Achieving Safety Buy-in, Part 2: 8 Tips to Make Your Safety Messages Unforgettable There are lots of techniques we can use to make what we say more memorable and more effective. Tell a story. Stories help us connect to each other, and stay with us after the facts are forgotten. Jim was 35. His
Company car drivers on the decline? We read this recent Fleet News article on company car usage with interest - and wondered what the latest figures from HMRC on company car drivers might mean for Fleet Managers. According to the latest HMRC Data there were 720,000 company car drivers in 2020/21 – 80,000 fewer
3rd October 2022 Rachel Bullen Rachel Bullen (CMILT, AICFM, MAFP), Transport Compliance Manager - Holman "Providing funding and fleet management services to over 125 customers in the UK, there’s never a dull moment" says Rachel. "Essentially my role at Holman is to ensure the integrity of our compliance product, to support our customers
Achieving Safety Buy-in: Messaging Safety messages need to be effective for people to understand, to remember and to comply. If you really hit the jackpot with your messaging, you can also make your audience into advocates. In this three-part blog on messaging we look at what you say – and how you say it.
DfBB welcomes AFI as new partners The Association of Fencing Industries (AFI) has embraced the Driving for Better Business programme with the goal of improving fleet safety across the entire UK fencing industry. AFI represents the entire UK sector, including domestic, commercial and security fencing across all aspects of their operation. AFI executive administrator
Two crucial factors for managing road safety at work Safety must be embraced from the top and the bottom of an organisation to have sustained and measurable impact. Let us outline why. Great safety initiatives – the kind that transform cultures, save lives and improve bottom lines – have two crucial factors. Firstly, they
Protecting people is cultural Paul Bowmaker is associate director for transport services at NHS Health Gateshead Foundation Trust. As such he is responsible for many kinds of health-oriented service delivery – so ensuring no one comes to harm on the roads is central to his fleet philosophy. Paul oversees 120 vehicles including e-bikes, motorbikes,
External standards can be very useful to all fleets in terms of managing, documenting and proving best practice and compliance. There are many different standards available to operators, and some will be more applicable or useful to your operation than others. We will highlight some of the most common and provide more details about
“You drive for a living, a van, a truck, a lorry. You take care of the load in the back, but what about the load on your shoulders?” World Suicide Prevention Day - 10th September 2022 An estimated 703,000 people a year take their life around the world. For every suicide, there are likely
Entries are now open for the Fleet and Industry categories in the prestigious What Van? Awards 2023 and we're delighted to announce that the Driving for Better Business Programme is supporting these awards by sponsoring the Risk Management Award. In this category the judges will be looking for companies or
