Employers
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FleetWorld article highlights our Compliance Managed Services
A new web tool has been launched by the Licence Bureau to provide fleets with an integrated solution for licence checking and risk management/assessment. Intended to help provide firms with an auditable trail to show compliance with duty of care and corporate manslaughter legislation, the firm’s Compliance Managed Services are aimed at businesses of any…
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On the right rails
Licence Bureau has won a two-year tender to supply driver licence checking services for the railway infrastructure company Network Rail. The contract, announced today after a tender process started in August 2013, sees Licence Bureau starting a partnership to deliver Network Rail’s driver licence validation service as well as a comprehensive audit of all employees…
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Brake and Licence Bureau survey finds fewer than half (44%) would dismiss an employee for driving over the legal alcohol limit
Brake calls for zero-tolerance on at-work drink- and drug-drivers Employers are being urged to implement zero-tolerance policies on at-work drink- and drug-driving by road safety charity Brake, as a Brake and Licence Bureau survey finds fewer than half (44%) would dismiss an employee for driving over the legal alcohol limit. Published today (14 May) in…
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Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA)
The following information was received yesterday from DVLA: Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 The Ministry of Justice has recently reformed the rehabilitation periods for criminal convictions that are set out in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA). These reforms, made under the Legal Aid (Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders) Act 2013,…
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Brake calls for ban of mobile hands-free kits
Risky hands-free calls at the wheel on the rise, as confusion about dangers persists Just over ten years after hand-held mobiles were banned at the wheel, Brake is renewing its call to ban hands-free kits, as a Brake and Direct Line survey reveals that almost half (45%) of drivers admit to chatting when driving. While…
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Company drivers in licence error
Five in every 1,000 company car, van and truck drivers in the UK does not have the correct licence to be at the wheel. Research by the Licence Bureau has revealed the top five reasons for drivers failing to have the right licence for the vehicle they are driving. The most common reason is an…
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1000+ business drivers are unlicensed
Business car managers across the country will be horrified to hear that well over a thousand company drivers don’t have a valid licence to get behind the wheel. Many have never even passed a driving test. Read more on www.businesscarmanager.co.uk
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Safety message to schools
Licence Bureau and Skanska to deliver safety message to schools by conducting interactive training sessions in six high schools this year, reaching out to more than 1,000 sixth formers and potential company vehicle drivers of the future. Read the article in www.fleetnews.co.uk
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Your car and the MOT
The law requires that everyone who uses a vehicle on the road must keep it in a roadworthy condition at all times. Once a year, roadworthiness is checked in the interests of road safety and the environment by the test we know as the “MOT”. The first test is required once a car is three…
