The CILT Scottish Region Archives 2001

The year began with a presentation by the Scottish Branch Chairman, Mr. G. Condron, on "Customer Service Satisfaction". This was followed by Mr. Howard Blessington who spoke about the "Holy Grail" of transport economics, Road Pricing and later in February a group visited the ASDA Regional Distribution Centre at Grangemouth. Mr. John G. Russell spoke on "Scotland's Trade with Europe" in March and this was followed by a visit to British Transport Police Headquarters, Scotland. "Driving Scotland Forward" was the title of Freda Rapson's talk at the annual Perth Meeting. The last event before the summer recess was a visit to Eurocentral and a tour of the facilities.

The August event was a visit to the Powderhall Waste Transfer Station in Edinburgh and in September Harper Collins Publishers at Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow was the destination. Both of these visits were eduational and interesting. Ian Souter spoke on the "Potential for Light Rail" at meeting in Edinburgh on 22 October and the Branch Chairman gave his second lecture of the year in Aberdeen the following evening.

A visit to Glasgow Airport and a look behind the scenes took place in early November and Chris Austin spoke on "The Strategy for Rail in Scotland" later that month. The beginning of December featured a visit to the Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, where there was both a tour of the brewery and sampling of the ales! the last meeting of 2001 was addressed by Mr. Mike Betts, the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland and this meeting also included the traditional festive fare and refreshments.

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Events in 2001

• "Customer Service Satisfaction" by Mr Gerry Condron - Meeting on 16 January 2001.
• "Road Pricing" by Mr. Howard Blessington - Meeting of 6 February 2001.
• Visit to ASDA's Regional Distribution Centre at Grangemouth on Tuesday 20 February 2001.
• "Scotland's Trade with Europe" by Mr. John G. Russell - Meeting of 13 March 2001.
• Visit to British Transport Police HQ on 3 April 2001.
• "Driving Scotland Forward" by Freda Rapson - Meeting on 24 April 2001.
• Visit to Eurocentral on 8 May 2001.
• Visit to Powderhall Waste Transfer Station on 21 August 2001.
• Visit to Harper Collins Publishers on 4 September 2001.
• "The Potential for Light Rail" by Ian Souter - Meeting on 22 October 2001.
• "Managing the Customer Relationship" by Mr. Gerry Condron - Meeting on 23 October 2001.
• Visit to Glasgow Airport on 7 November 2001.
• "Strategy for Rail in Scotland" by Chris Austin - Meeting of 19 November 2001.
• Visit to the Caledonian Brewery - 4 December 2001.
• "A Traffic Commissioner's View" by Mr. M. W. Betts - Meeting of Tuesday 18 December 2001.