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

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

The statistics around Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) - the condition where the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, interrupting breathing and disturbing sleep, potentially triggering severe daytime sleepiness - make alarming reading. The OSA Partnership Group, a group of organisations with an interest in this common condition, recently reported that it

Andy Eastlake has a background in engineering that has seen him involved in vehicle crash testing, emissions optimisation, fuel economy, electrification and, most recently, clean air strategy and government policy. He is convinced that improving transport safety and air quality must increasingly go hand in hand. And he believes that much can be done

A water tight policy is nothing without day-to-day adherence. Ensuring this adherence can become a real burden; a cycle of enforcement and consequence. This can result in a negative experience for everyone involved, but it doesn’t have to be like that. Like building a house, you’ve got to do the ground work first, a solid