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At Highways England, our ambition is that no one should be harmed while working or traveling on our network. To achieve this, we’re improving the safety of our roads through the way we design and build our schemes, how we maintain the network to a high standard, and how we manage traffic to keep

Steven Briers, Editor-in-Chief of Fleet News, gives his view on managing grey fleet There is nothing inherently wrong with having a grey fleet. As long as your policy requires any driver using their own car for business to be managed in the same way as a company car driver – with licence

Having launched the findings from our leadership survey this morning I’ve been at the BBC studios in London doing a number of live radio interviews with BBC local radio stations across the country who’ve picked up on some of the headline findings.The report, which you can download here, was commissioned by Driving for Better Business

PRESS RELEASE Survey uncovers UK employers are risking the safety and well-being of those who drive for work  Study of 1,006 UK employees and 255 C-Suite (Executive Directors) highlights failures by UK bosses to implement driving for work policy Failure of C-Suite to implement driving for work policy: Despite three quarters (75%)

Benchmarking your performance Improving how we do anything in life can be very difficult without appropriate inspiration and guidance from a range of sources. Whether we’re trying to improve our fitness and skills to be better at sport, learning to play a musical instrument, or impressing the family with our culinary skills, we all

Agency drivers should be as compliant as any other driver. Richard Owen-Hughes of Driver Hire Nationwide tells us how to achieve it. An important ingredient in the success of the UK economy for many years has been the high level of flexibility of its workforce. This flexibility has delivered a significant competitive advantage as compared

Employers and fleet operators across the country, whose commercial vehicles are defective, or whose drivers break the law, are now coming under closer scrutiny Police forces around the country are increasingly working alongside other agencies such as the DVSA, HSE, HM Revenue & Customs and Highways England on initiatives that are identifying large numbers of

Many people across the UK struggle with mental illness; the most commonly reported afflictions are depression, anxiety, eating disorders and addictions. While mental illness does not discriminate – people of all backgrounds, genders and age groups are susceptible – there is one demographic that is likely to suffer the most: men. It is a

Highways England works hard to help drivers understand how to be safe and feel safe while driving on England’s motorways, particularly the importance of obeying red x and variable speed limit signs and what to do in a breakdown. Research by Driving for Better Business has shown that at least 85% of businesses use