Congratulations to our MD Jonathan and his wife Rachel on the new addition to their family. Harry Michael Dow was born on 15th July 08 weighing 7lb 1oz, he will be baby brother to Tilly 4 and George 2.
We wish them joy and happiness with their new arrival and hope they will soon be enjoying a full-nights sleep!
Club Class are currently working towards an Investors in People accreditation. The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation’s performance through its people. As part of the process we have recently had a Pre Assessment. The purpose of this assessment is to identify key objectives that need to be achieved in order to meet the required standard.
Following the assessment, we have been provided with feedback and we will formally be applying for the standard during January – March 2009. This will enable Club Class to meet the Company Objective to be an Investors in People Accredited Company by 31st March 2009. To demonstrate our commitment at this point we have recently completed and submitted our Letter of Commitment to the IIP process. Watch this space… we will regularly update the blog with our progress.
We are delighted to welcome to the Club Class team, Paul Draper. Paul has been previously working as a Sub Contractor for Club Class throughout the last year. Due to continued company progression and the great rapport developed between Paul and Club Class, he will now be working as a Full-Time Company Driver.
Paul will be based in London to support our continuing growth in the London Market.
We wish Paul every success in his new role driving with Club Class.
Club Class Chauffeurs are proud to sponsor the charity Quicken Trust.
Quicken Trust is working to bring back to life an isolated community in Kabubbu, Uganda which was decimated in the 60s and 70s by dictators and then by AIDS. There are over 1,500,000 orphans with more than 400 in Kabubbu village alone.
This year here at Club Class we are proud to sponsor Geoff Booker £100.00 for his Sponsored Bike Ride which is raising money to provide mothers with AIDS access to the essential drugs and additional nutrition that will prolong their lives and help them to raise their families.
Club Class also provides Geoff with reduced cost transport for his Charity Work.
We wish you all the best Geoff – good luck in your Sponsored Bike Ride on July 25th – 27th.
For further information or to donate to the Quicken Trust – please see www.quickentrust.com or call Geoff on 01323 832361
Club Class are very pleased to announce the latest additions to our continuously expanding fleet. After winning over £100,000 of corporate business in February and March 2008, we have now purchased two brand new 08 plated vehicles…
The VOLKSWAGEN SHARAN
This is a very spacious vehicle, used for carrying up to 4 passengers and as much luggage as one could carry! This is ideal for passengers who are going on a cruise, skiing or are just taking a lot of luggage!
The VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
The Volkswagen Passat is a modern family saloon. A good sized boot, plenty of leg room and a 5* NCAP rating allows our clients to travel in safety and comfort.
Club Class continues to invest in new, safe and reliable vehicles helping to achieve our core values of Safety, Reliability and Comfort on every journey.
Tara Harrington has now started working for Club Class three days per week.
Tara has been working for Club Class for one day a week for the past three years - juggling this with her full time job of being mother to twins Faith and Ethan. Tara is going to continue as Admin Support on a Monday but will be fulfilling Project Support and PA duties on Tuesday and Thursday.
Thanks for all you help Tara you are a real asset.
We would like to welcome Jonathan Iddenden to the ‘office’ team. John has been employed by Club Class as Transport Co-Ordinator.
John will assist Paul Zecchin, Transport Manager and David Fagg, Weekend Duty Manager in allocating the work to ensure all our vehicles are in the right place at the right time. John has had 6 months Chauffeur Experience driving for Club Class, and applied for the vacancy when it came up earlier in the year due to our recent growth.
We all wish you every success in your new role. Good luck Jon!
This week saw the launch of our sister company’s website, www.ccisonline.co.uk. You’ll probably notice the branding similarities!
Club Class insurance Services is the sister company to our Chauffeur business. We set CCIS up to insure our own private hire vehicles, to guarantee a high level of service and we paid for the cover we wanted.
The Taxi insurance market is vast; we deal with market leading insurers and specialist public and private hire insurance wholesale brokers that provide the cover and service when you need it most.
We carried out a number of client reviews in December, as we do every year. They give us a chance to see what’s going well and what we could do better. We thanks everyone for their time and input into the reviews, and we’re keen that the feedback will be used to help us keep our standards the very best.
In summary,
We are just about to go through a “Service Excellence Programme” run by EEF South. The programme costs £9000, which is part-funded by the European Social Fund. 46 Corporate Clients were surveyed and their results are then processed and we then get our training plan to continue to improve. The training / process management starts 18th February. Another example of us trying to get to 65% in 2008 as Exceptional!
Got any feedback of your own? Why not contact us and have your say!
The Hong Kong Sevens leg of the Rugby Tournament was held between 30th March and 1st April 2007. We carried a number of both private and corporate clients to & from the airport en route to the tournament. On the Saturday Club Class sponsored a message on the score board thanking all those who chose Club Class for their journeys. We hope you all had an enjoyable trip and we look forward to carrying you again next year, which will be Friday 28th – Monday 30th March 2008.