What are your driver policies and procedures? October 18, 2017 Compliance, Employers Are they detailed and do they support the driver handbook? Below are some example policies you should have. Driver Mobile Phones. Your problem, risk and liability. When your drivers use a mobile phone whilst driving on your behalf, you are also liable. That’s the law, even when they use their own vehicles. Driver Smoking When […]
David Hatton, Transport Manager at Thompsons of Crews Hill ensures drivers are safe and legally compliant to operate their vehicles. October 6, 2017 Compliance “With 13 drivers operating the 12 commercial vehicles on our fleet, with nine of those HGVs, we have a duty-of-care by law to check our drivers’ competency and capability to ensure they are safe and legally compliant to operate our vehicles. This compliance check was previously conducted in-house until we discovered, as part of our […]
Rory Morgan of Iron Mountain, is named ‘Road Risk Manager of the Year’ at the recent Brake Fleet Safety Awards October 6, 2017 Award The national road safety charity’s annual ceremony, which was held at Birmingham Hilton Metropole, recognise the achievements of fleet operators and suppliers who are working hard to reduce road crashes involving at-work drivers. The Road Risk Manager of the Year Award is sponsored by Licence Bureau and is awarded for the risk or fleet manager […]
Licence Bureau urges Courier Companies to introduce rigorous licence checks for temporary Christmas drivers October 6, 2017 Compliance, Employers Licence Bureau has issued a five-point guide to ensure temporary drivers remain safe. The launch of the plan comes as delivery firms are preparing to take on seasonal drivers to cater for a spike in online shopping orders in the run up to Christmas. If couriers stick to the approach, new drivers should be able […]
Stowe School attains the complete picture of driver risk through Licence Bureau’s audit. October 4, 2017 Compliance Stowe School was founded in 1923 a boarding school with just 99 boys and is now coeducational, with some 550 boys and 220 girls. Alumni includes Richard Branson, Michael Grade, David Niven and Prince Ranier of Monaco. The school employs over 250 staff ranging from Teachers, Administrators, and pastoral support workers to ground staff and minibus […]
Licence Bureau partners with Company Car in Action to help spread the compliance message. October 4, 2017 Compliance Company Car in Action (CCIA) is one of the UK’s premier annual driving events for fleet managers and company car drivers and Licence Bureau has managed licence checking at the event held at Millbrook, Bedfordshire for the past three years. Bauer Media is a responsible organisation and is committed to ensuring that all the 1,000 […]
When was the last time you read the UK Highway Code? September 26, 2017 Driver Licences You can access information on, and read the Highway Code at the Government’s website below https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code Which will also give you some idea of the huge range of Acts and Regulations that apply to road users: Although failure to comply with the other rules of the Code will not, in itself, cause a person […]
Risk Assessment provides a robust audit trail and comprehensive risk profile for W.S.Dennison September 7, 2017 Risk Testimonial from Pamela Dennison of W.S. Dennison. “Having entered the FTA Truck Driver of the Year competition, I had to complete a variety of tasks in the lead-up to the event, which included Licence Bureau’s comprehensive online risk assessment test. As W. S. Dennison provides furniture distribution and logistics across UK and Ireland, running a […]
Do you know your driving licence codes September 6, 2017 Driver Licences The codes printed on the back of your driving licence tell you what conditions you must meet to drive. Some codes may be different in Northern Ireland. The codes and their meanings are as follows: 01 – eyesight correction, for example glasses or contact lenses 02 – hearing/communication aid 10 – modified transmission 15 […]
Do your employees uses their own vehicles (Grey fleet) August 29, 2017 Fleet Management The term “Grey fleet” also known as owner driver vehicles, covers any vehicle which is used for company work related journeys when that vehicle is not owned or leased by the company. So Grey fleet is applicable to any company whose employees use their own vehicles for work related travel. Fleet and business managers in […]