
01Section
Building the running order
We begin with the final appointment of the day and plan backwards from it. For every address we pin down the true set-down point instead of the postcode centroid, and we time each gap between stops for the hour it falls in, not a flat average. Take a 09:00 meeting on Bishopsgate followed by a 10:15 in Victoria. Depending on the hour, the pair can sit twenty minutes apart or forty.
For each stop, the completed sheet gives its place in the sequence, the address, the building entrance, the contact and the planned departure time. Copies go to all chauffeurs on duty that day, plus the person managing the schedule for the client. Nothing is amended by word of mouth, and there's only ever one version of the document.
- A checked set-down spot at each address, rather than a postcode alone
- Travel time for each leg based on the hour it runs
- Building entrance and named contact noted for every stop
- Spare time kept in reserve at the point the schedule is likeliest to slip












