us to provide the right solution first time every time.
Never sitting still, the Stuarts are now looking to the future of renewable energy and have secured planning permission to build a new waste to energy plant. This will incinerate waste for electricity generation rather than sending it to landfill – reducing greenhouse gas emissions and recovering valuable energy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ANY OF OUR SERVICES, OR IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT JOINED OUR TEAM JUST GIVE US A CALL.
Volvo Trucks is introducing a new safety system to detect other road users entering the blind spot on both sides of the truck.
New safety system to protect cyclists and pedestrians
Volvo Trucks’ new safety system uses a dual radar on each side of the truck to detect other road users – such as cyclists. In busy traffic situations, it is difficult for even the most experienced driver to perceive everything around the vehicle. To increase safety and ease stress on the driver, Volvo Trucks is offering its new system which uses a dual radar on each side of the truck to detect when other road users, such as cyclists, enter the risk area.
“An accident can happen in a split second. Our extensive accident research is based on decades of studying real-life situations, and this new safety system helps the driver to prevent potential collisions,” says Anna Wrige Berling, Traffic & Product Safety Director at Volvo Trucks.
When someone is in the blind spot zone, the system, called Side Collision Avoidance Support, informs the driver via a red light on the relevant side mirror.
If the driver indicates a lane change via the turn signal, the red light starts to flash and a warning sound emits from the side of the potential collision. The driver is alerted and can brake the truck, allowing for example a cyclist to pass.
“At Volvo Trucks, our long-term vision is zero accidents, and safety is at the core of everything we do. This new system is another example of our efforts to accomplish these aims,” concludes Wrige Berling.
The new system will be available globally on the Volvo FH range, FM and FMX with diesel, gas and electric drivelines, starting in September this year. The Volvo FL and FE models will get the new safety system in 2023.
For further information give our team at Stuarts Truck and Bus a call . They’re always on hand to help.
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