No future for amateurs
Page 33
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• The Transport Act 1968 will have two divergent effects on traders who run vehicles to carry their own goods. Their fleet managements will have to match the professionalism of hauliers who carry for hire or reward or, alternatively, where the management cannot meet the high standards required the fleets will be disbanded and the transport left to the professional.
This statement was made by Mr. W. McMillan (James Hemphill Ltd., Glasgow), vice-chairman of the Road Haulage Association, in introducing the first senior management course for road transport to be held in Scotland at Strathclyde University on Monday. Mr. McMillan also represents the road haulage industry on the Road Transport Industry Training Board.
'We all realize" he continued, "that the day of the amateur is over in British industry, Fully-fledged professionalism has not yet taken control completely, but the trend is unmistakable. More and more of the younger recruits to industry have a training in one of the professions—law, accountancy, engineering--before entering business life. The road transport industry is no exception.
"It is perhaps no accident of timing that the Transport Act 1968 provides a strong incentive to increase professionalism in our particular sphere."