Neil Kanter
Director / Freelance Driver – Kanter Transport Limited
Avon, Bristol Avon, UK
neil@kanter-transport.co.uk
07715660486

After completing my Business Studies degree at the University of the West of England (UWE), I decided to follow my childhood passion of working in local transport, and with training to become a Bus and Coach Driver followed shortly afterwards with gaining my Class 2 license. Over the past 2 years I have been taking a personal interest in more of the planning aspects with studying for an MSc in Transport Planning at UWE, Bristol.
Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Work Experience

Director / Freelance Driver
Kanter Transport Limited – BRISTOL, UK
November 2015 to Present
Running my company with a small team of drivers, undertaking both Bus and Coach work, personally I have been undertaking Bus, Coach and Class 2 truck work for a number of clients around the South West. In this role, I have learned a lot about the running and managing of a business, from client relateship management to encouraging payment of invoice’s from clients. In addition to a number of other skills;
♦ Designing and creating Terms of Business;
♦ Running monthly Payroll;
♦ Finding new sources of work and new clients;
♦ Matching work to drivers abilities.

Relief PSV Driver
Blue – Arrow, Bristol, UK
September 2015 to November 2015
Working as a relief PSV Driver on behalf of Blue Arrow’s clients around the Bristol Area.

Park and Ride PSV Driver
CT Plus – Bristol, UK
July 2015 to September 2015
Driving bendy buses around Bristol on the Portway and Bath Road Park and Ride services. Additionally, helping as needed on private contract runs.

PSV Driver
First Bus – Bristol, UK
September 2014 to July 2015
I trained as PSV Driver as part of First Bus training school. Then started to work out of the Hengrove depot working on service routes around the Bristol area.

Customer Service Assistant
Southern Co-Op – Bristol, UK
July 2014 to September 2014
Working in my local Co-Op as a CSA, covering a number of task including;
– Serving on the tills;
– Restocking the sales floor;
– Date checking goods;
– Ordering stock; and,
– Processing deliveries.

Trainee Manager
McColls Retail Group – Bristol, UK
July 2011 to May 2014
In my time working for McColls Retail Group, I was working as a trainee manager learning about all aspects of the business and the effective running of stores. I had a range of varied duties including;
– Staff Training;
– Daily and Weekly banking;
– Preparing stores for stock take;
– Ensuring that the stores met our daily and weekly KPI’s;
– Preparing stores to transfer ownership; and,
– Report all store events to head office and any other organisations needed.
As well as helping in all areas of the store as and when needed.

Education

MSc in Transport Planning in far include
University of the West of England – Bristol, UK
September 2015 to November 2017

Ba (Hons) in Business Studies
University of the West of England – Bristol, UK
September 2010 to July 2014

A-Levels in few results including
City Academy – Bristol, UK
January 2000 to July 2006
A/S in Law and AVCE in Business Studies and ICT

Certifications/Licences

Transport Manager CPC PSV International
February 2018 to Present

Additional Information

Skills

♦ Customer Service;
♦ Business Administration;
♦ Staff Rotas;
♦ Staff Training;
♦ Good understanding of EU and GB Driving Hours and rules; and,
♦ Sales and Marketing;