Driving electric vehicles Electric vehicles are how the UK will decarbonise most fleet activities, from grey fleet and company car pools, to light commercial vehicles and rigids. The only vehicle class where the jury is still out on the optimal technology is the articulated or trunking HGV, which might use hydrogen fuel cells, or
EV fleet risk management Lloyd Morgan Group is a fleet compliance solutions and training provider which has embraced the Driving for Better Business programme and aims to communicate its fleet safety messages to its customer base. Project manager Sam Law and MD Pete Thompson talk to us about risk management in the EV fleet.
Do your drivers have access to effective training? For organisations that employ drivers who tow vehicles or trailers as part of their driving for work activities, it’s essential that the managers of those drivers have access to the most up-to-date and effective training resources. New towing training from DVSA The DVSA has recently launched
Vans Today - free event for employers We are pleased to share details on an event running this week by our friends at Logistics UK - Vans Today is new name for Van Operational Briefings. In this event, they are providing essential briefings on compliance, driver wellbeing and the technological challenges for those who
Van Driver Toolkit - outstanding product of the year National Highways has won a coveted Fleet News Award for its Van Driver Toolkit, developed by the Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention Team as part of the Driving for Better Business programme. It won ‘Outstanding Product of the Year 2022'- so, as April sees us focus
Advancing women in transport Driving for Better Business is marking International Women’s Day (8 March), launching a year of videos, podcasts and features, and teaming up with Women in Transport, a non-for-profit promotional, professional-development and support group. Women make up 47 per cent of the UK workforce yet remain underrepresented in the transport sector,
Van Safety - how do you know? Van Safety - here's a fact for you. Vans and LCVs are involved in more incidents resulting in the deaths of other road users than any other vehicle type per mile travelled. It's a shocking statistic, and when it comes to thinking about van safety, one which
Driver Safety - how do you manage it? When it comes to driver safety, managing driver risk is one of the primary concerns for safety professionals: a booming gig economy; the steady increase in grey fleet use; the growth in online shopping and delivery; rapidly evolving vehicle technology; plus important revisions to the Highway
Safe Loading - Transport Chain Responsibility The Driving for Better Business Campaign is focusing on loading issues this month, so we asked Nina Day from the HSE to join us for the January episode of 'Let's Talk Fleet Risk'. Nina has worked for the Health and Safety Executive for 21 years. She’s a chartered
Raising Fleet standards leads to drop in fleet costs We recently had the pleasure of talking all things fleet with Phil Hitchen, Managing Director of the booming, 25 year old coach business, Belle Vue Coaches of Manchester, for the latest episode in our Driving for Better Business Podcast series. Listen to the podcast
