Why More Women Are Joining the Transport Industry Amid Covid-19

Yesterday marked International Women’s Day.

Did you take a moment to celebrate the incredible women in your life?

Is It Time For More Women In The Transport Industry?

The pandemic, unfortunately, hasn’t helped in closing the gender gap—especially around pay and employment.

In fact, Covid-19 has impacted women’s jobs disproportionately.

Women have been hit harder by redundancy, business closures, and increased home responsibilities.

Many had to become full-time caregivers when schools shut down.

Male-Dominated vs. Female-Dominated Industries

Male-dominated fields saw hiring slowdowns during the pandemic.

But the impact on female-dominated industries has been staggering.

Sectors like beauty and weddings felt a major hit due to restrictions.

This shift may be why more women are now exploring careers as couriers.

When you think of a white van or delivery driver, do you picture a woman at the wheel?

Why not?

The culture is shifting, and Covid-19 is sparking that change.

Leading The Way In Gender Representation

This week, Scotland set an example in pushing for gender equality in transport.

M&H Carriers, a Scottish transport company, is working to improve gender representation.

Even though women make up 47% of the UK workforce, only 20% work in transport.

But M&H Carriers aims to change that.

Women hold over half of the senior roles at the company.

Their goal?

To break down stereotypes of transport as a male-only field.

They hope more women will begin to see it as a viable career.

The Arts Moving Into Transport

The Arts industry also faced huge setbacks due to Covid-19.

Many artists turned to the delivery industry, stepping into key worker roles.

For example, a trombonist took a job at Yodel.

She spoke of the respect she gained for delivery drivers’ hard work.

A violinist also joined the industry, delivering for Waitrose.

Despite qualifying for government grants, she couldn’t sit idle.

Her new role helped her stay motivated, and she even volunteered at a charity shop on weekends.

Delivery Work: Challenging But Rewarding

As many of you know, delivery driving isn’t easy.

The demands have only grown over the past year and show no signs of slowing.

Yet, we welcome more women to join this vital industry.

Let’s continue fighting for gender equality, together.

For any women considering the delivery field, remember:

You’ll need more than standard van insurance to get started.

Take a look here to see how we can help.

White Van Man Goes Green

We have said it before and we will say it again – you bunch never cease to surprise us.

News this week is that the typical white van man of all the social stereotypes is seemingly a thing of the past.

Replaced by a newer, greener van man (or woman) of the future.

It seems that a huge 91% of you believe that we should all be as environmentally friendly as possible.

Two-thirds of you support government initiatives for fewer vehicle emissions on the roads.

A huge 84% of you think companies should be running environmentally-friendly vehicles.

And 35% of you are considering an electric van when the time comes to upgrade your motor. 

The survey, commissioned by Fiat, to launch its new electric van the E-Ducato,

also found that many of you are not as beloved of the beer and fry-up’s diet as stereotypes may suggest.

In fact, one in five van drivers are either vegetarian or vegan,

and most prefer a cereal bar or bagel to bacon and eggs to get you going in the morning. 

You’re also a sensitive bunch too, with two-thirds of you claiming to be offended that other motorists consider van drivers to be aggressive on the road.

The majority claim to take pride in their vans, keeping them clean and tidy at all times.

And are often to be found foot tapping along to the gentle sounds of Radio 2’s greatest hits, rather than blasting out beats whilst cutting up other road users.

Whether you’re a devotee or diesel, a die-hard petrolhead or an electric eco-warrior, you all deserve the recognition that you deserve for keeping us going through lockdown.

But you also deserve the easiest way to renew your van insurance, whatever type of vehicle you drive.

And that’s why we are here for you – just a few moments using our free quote tool can deliver the best van insurance deals to your inbox, so you can get back to your spirulina smoothie.

Van Insurance Down 5%? (And Important Announcement)

“Could it be?” Van drivers such as yourself are saying around this nation of ours. “Is van insurance really down in 2018?”

According to Consumer Intelligence that is exactly what is happening right now. Van insurance is down…and it is down a whopping 5%!

Why? Mainly because of the Civil Liability Bill, which means it is easier to crack down on the fraudsters and save the van insurance companies from having to pay out for fraudulent claims.

They can then pass on the savings to you, the hard working van driver.

I wouldn’t get too excited if I was you. Don’t start breaking out the party hats and balloons just yet, because if I was you then I would consider two important factors first.

Number 1: Do you really trust the van insurance companies to hold their promise and keep on passing on the 5% into your bank account? How long until it goes into their bank account? Think about it.

Number 2: Although van insurance is down over the last 3 months by 5%…over the last 4 years and 6 months it is actually up by 34.9%. The overall trend is simple…

Van Insurance is getting MORE EXPENSIVE!

The solution is to use a van insurance comparison website, such as ours, and then get quotes from as many companies as possible.

Many of our trusted partners fight with each other to win your business. And is the reason why you will find such cheap quotes.

Thousands of plumbers, carpenters, white van men and women, electricians, men (or women) with a van, removal companies, and LCV owners have used our simple 3 minute form to get cheap van quotes time and time again.

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P.S. Important Announcement From CVI

Imagine…finding a lost sheet of music written by Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Or picture this…finding a lost painting by Pablo Picasso. Something that nobody has ever seen before.

Well, here at CVI headquarters we have something just as amazing.

As you may be aware, our Chief News Reporter was recently arrested in France and sentenced to 7 years in the maximum security prison de Bordeaux. We believe he is innocent.

Yesterday we were sorting through his desk, looking for any clues of innocence when…

We found a single sheet of A4 paper, still fresh, like it had only been ripped out of a pad yesterday.

This piece of paper features the last known work of our CNR. Quite possibly his last composition. Who knows.

At the top of the page was the headline:

“Full Metal Bracket.”

And although an unfinished piece, it is an instant classic. Quite possibly his best.

We will be posting it next week for all of you CVI enthusiasts to read and then our JNR will finish it off with a few facts about the news story.

Make sure you tune in for that…oh…and don’t forget to fill in our 3 minute form if you want Cheap Van Insurance.

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