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Managing drivers & employer risk – how’s your fleet confidence?
Managing drivers & employer risk – how’s your fleet confidence?

Managing drivers & employer risk – how’s your fleet confidence?

By Tracy|2023-10-19T19:01:28+01:00May 17th, 2023|

Show notes: Peter Golding, FleetCheck My guest for this episode of the podcast is Peter Golding, who is the Founder and Managing Director of fleet management software specialists, FleetCheck. https://dfbb.podbean.com/e/managing-drivers-employer-risk-how-s-your-fleet-confidence/ Useful Links https://www.fleetcheck.co.uk/fleet-confidence-challenge/ https://www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com/gap-analysis-introduction/ Transcript Hi everyone, and welcome to Let’s Talk Fleet Risk. My guest for this episode of the podcast is Peter Golding,

Careless & dangerous driving – what does a prosecution look like for employers?
Careless & dangerous driving – what does a prosecution look like for employers?

Careless & dangerous driving – what does a prosecution look like for employers?

By Tracy|2023-10-19T19:02:32+01:00April 18th, 2023|

Show notes: Chris Green, Partner at Keoghs My guest this month is a legal expert in the field of transport and regulatory law. It’s Chris Green, who is a partner at law firm Keoghs. I’ve asked Chris onto the show because we’re partnering with Keogh’s to present a mock trial prosecution of a van operator

Commercial Drivers – driver behaviour and improving driver coping strategies
Commercial Drivers – driver behaviour and improving driver coping strategies

Commercial Drivers – driver behaviour and improving driver coping strategies

By BGDLuke|2023-10-19T19:03:57+01:00March 12th, 2023|

Show notes: Lisa Dorn My guest this week is someone whom many of you may have seen speak at fleet management and driver safety events – an expert in the field of driver behaviour, it’s Dr Lisa Dorn. Lisa, is an associate professor of driving behaviour and Director of the Driving Research Group at Cranfield

Driver Fitness – What If Your Drivers’ Jobs Were Good for Them?

By BGDLuke|2023-02-15T11:34:47+00:00February 14th, 2023|

Show notes: Driver Fitness – What If Your Drivers’ Jobs Were Good for Them? In the first quarter of this year, the Driving for Better Business campaign is taking a deeper look at the area of fitness to drive and driver wellbeing. This month, we’ve published a revised risk management case study for WJ Group

How Do You Know Who is Drug Driving in your Organisation?

By BGDLuke|2023-01-19T10:45:56+00:00January 18th, 2023|

Show notes: How Do You Know Who is Drug Driving in your Organisation? In the first quarter of this year, the Driving for Better Business campaign is taking a deeper look at the area of Fitness to Drive. We’ll be sharing content on driver impairment, driver fatigue and driver wellbeing. In this episode we’re going

Transitioning to EVs – Start Now

By BGDLuke|2022-12-19T11:42:59+00:00December 19th, 2022|

Show notes: Transitioning to EVs - Start Now With the rapid transition that many fleets are making to electric vehicles, I've been interested for some time in how that affects risk management for these fleets. The vehicles are more powerful, have some unique driving characteristics and have different maintenance requirements. Plus there's recharging, load carrying

Does your Organisation know the true cost of Downtime in your Fleet?

By BGDLuke|2023-01-11T11:35:12+00:00November 8th, 2022|

Show notes: Does your Organisation know the true cost of Downtime in your Fleet? Matthew Neale, Group Fleet Manager, Platform Housing https://dfbb.podbean.com/e/matthew-neale/ Useful Links Case Study - Platform Housing Group https://www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com/case-studies/business-champion/platform-housing-group/ Transcript Simon: Welcome to Let’s Talk Fleet Risk - a podcast for those who manage drivers and their vehicles and want to reduce road risk

Tyre Safety – 35,000 tyre incidents a year, the tip of the iceberg

By BGDLuke|2023-01-11T11:51:50+00:00October 4th, 2022|

Show notes: Tyre Safety - 35,000 tyre incidents a year, the tip of the iceberg Stuart Lovatt, Chairman, TyreSafe October is National Tyre Safety Month, organised by the charity TyreSafe. I’m joined for this episode by Stuart Lovatt – the new Chairman of TyreSafe – to talk about why fleet operators should get involved with

RSSB & DfBB – Collaboration to improve road risk management

By BGDLuke|2023-01-11T11:50:46+00:00September 20th, 2022|

Show notes: Collaboration to improve road risk management across a whole sector Tavid Dobson, Road Risk Lead, Rail Safety and Standards Board Increasingly, good management of work-related road risk is becoming a pre-requisite for winning new work, with the power of procurement being used to drive up standards through supply chains, and even across entire

Strong leadership in driver risk management delivering business benefits

By BGDLuke|2023-01-11T11:45:57+00:00August 9th, 2022|

Show notes: Strong leadership in driver risk management delivering business benefits At Driving for Better Business, we’re currently focused on promoting the business benefits that flow from good management of drivers, and how strong leadership is key to this. My guest this month is Stewart Lightbody: "It’s picking the message and not throwing rocks at