Compliance
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Help make our roads a safer place for all: Christmas 2022
Licence Bureau, part of TTC Group, reminds businesses of festive season driver compliance risks. Licence Bureau part of TTC Group is reminding business drivers and fleet operators that with the festive season now in full-swing, compliance should remain top of the agenda. In-line with the ‘party spirit’ around this time of year, Licence Bureau part…
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Driver training to increase safety, decrease accidents and reduced fleet costs during logistics boom
The UK’s booming logistics sector must not fall behind on safety and compliance while in a period of expansion, urges TTC of which Licence Bureau is a part of. It is calling on the industry to continue to focus on driver training for all within the sector in order to increase road safety, decrease accident…
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New remote Driver CPC training programmes
Licence Bureau, part of TTC Group, has introduced its new Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) remote training programmes. The new Driver CPC offering from the UK’s number one provider of Driver Licence validation services further strengthens its burgeoning compliance portfolio developed to optimise road safety amongst fleets, businesses and individual drivers. The Driver CPC…
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Vehicle Speed Compliance Statistics, Great Britain: January – June 2020
The proportion of cars exceeding the speed limit during the UK coronavirus lockdown was higher than for the equivalent period of 2019. These differences emerged as road traffic levels reduced sharply in late March after the UK lockdown was introduced. As restrictions eased later in quarter 2 2020 (April to June), road traffic began to…
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Overview of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) requirements
European legislation requiring a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification in addition to a driving licence applies to new drivers acquiring a PCV licence from September 2008 and for drivers acquiring an LGV licence from September 2009. Those who held a vocational licence on these dates have acquired rights for the initial qualification, however, all…
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Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain: 2019
These statistics provide insight into the speeds at which drivers choose to travel and their compliance with speed limits under free flow conditions but should not be taken as estimates of actual compliance or actual average speed across the wider road network. Long-term trends in vehicle speed compliance show consistent compliance with speed limits across…
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Association for Driver Licence Verification (ADLV) Urges Fleets to Continue their Online Driver Checking while the Lockdown Eases
The ADLV of which Licence Bureau is a member is urging fleets to maintain frequent online checking of driving licences as the UK lockdown eases. With rapidly expanded delivery fleets on one hand and a sudden increase in returning car drivers and volunteers on the other, the number of licence checks required has grown markedly.…
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£450k fine for failing to manage driver fatigue
Renown Consultants has been fined £450,000 after its failure to manage driver fatigue led to the deaths of two employees. The firm, which trades as Renown Railway Services, was found guilty of health and safety offences at Nottingham Crown Court in March. It was also ordered to pay £300,000 in court costs. The case was brought…
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Driver Compliance legislation that cover your duty of care responsibility
When operating a fleet, employers have an explicit duty of care, not only for employees, but also to the general public to conduct business activities in accordance with UK law. It is an offence if a company allows an employee to drive a vehicle for work without a valid licence and employers should satisfy themselves…
