Driving for Better Business

TES 2000 is a railway infrastructure and construction company. It runs 140 LCVs, mostly two-seater vans, which are used purely for driver transport. In April 2020 Mick Kiely became the first professional fleet manager the company had ever had. He tells us how he drove down incident rates and substantially reduced the company’s fleet costs.

Willmott Dixon is a British privately-owned, contracting and interior fi t-out group. Founded in 1852, its stated mission is to deliver brilliant buildings, which serve and strengthen communities while enhancing local communities. Also sister business Fortem provides specialist property maintenance solutions.

WJ Group is one of the UK’s leading road safety and highway maintenance businesses. It specialises in delivering road markings, road studs, high friction and coloured safety surfacing, retexturing, crack and joint sealing, industrial surface preparation, marine surface coatings, TASCAR, CCTV, and stopped vehicle detection, as well as other Intelligent Traffic Solutions services and products.

Driving for Better Business is teaming up with Women in Transport, for the Women in Transport Podcast. Women in Transport is a non-for-profit promotional, professional-development and support group. In this first episode of the podcast we mark International Women's Day with a celebration of Women In Transport.

This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2021 and features Kanwal Kanda - Principal Inspector, Head of HSE Transport Sector

This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2021 and features Jim Magner - Programme Development Manager, Driving for Better Business

Following the deaths of two of its workers after driving whilst fatigued, a firm has been found guilty of failing to discharge its duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Confidence in your fleet safety profile comes from three things. Understanding everything you’re responsible for, making sure everything is managed in line with industry best practices, and having a robust audit trail to prove everything was done correctly. Barrie will talk through the key things required to ensure everything is taken care of, and that your managers, your colleagues and your drivers can have confidence you’re on top of the job. This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2022 and features Barrie Wilson - Commercial Fleet Director, FleetCheck

Driving for Better Business, and strategic partner FleetCheck, have collaborated on a series of short videos to help fleet operators and business owners navigate these new challenges.

Questions and answers from our COVID-19 webinar with Fleet News

Our formula for cultivating a healthy culture where van drivers treat driving as a professional aspect of their job.

David Phillips introduced a workplace ambassador structure to enhance accountability and foster ownership among staff. It also joined FORS, and involved its drivers in its preparation and the audit necessary for accreditation