Another leading Highways England contractor has become the latest to be awarded Driving for Better Business Champion status after significantly boosting its safety record, while making major savings on fuel, insurance and collision damage costs. The achievements of Costain Group plc were recognised by Highways England Chief Executive, Jim O’Sullivan, who presented the smart
As the organisation behind Driving for Better Business, Highways England knows that it must lead by example. Following a lengthy review of its own internal processes, including risk assessments of their work-related driving requirements in each region and the development of a new Driving for Work policy, Highways England are now promoting Driving for
At the recent Highways England Supply Chain Masterclass, Chief Executive Jim O’Sullivan outlined his expectations of their supply chain with regards to how they managed their work-related road risk and, importantly, his expectations that all of Highways England’s Tier 1 suppliers would work towards becoming Driving for Better Business Champions.As part of that Masterclass, James
If there’s one overriding change that John Pryor, chairman of ACFO, has witnessed in over 30 years in fleet management, it’s the advent of ‘Mobility’ - the holistic management of business travel. Now, as never before, he says, it is incumbent on employer – and employee – to consider business travel in the broadest terms
Driving for Better Business has announced that Highways England Chief Executive Jim O'Sullivan will open their supply chain masterclass at this year’s Highways UK. The recently awarded contracts under the Area 10 ALD framework are the first to contain new requirements relating to the management of work-related road risk, and Highways England are now
The Department for Transport’s British Road Safety Statement (2015) placed emphasis on improving occupational road safety by promoting good practice to employers. Specific Government priorities objectives include working towards a reduction in work-related road collisions and encouraging faster uptake of new vehicle safety technology such as Autonomous Emergency Braking systems (AEB) which have been
The Brake Fleet Safety Awards were held last night at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole near the NEC and, once again, our Business Champions were well represented. The fact that so many attended is testament to their commitment to promoting road safety and helping to sustain a thriving community of like-minded individuals. We had a
Amey and WJ Group recognised by Highways England for their achievements in managing work-related road risk. Amey reduce incidents by 38%, while WJ reduce incidents by 20% in 12 months. Both have also seen significant reductions in fuel use and emissions, as well as other key fleet management costs. Highways England calls on public
October is Tyre Safety Month and this year’s campaign has a musical theme – Tune into Tyre Safety. When did you last Get into the Groove to do a tyre tread depth check? Did you know 27% of tyres are already illegal by the time they are replaced? Are your tyres Under Pressure ?
Driving for Better Business has teamed up with Project EDWARD (European Day Without A Road Death) to create a simple 10 question quiz around some of the contributory factors for serious collisions. Business drivers are often unwittingly, or sometimes knowingly, putting other road users at risk in so many ways, often through a lack of
