Make reducing fleet maintenance costs your New Year Resolution Happy New Year to everyone in the Driving for Better Business Network Many employers still don’t fully realise how much their bottom line can be impacted by poor management of those who drive for work. If your drivers are involved in collisions then there are

On the 28th and 29th November, Driving for Better Business, in conjunction with the Stop the Crash Partnership ran a series of demonstrations for the latest collision avoidance technology at Thatcham Research's Upper Heyford proving ground. Some the country’s leading fleet decision makers came to experience for themselves just what this technology does and how

Driving for Better Business held a breakfast briefing session at the Safer Highways UK conference, part of Highways UK on the 8th November at Birmingham NEC. Our keynote address for this session was presented by Lucy Fell, the Director for Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Highways England. Safer Highways is a conference specifically developed for

Clancy Group, parent company of contractor Clancy Docwra, has become the latest Business Champion for the Driving for Better Business Campaign. Colin Knight, Head of Fleet Safety Management & Compliance at The Clancy Group, thoroughly deserves this award for the work he has done in bringing down both collisions and costs within the Clancy

New Business Champion Announced October was a busy month for the team as we announced our latest Business Champion, McLaren Automotive and, to celebrate this held a fantastic event at their production facility in Woking in partnership with the Institute of Directors. One of the things that most impressed us about McLaren’s journey was

Appy Fleet, part of Trak Global Group (TGG), is teaming up with charities Brake and UK Youth during this year’s Road Safety Week (20-26 November) to promote safe driving for fleet employees on the UK’s roads. Andrew Brown-Allan, who runs Appy Fleet, a safer driving app which uses telematics to score driving behaviour, said that

McLaren Automotive, the world-renowned British sports and supercar maker, is the latest organisation to join the Driving for Better Business (DfBB) campaign as a Business Champion. Main picture: Mike Flewitt, the Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Automotive is presented with the Driving for Better Business Champion Certificate, signed by HRH Prince Michael of Kent.

Autonomous cars and vans aren’t very far away – the technology exists, and some are optimistic we'll see them being available in the next five years, however the reality is probably that it will take more like ten years before the infrastructure, legal and insurance regulations, and user acceptance have caught up. Fully autonomous vehicles

The Brake Fleet Safety Awards Dinner was held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Thursday 28th September and saw a number of our Business Champions receive recognition for the excellent work they've done. Congratulations to all the winners but especially to our Business Champions, listed below. Company Driver Safety Award For the organisation that has

Driving for Better Business, in conjunction with our partners at Stop the Crash, and supported by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, will be running a series of events to demonstrate the latest collision avoidance technology to fleet decision makers. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technology is proven to reduce collisions and costs, yet take up of