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
Managing road risk in your business Managing road risk is at the heart of the Driving for Better Business Programme. It's becoming an increasingly important area for businesses that employ drivers, as high profile incidents involving driver distraction and driver fatigue make the news. It's not always easy to cut through the noise though,
Driving for work - revised guidance The Health and Safety Executive launched its improved and expanded guidance for the way we use commercial vehicles today, at The Health and Safety Event 2021 at the NEC, Birmingham. The guidance will be delivered by a new dynamic website delivering resources for those who manage drivers. The
UK Business Resilience - post COVID 19 Last year, Driving for Better Business published its Business Resilience report into how companies were dealing with the challenges they faced. This July we followed up with a survey of the same 150 SME business owners and 150 decision-makers at board level in large enterprises, to get
Image courtesy of BBC News Lorry sheds load on Tesla Company Director Neil Collins and his wife Alison were lucky to escape from their Tesla Model 3 with minor injuries after this crash last week, in which a lorry shed its load of insecure concrete slabs on top of the car as it rounded
Autonomous fleets - have your say The Law Commission is nearing the end of their third consultation paper on a regulatory framework for automated vehicles. While fully autonomous vehicles may be some way off, they raise some important questions around risk management, especially for fleet operators and we’ve recently discussed some of those implications
Fleets - avoid vehicle breakdowns While many van fleets have been operating at increased capacity with the boom in home ordering during lockdown, those businesses that have been closed or operating at much lower levels will be keen to get back to work as the restrictions begin to lift. Non-essential retail will be starting
Driving in the rain With Storm Christoph causing severe flooding across the UK leading to thousands of residents evacuating their homes and road closures, the adverse weather conditions are causing additional work related road risk for drivers to navigate. Driving for Better Business speaks to Dave Harford - a Highways England Traffic Officer and
18th January 2021, London, U.K. – Today on ‘Blue Monday,’ Driving for Better Business (DfBB), a government-backed Highways England campaign, raises awareness of the mental health challenges van drivers face amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The suicide rate for van drivers is 25% higher than the national average and during COVID-19, mental health challenges for
The outlook for managing drivers and vehicles in 2021 First of all, the team at Driving for Better Business would like to wish everyone in our community a very Happy New Year! 2020 was an extremely difficult year for many of us, including those of you who are involved in managing drivers, and the
