Ian Brooks of Licence Bureau pictured at the annual AIRSO lecture “The Role of Roads Policing – its influence and involvement in Reducing Casualties”.

The lecture was preceded by the AIRSO AGM.

Health and Safety Executive Consultation discusses reclaiming cost of intervention fees.  No fees for compliant firms.

Malcolm Maycock of Licence Bureau – This is a common sense approach and one where companies who become compliant will not be penalised, will continue to see the benefit of controls, savings and be able to budget for their future. Those that are not compliant will not only be fined but will be subject to the intervention costs which they will have no control of.

For information www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/hse-costrecovery.htm

Today we are meeting Barry Sheerman MP at Westminster as part of Brake, the road safety charity’s Annual Reception at Houses of Parliament.

This event is an opportunity for Brake to thank its supporters for their help with improving road safety during 2011, and share its plans for the future.

On the back of a positive trading year Licence Bureau have reviewed our operational structure, resulting in positive changes for 2012.

During the latter half of 2011 Catherine Duffy changed roles to become a full time manager supporting our IT operation as well as being responsible for a key invoicing project. We also recruited a senior member of the accounts team, Coral Stroud, who now has overall responsibility for accounts.

In early December we recruited three new staff members to the administration and account team. One junior member Jacob Marton will train on all aspects of the DLV process with a focus post this on the administration side of the business. We also recruited Jamie Taylor who is dedicated to grey fleet process management and whose responsibilities will be driver and document processing along with compliance management.

Finally Adam Bennitt joined as account manager, which brings us to Darren Wardle who is leaving us at the end of January for pastures new. Adam is already well into his induction and from today is shadowing Darren to ensure a smooth transition which will result in continuity of service for customers.

Darren spent over 2 years with Licence Bureau and developed into a valuable member of the team.

Finally we are currently recruiting for an office manager and should have someone in place by early January, this role is designed to manage the administration and account team operations and to step jump our overall performance across many aspects of the service we provide.

Licence Bureau continues to experience growth across its DLV and grey fleet propositions, our brand and customer marketing is raising awareness of our service and fingers crossed we are setting ourselves for a successful 2012 and beyond.

During the run up to Christmas it’s easy to lose focus on delivering good business practise.

Please ensure you are planning to have your Driving Licence Compliance services fulfilled across the festive period.

Please contact your account manager on 01442 430980 or email info@licencebureau.co.uk as early as possible with your December requirements.

Note. The last automatic download from DVLA will take place on Thursday 22nd for reporting on Friday 23rd.  The service will resume on 3rd January 2012.

Express checks can be dealt with at DVLA up until mid day on 23rd December 2011 and will start again on the 3rd January 2012.

Licence Bureau closes for business at noon on Friday 23rd December. We return in 2012 on Tuesday 3rd January.

Have a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.

Licence Bureau supports The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS).

The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is a registered charity and an associate Parliamentary Group. Its charitable objective is “To protect human life through the promotion of transport safety for the public benefit”. Its aim is to advise and inform members of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords on air, rail and road safety issues.

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Dear fleet professional,

Manage your road risk with the Fleet Safety Forum, Apply for your free 1 year subscription today thanks to Licence Bureau Limited.

The Fleet Safety Forum is a not for profit initiative by Brake, the road safety charity. It will help you prevent crashes involving at-work drivers by providing you with up to date guidance and tools to tackle road risk. Annual subscription to the Fleet Safety Forum is normally £155 +VAT. However, thanks to Licence Bureau Limited, you can take advantage of a one year free subscription. (Open to new subscribers only)

To claim your free subscription please contact your Licence Bureau account manager or email info@licencebureau.co.uk with your name, email address, company name and telephone details stating you want to take up the Brake Fleet Safety Forum subscription offer. It’s as simple as that!

We look forward to hearing from you. Go safely,

Benefits of free subscription can be seen in this document »

As Corporate Partner of BRAKE the Road Safety Charity Licence Bureau sponsors the prestigious Road Risk Manager of the Year Award for the risk or fleet manager who has implemented exemplary road risk management policies with proven results, and the winner could be you!

All entries must be submitted by Friday 16^th March so please book that into your diary.

For more information and application details, please view the Fleet Safety forum awards website.

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A total of 36,371 people were killed on Britain’s roads between 1999 and 2010.

For more information, view the BBC website

We are pleased to announce that Licence Bureau have added the ISO14001:2004  Environmental management system to their existing ISO9001 Quality Management System and ISO27001 Information Security Management accreditation suites.

ISO 14001:2004 specifies requirements for an environmental management system to enable an organization to develop and implement a policy and objectives which take into account legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes, and information about significant environmental aspects. It applies to those environmental aspects that the organization identifies as those which it can control and those which it can influence. It does not itself state specific environmental performance criteria.