News and events
Rental giant Northgate Vehicle Hire becomes latest business champion (1 Sep 10)
Britain's largest vehicle rental company, Northgate Vehicle Hire, has been invited to join the government-backed Driving for Better Business campaign.
PDS Cardiff Event in association with Driving for Better Business (31 Aug 10)
Driving for Better Business campaign takes at-work road safety message to Wales with help from champion fleets.
Basketball stars recruited to promote "play and drive by the rules" message (27 Aug 10)
At a time when many road safety marketing budgets are being reduced, a new information campaign on road safety to coincide with the Basketball World Championship 2010.
Fleet Van Conference - 30th September 2010 (25 Aug 10)
The Van Fleet Conference will be held at the National Motor Cycle Museum, Birmingham, on the 30th September.
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Press releases
Britain’s largest vehicle rental company, Northgate Vehicle Hire, has had its reputation for promoting the business benefits of occupational road risk management to employees and customers enhanced by being invited to join the government-backed Driving for Better Business campaign, which is managed by RoadSafe.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has become the first 'blue light' service to become a Driving for Better Business champion.
By achieving a crash reduction of almost a third, ALD Automotive, one of the UK’s leading contract hire and leasing companies, has become the 47th organisation to become a Driving for Better Business champion.
Northgate Vehicle Hire, the UK’s leading commercial vehicle hire company, has once again been recognised for its exceptional health and safety standards gaining another prestigious international safety award.
Kier Islington has become the latest company to join the Government at-work driving safety campaign as itspolicy triggers major crash reductions.
Driver education and the implementation of a range of safe-driving initiatives has resulted in London-based building maintenance and construction company Kier Islington cutting vehicle crashes by almost a third in 12 months delivering significant financial savings.
The British Library 'books' zero crash statisitcs and achieves Driving for Better Business champion status.
It is home to 14 million books and 920,000 journal and newspaper titles and runs a vehicle fleet that is driven so safely that there are no official crash statistics. ‘Grey’ fleet policies and procedures are the next to be tightened however.
Two of RoadSafe’s Driving for Better Business champions have received national recognition for their commitment to fleet safety.
At the 2010 Fleet World Honours, Langley’s Solicitors, of York and Lincoln, won the Fleet Safety Award for Small Fleets. Essex County Council won the Fleet Safety Award for Large Fleets.
Fostering Solutions extends caring ethos to at-work driving to gain Government ‘Business Champion’ status.
Staff morale improvements, a reduction in employee absenteeism and insurance premium reductions are among the main benefits of a high-profile at-work driving safety policy implemented by Fostering Solutions, which has gained national recognition.
British Telecom, which is the vanguard of championing occupational road safety in the UK, is the first winner of the European Transport Safety Council’s ‘Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees’ (PRAISE) Award.
As part of its road safety programme, volunteer Arval employees are trialling an innovative seatbelt enhancement device to assess its safety and posture benefits...
Europe’s leading home delivery company, Hermes, is in the vanguard of cutting road deaths and injuries after introducing a range of safe-driving measures that have contributed to a £1 million cost saving in the 12 months to April 2010.
The 43 ‘business champions’ that have so far been recruited to the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign are to be encouraged to increasingly promote the benefits of safe driving to their industry and business sectors and employers in their areas.
At-work driving safety initiatives introduced by diversified technology company 3M - including a ban on all mobile phone use while on the move - are being followed by other employers.
Implementation of a comprehensive occupational road risk management strategy coupled with a targeted drive to reduce vehicle use has resulted in Essex County Council becoming the latest organisation to achieve ‘business champion’ status from the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign.
Almost 50 public and private sector fleets, including many of the UK’s leading commercial vehicle operators, are in the vanguard of a Government-backed drive to reduce the number of road crashes involving at-work drivers.
Cost control, occupational road risk management and carbon footprint reduction are three agenda-topping but inextricably linked issues that should be focusing the minds of most fleet decision-makers, according to the ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign.
Occupational road safety expertise gathered at Langleys Solicitors has resulted in the launch of an outreach programme to lead other businesses as the organisation becomes the first legal firm to secure ‘business champion’ status from the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe.
FOUR ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign ‘business champions’ were among the winners at this year’s Fleet News Awards - known as the industry ‘Oscars’.
A scaffolding company is aiming to improve the image of the industry in which it operates after being identified as one of Britain’s safest fleets by the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe.
Suffering a broken neck in a road crash has given fleet manager Leigh Stiff a unique insight into why all public and private sector organisations should take their occupational road risk management responsibilities seriously.
Britain's safety-focused fleets urged to sign the 'Pledge' by campaigners.
Britain’s safety-focused fleets are being urged to follow the lead of RoadSafe and the ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign and sign the ‘Pledge’ - the Health and Safety Executive’s online forum to promote risk management.
Kier Harlow joins Government at-work driving safety campaign as policy triggers huge savings.
Driver education and the implementation of a wide-range of road safety initiatives have triggered a massive reduction in accidents and significant financial savings at building maintenance and environmental services business Kier Harlow.
Driving for Better Business Champion speaks out on road safety.
Tracey Young, Fleet & Road Safety Manager at Arval, has presented to businesses in Ireland at the Driving for Better Business Seminar, a national forum to promote best practice and road safety within the business community...
Champion Safe Driving Fleets back Government plans for at-work driving vocational qualifications
Government proposals to introduce vocational driving qualifications for at-work drivers have been unanimously backed by some of Britain’s most safety-focused fleets...
Major Utility Company becomes Business Champion after Cutting Crash Costs
The UK’s largest utility company has saved thousands of pounds after slashing its accident frequency by a third as a consequence of boosting its occupational road risk management strategy with the introduction of a health and safety roadmap.
Safety-focused fleet leaders call for post-test driving for work qualification for young drivers
The overwhelming majority of Britain’s officially recognised safest fleets want the Government to introduce a nationally-recognised post-test driving for work qualification for young drivers.
Road crashes are the single biggest killer of young people in the UK with almost 1,200 killed or seriously injured on the roads every year. Young drivers, especially those under 20, are nearly 12 times more likely than those aged 35-65 to have caused a fatal crash than to have been innocently involved in one.
Former police inspector leads energy firm’s drive to cut road crashes as it joins Government-backed campaign
A former police inspector is heading up the implementation of a robust occupational road risk management programme at energy company CE Electric UK, which has become the latest organisation to join the ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign as a ‘business champion’...
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An increased drive to raise greater awareness among fleets of the business benefits of pro-actively managing occupational road risk will take place following the decision of the Institute of Car Fleet Management (ICFM) to officially support the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign delivered by RoadSafe. The ICFM, the UK’s only independent ‘not for profit’ organisation dedicated to furthering the education, recognising the achievements and advancing the profession of car fleet management, has become a campaign partner...
Two of Britain’s best-known businesses have won prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards for fleet vehicle initiatives they have taken to cut road crashes.
Royal Mail Group and Tesco.com each won a Fleet Operator Award, sponsored by
the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) Fleet...
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General Motors UK, one of Britain’s leading vehicle manufacturers and car and van retailers, has become the first motor company to join the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe.
After boosting its occupational road risk management measures five years ago with the launch of its ‘Safe Driving Programme’, the company has introduced a string of initiatives that has resulted in halving the number of road crashes involving vehicles on its 600-strong fleet and a 20% cut in annual insurance premiums...
The first charity has joined the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe. Hopes are now high that the involvement by the Greater Manchester-based Seashell Trust in the campaign will lead to more charities implementing robust occupational road risk management policies and procedures, particularly in respect of ‘grey’ fleet vehicles - privately-owned cars driven on work-related journeys...
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One of the world’s largest occupational road risk management programmes has been established by Royal Mail Group and earned the organisation ‘business champion’ status under the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe...
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Driving for Better Business, the award-winning government-backed safety campaign delivered by RoadSafe is fully behind the Van Best Practice programme - launched today. The Van Best Practice programme is a reinforcement of the message that good management improves profit and also makes for a safer, cleaner world...
The London Borough of Hackney is blazing a trail for other local authorities with the introduction of a wide range of at-work driving safety initiatives that has seen the council become a ‘business champion’ under the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe...
A gold standard five-point action plan to help other businesses introduce occupational road risk management policies has been compiled by CGGVeritas, which has established itself as one of Britain’s leading safe driving companies...
A multi-faceted two-year driver safety management strategy by engineering and design consultancy Atkins has culminated in the company becoming a ‘business champion’ under the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe...
Nine more organisations have joined the national Driving for Better Business campaign as ‘business champions’ after winning plaudits for their safety first approach to managing the risk posed by employees who drive on business...
City of York Council is bringing a management strategy for Health and Safety to culmination by joining the Government backed “Driving for Better Business” campaign as a Business Champion. The Council assesses driving by its employees as one of the most significant risk its 7,500 employees face as they carry out their day to day activities. Council employees drive some 1.2 million miles by car alone on council business over the course of a year...
The continuous evolvement of an at-work driving road safety programme that started four years ago and has triggered a significant reduction in crashes and numerous corporate and employee benefits has led to the Faversham House Group becoming a ‘business champion’...
Safe driving champion fleet Arval is taking the promotion of occupational road risk management to a new level following the formation of an industry-leading Road Safety Working Party...
The online shopping arm of Britain’s biggest retailer, Tesco, is savings millions of pounds following the implementation of an industry-leading occupational road risk management programme...
Gloucestershire County Council is among the first public sector organisations to become a 'business champion' under the Government-backed 'Driving for Better Business' campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe.
The county council operates a fleet of 175 vehicles, which includes company cars and vans as well as specialist vehicles mobile libraries and minibuses with wheelchair access...
Some of Britain’s safest fleets - including the Bethell Group, Centrica and Wolseley - will sign the European Road Safety Charter in London on Wednesday, July 8.
All three companies have underlined their commitment to at-work driving road safety and reducing the number of employees killed and injured when behind the wheel on business by becoming ‘business champions’ under the Department for Transport’s occupational road risk management outreach programme...
Diversified technology company 3M played its part in helping astronaut Neil Armstrong become the first man to walk on the moon and 40 years later the organisation is in the vanguard of promoting occupational road safety...
Two of Britain’s safest fleets that are supporters of the ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign have won national awards along with the programme itself, which is managed by RoadSafe on behalf of the Government.
The unique hat-trick of awards were collected yesterday (Wednesday, May 20) by Chamberlain Doors, Wolseley UK and RoadSafe for the ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign at the 2009 Fleet World Honours...
The Bethell Group, one of the UK’s leading independent construction, power and rail group based in Kearsley, Greater Manchester has joined the Government’s campaign to improve the safety of “at work” drivers...
Mike Brown, Fleet Services Director of Balfour Beatty Plant and Fleet Services (BBPFS), emphasised BBPFS’s total commitment to safety in its large fleet when he recently briefed the ‘Risk in Fleet conference’ on the initial implementation of Balfour Beatty’s new “Zero Harm” safety culture.
Balfour Beatty has some 14,000 vehicles on the road on any given day. “Zero Harm” aims to introduce an environment in which there are zero fatalities and serious injuries to employees; sub-contractors and the general public by 2012...
Karen Diggle, Managing Director of Chamberlain Doors put driving safety clearly on the list of successes for small and medium sized enterprises. She was speaking about her firm’s total commitment to safety at the recent Risk in Fleet Conference in the presence of the Chairman of her Board of Directors, Roy Chamberlain, Chairman of the Chamberlain Group of Companies...
Two of Britain’s most safety conscious fleet chiefs will be highlighting the best practice initiatives they have introduced to cut crashes and save money at a major fleet conference next month.
Case studies on Balfour Beatty Plant and Fleet Services and Chamberlain Doors, both of whom are ‘business champions’ under the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is managed by RoadSafe, will make essential listening at the 2009 Managing Risk in Fleet conference.
Safety-focused businesses should ban employees from using all mobile phones while driving after a company director was believed to have become the first person in Britain to be convicted of careless driving over the use of a hands-free mobile phone.
The landmark court case has a significant impact for all businesses, as well as public sector fleets, says the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign.
Cutting costs is the number one priority facing fleet decision-makers and introducing a comprehensive occupational road risk management strategy is one of the most effective money-saving measures for private and public sector organisations.
Case study evidence from ‘business champions’ behind the Government’s ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign supports a significant weight of industry research that concludes that investing in safety delivers financial benefits to an organisation’s bottom line...
An alarming number of companies have no idea how much road crashes cost their business, according to research undertaken among delegates attending a series of trailblazing seminars organised by Cambridgeshire County Council.
The award-winning eight-month pilot project saw representatives from 273 companies across Cambridgeshire - mainly small and medium enterprises - attend one of eight occupational road risk management seminars held in partnership with Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue, Peterborough City Council and RoadSafe...
A new training programme for managers at TNT Express will be rolled out globally next year as part of its commitment to road safety.
The managers’ one-day module has been developed to provide value to every country in which TNT operates and is expected to be launched in January 2009.
All managers of fleets and drivers will have to go through the module, which is intended to help them deliver the TNT Express target of creating common best practice safety standards in every one of the 200-plus countries in which it operates...
The head of one of Britain’s best-known fleets has been honoured with a national award for his best practice work including a road safety programme which has saved millions of pounds in crash costs.Dino Papas, fleet manager at Tesco.com, was named Fleet Manager of the Year - Delivery/Logistics, at the first-ever Fleet Van Awards, held at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, on December 2, 2008...
Electronic stability control (ESC) is billed by road safety experts as the most significant life-saving advance since the seat belt - and increasingly fleet managers are waking up to its crash avoidance potential.
The Europe-wide ‘Choose ESC!’ campaign is being promoted in the UK by RoadSafe, which is working with the police and a raft of other agencies to encourage all companies and organisations to implement best practice occupational road risk management programmes.
The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has become one of the first trade associations in the country to back the Government’s road safety-focused ‘Driving for Better Business’ programme.
For many employees, driving on business is the most dangerous task they undertake during their working life, according to official figures...
Balfour Beatty Plant & Fleet Services is the most recent organisation to become a ‘business champion’ under the Governments ‘Driving for Better Business’ safety programme due to its radical approach to road safety and reducing the number of road traffic collisions by its extensive fleet of vehicles...
Corporate action to cut the number of employees involved in road crashes must increase following publication of alarming new Government statistics, according to RoadSafe, which campaigns to reduce vehicle-related deaths and injuries...
Electronic stability control (ESC) is billed by road safety experts as the most significant life-saving advance since the seat belt - and increasingly fleet managers are waking up to its crash avoidance potential.
Telford-based Kaba Door Systems, has taken the industry-leading step to ban any vehicle without ESC from being purchased...
M&G Vehicle Hire Ltd., a subsidiary of Northgate plc., has become the latest vehicle rental company to sign up as a business champion for the government backed Driving for Better Business programme managed by RoadSafe.
M&G Vehicle Hire Ltd. is based in Hull, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Sheffield.Its primary target is the commercial vehicle hire market in South and East Yorkshire as well as North Lincolnshire.But its modern fleet of almost 5700 vehicles is available to the market throughout the United Kingdom from these 6 sites...
Brewer Greene King cut its road crash costs by more than £150,000 in 2006/7 as its in-house developed safe driving initiative continued to pay dividends.
In the last four years more than 500 members of staff – HGV, LGV and company car drivers as well as occasional pool car drivers and employees who drive their own car on business - have all completed individual...
RoadSafe is urging visitors to this year’s British International Motor Show to seek out the Department for Transport’s ACT ON CO2 stand in the Greener Driving Pavilion, where DfT staff will be on hand to offer advice on how fuel efficient driving and car choice can save money and reduce CO2...
HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO, the patron of RoadSafe, attended a showcase event for the government backed Driving for Better Business programme at Cranfield University today (11th June 2008). The Prince presented certificates to the first group of business ‘champions’...
Northgate plc, quoted on the London Stock Exchange and a FTSE 250 company, has become the latest vehicle rental company to sign up as a business champion of the government backed Driving for Better Business programme managed by RoadSafe...
RoadSafe will be promoting the successful Driving for Better Business programme on their stand (M65) at the up-coming Fleet Business Show at Business Design Centre, Islington 29th – 30th April...
YourFleet, Britain’s 5th largest vehicle management and leasing broker, has become the latest organisation to sign up as a business champion of the government backed Driving for Better Business programme managed by RoadSafe...
Safety-focused Kwik-Fit Fleet, Britain’s largest independent fast-fit company, is launching a major occupational road risk management survey in conjunction with RoadSafe, which is managing the Government’s ‘Driving for Better Business’ programme...
Growing recognition of the importance of the government backed Driving for Better Business programme has led Wolseley to support the initiative by becoming a Business Champion...
LeasePlan, the world’s largest vehicle management and leasing provider, has become the latest leasing company to sign up as a business champion of the government backed Driving for Better Business programme managed by RoadSafe...
Driving for Better Business to focus on broadening its network by engaging with the vehicle leasing industry. Major leasing and fleet companies are being encouraged to support the government backed programme, Driving for Better Business, by signing up for a free monthly eNewsletter which will provide useful, and up-to-date information on subjects related to safer driving for work. By registering for the newsletter, companies will become part of the Driving for Better Business network and join a host of companies and ‘Business Champions’ committed to work related road safety. This network already includes Arval and YourFleet, as well as Tesco.com, BT and T-Mobile, amongst others...
A raft of expert advice on best practice occupational road risk management will be available at the 2008 Fleet Business Show, which is being held on April 29 and 30 in London, and RoadSafe will be one of the leading exhibitors...
This year, Centrica, one of DfBB's Business Champions, is embracing Road Safety Week and encouraging its entire workforce to drive safely, through a range of initiatives...
Government statistics just published have revealed that 35% of fatal road accidents involve loss of vehicle control. According to RoadSafe, the road safety partnership of leading motor and transport companies, this figure could be dramatically reduced if all vehicles were fitted with stability control technology...
“Driving for Better Business” is a government backed business initiative aimed at reducing the number of deaths and injuries on the roads whilst driving on business...
RoadSafe, the road safety partnership of leading companies in the motor and transport industries, has unveiled the latest government-led road safety scheme: the ‘Driving for Better Business’ safety initiative, part of the government backed ‘Driving for Work Business Champions Programme’ launched at the CV Show earlier this year...
Life-saving technology could help reduce 4,000 deaths and 100,000 injuries. RoadSafe, the road safety partnership of leading companies in the motor and transport industries, has welcomed the launch of the “Choose ESC!” campaign as a positive contribution to reducing the toll of vehicle deaths and serious injuries across the roads of Europe...
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