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New electric vehicles help National Highways cut emissions  

By |2024-06-03T17:18:17+01:00February 8th, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

National Highways cutting carbon emissions National Highways is continuing to super-charge its drive to cut carbon emissions with 307 state-of-the-art zero emission and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) joining its fleet.  The new vehicles are set to cut around 250 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year and will be put into service over the

Driver Medicals and fitness to drive – what you need to know

By |2024-06-03T17:23:11+01:00February 6th, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

Fitness to Drive - The importance of a D4 Medical Driver Medicals - what do you need to know? The aim of this article is to provide clarity on exactly what a D4 medical is, its importance for drivers and those who manage drivers, and tips for fleet professionals and driver managers to share

Fleet Challenges & Greener Fleets – Fleet Manager Q&A

By |2024-06-03T17:27:34+01:00February 4th, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

Martin Edgecox has been National Fleet Manager at National Highways since 1999. His previous career was in the automotive supply chain working with manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Honda and Ford. He shares his experience of managing a diverse operational fleet. DO I NEED A DRIVING FOR WORK POLICY? Can you describe your role

Women in Transport – Caroline Burnell

By |2024-06-03T17:30:59+01:00February 1st, 2023|DfBB Articles, News, Women in Transport|

1st February 2023 Caroline Burnell  “It was amazing how the interest in what I was doing amongst the commercial vehicle community grew, everyone was so interested”. Caroline, Burnell, Head of Marketing and Communications, eStar Fitness to drive - stress at work Even on our best days, stress can prevent us from

Fitness to drive – mental wellbeing and your drivers

By |2024-06-03T17:33:42+01:00January 24th, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

Fitness to Drive - your drivers' mental wellbeing Driver fatigue, drink driving, drug driving, eyesight and medical conditions - all important aspects of managing your drivers and their fitness to drive. In this blog we focus on mental health and driver wellbeing, an area increasingly highlighted for employers, and one which can most certainly

Women in Transport – Julie Davies

By |2024-06-03T17:44:08+01:00January 3rd, 2023|DfBB Articles, News, Women in Transport|

1st January 2023 Julie Davies “It’s all about leadership” Julie Davies - Group Fleet and Plant Compliance Manager, Amey Julie Davies gets the kind of company leadership that many other fleet compliance managers might dream of: Amey, a leading infrastructure services and engineering company, has a clear vision of putting people

Best Driver Risk Management – could you win this award?

By |2022-12-19T15:38:19+00:00December 16th, 2022|DfBB Articles, News|

Health and Safety Professionals - is this you? Do you have the best Driver Risk Management credentials? Would you like to be recognised for your driver risk management performance? National Highways is looking to celebrate the achievements of some of the UK’s best performing employers when it comes to managing driver risk, with the

Driver Competence – driver training in the construction sector

By |2022-12-11T20:10:03+00:00December 11th, 2022|DfBB Articles, News|

Our guest article this week is from Mark Cowan MILT MARRM, Director of Transport, Logistics & Concrete at the British Aggregates Association and Director at MinTrain™ British Aggregates Association are a partner of the Driving for Better Business Programme and share our ambition to bring about a radical change in how organisations think about

Mobile tyre safety station launched by National Highways

By |2022-12-15T13:04:11+00:00December 9th, 2022|DfBB Articles, News|

Mobile tyre safety station - 28,000 vehicles and counting National Highways launches its mobile tyre safety station which has now tested more than 28,000 vehicles. Did you know that 20% of all breakdowns on the strategic road network (SRN) are caused by tyre failure? That's 50,000 tyre related breakdowns every year - and 30%

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