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Under pressure? Don’t let tyres be one.

By |2025-10-10T09:33:30+01:00October 6th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

Tyre Safety Tyre safety remains one of the most preventable road safety risks. With millions of vehicles covering an average of 6,082 miles per year, the impact of poor tyre care is multiplied many times over. In our guest blog, Stuart Lovatt, Chair of Tyresafe talks us through how driving behaviour, vehicle maintenance,

Your drivers’ blood pressure – is it on your radar?

By |2025-09-23T18:20:42+01:00September 19th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

James Tiller, Managing Consultant at Transformation looks at how driver blood pressure is a worryingly overlooked aspect of Driver Wellbeing - and what fleet managers and driver managers should be looking for. Driver wellbeing: is high blood pressure on your radar? Last year, I experienced a sudden and intense physical

Mental Health and Wellbeing – supporting your drivers.

By |2025-09-08T20:10:27+01:00August 26th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

Mike Hayward is a motoring and regulatory solicitor with Woodfines. Here, he looks at what driver managers and fleet managers can do to support the mental health and wellbeing of their drivers, and ensure their teams understand their responsibilities around the legal duty of care. Mental Health - Driving for Work Being a vocational

Driver Training – Getting Drivers Road-Ready, Fast

By |2025-08-01T16:50:45+01:00August 1st, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

David Shilling, Client Director – Trucks and Aftersales, at DEKRA outlines how fleet managers and driver managers facing onboarding bottlenecks, inconsistent training delivery, or growing compliance pressures can look at the options and access available support. Onboarding Drivers Fast: A Practical Guide for Fleet Teams Getting new drivers behind the

Seat Belts and Driving for Work – What’s the Law?

By |2025-08-26T21:14:46+01:00July 30th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

Mike Hayward is a motoring and regulatory solicitor with Woodfines. He and his colleague, Christopher Kenningham, set out advice for driver managers on seat belt wearing. Seat Belts - Driving for Work The law can sometimes be like hitting your head against a brick wall, but the reality is that not wearing a seat

Improving FNOL Efficiency – First Notification of Loss

By |2025-07-21T20:08:49+01:00July 18th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

The second article in our series on First Notification of Loss (FNOL) and Incident Reporting comes to us from Dave Marsh, CEO of TTC Group, who urges fleet professionals to embrace automated data capture solutions to boost FNOL efficiency Improving FNOL Efficiency - Driver Risk Management Automation is a valuable tool helping fleet professionals

Vehicle Security & your fleet – are you covering all the bases?

By |2025-04-29T21:21:56+01:00April 29th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

This month’s article on Vehicle Security, for those who manage drivers, comes to us from Laura Moran, Managing Director, TVL Group Vehicle Security - your fleet With vehicle crime and tool theft an ever-increasing scourge across the country, it has never been more important to maintain best practice when it comes to fleet security.

Vehicle Safety – Safer Vans and Vehicle Safety Ratings

By |2025-05-12T14:26:13+01:00April 28th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

This month’s article on Vehicle Security, for those who manage drivers, comes to us from Matthew Avery, Director of Strategic Development at Euro NCAP Vehicle Safety - your fleet COVID – remember that? It has made a huge impact on the way we live and work, and one such change has been the rise

Legal Insight: Fitness to Drive and Driver Medical Conditions

By |2025-04-07T11:19:14+01:00April 2nd, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

This safe loading legal update is brought to you by Nathan Taylor-Allkins, Criminal Defence and Road Transport Solicitor and Partner at Woodfines LLP For many fleet managers and owners of commercial vehicle companies, one of their most valuable assets, if not the most valuable, is their staff. However, keeping employees safe while driving on

Distracted Driving – Some Legal Insights

By |2025-03-12T12:05:46+00:00February 10th, 2025|DfBB Articles, News|

This month’s legal insight on Driver Distraction, for those who manage drivers, comes to us from Mike Hayward of Woodfines Solicitors. Distracted Driving - steering you in the right direction.   Leaving aside the ongoing development of autonomous vehicles, cars, vans, lorries and buses still have a big round instrument fitted - most commonly called

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