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    Maintaining driving focus

    I'm interested in what drivers do to maintain focus and concentration? I appreciate it's very individual, but what do you do when you feel it slipping? I appreciate managing home life, sleep, diet etc before work, how about after a run of long shifts or managing other distractions? Thanks in advance
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    Going part time

    Hi, Does anyone have experience of going part time as a driver? I appreciate lots of details are linked to specific TOC/FOCs but I'm trying to find out about take home pay/pension & brass contributions. For example, if full time salary is £54k, the higher rate of tax is paid, if it's half time...
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    GWR qualified driver talent pool

    Does anyone know what GWR’s approximate current waiting time for qualified drivers is for the south west of applying for their talent pool? Any idea how soon after qualifying they would consider an application? Thanks
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    GWR Penzance

    Does anyone have the telephone number and driver managers name for GWR Penzance please?
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    GWR driving at Plymouth

    Any drivers on here for GWR south west? Do vacancies come up for qualified drivers in Plymouth at all? Thanks
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    The working week

    Does anyone have any experience with the shift patterns for the working week/month? Especially on WMT. I don't have any problems with what it might be, just interested in the balance and needs of the business Ta
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    Freightliner

    Hi, Can anyone tell me what regular routes Freightliner operate to from Birmingham please? Any thoughts on them as an employer, I'm going for final assessments and interviews with them next week. Really impressed by them and the process so far.

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