Driving for Better Business

Driving for Better Business is teaming up with Women in Transport, for the Women in Transport Podcast. Women in Transport is a non-for-profit promotional, professional-development and support group. In this first episode of the podcast we mark International Women's Day with a celebration of Women In Transport.

This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2021 and features Kanwal Kanda - Principal Inspector, Head of HSE Transport Sector

This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2021 and features Jim Magner - Programme Development Manager, Driving for Better Business

Following the deaths of two of its workers after driving whilst fatigued, a firm has been found guilty of failing to discharge its duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Confidence in your fleet safety profile comes from three things. Understanding everything you’re responsible for, making sure everything is managed in line with industry best practices, and having a robust audit trail to prove everything was done correctly. Barrie will talk through the key things required to ensure everything is taken care of, and that your managers, your colleagues and your drivers can have confidence you’re on top of the job. This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2022 and features Barrie Wilson - Commercial Fleet Director, FleetCheck

Driving for Better Business, and strategic partner FleetCheck, have collaborated on a series of short videos to help fleet operators and business owners navigate these new challenges.

Questions and answers from our COVID-19 webinar with Fleet News

Our formula for cultivating a healthy culture where van drivers treat driving as a professional aspect of their job.

Survey uncovers UK employers are risking the safety and well-being of those who drive for work . Study of 1,006 UK employees and 255 C-Suite (Executive Directors) highlights failures by UK bosses to implement driving for work policy.

Dr Gemma Briggs discusses research on the distraction imposed on drivers by mobile phone use, which can help to explain both how and why driving performance deteriorates. Her talk will consider how this research can: – Help those who drive for work, or employ drivers, understand specific issues with phone use – Be used to create evidence-based education for use in the workplace – Be best communicated to drivers in an attempt to achieve behaviour change. This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2022 and features Dr Gemma Briggs – Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Open University

Transport firm has is O Licence revoked and is forced to close after driver caused death of cyclist by careless driving.

This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2021 and features Dr Paul Jackson - Director, Fresh Air Training