Fleet Management
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Fleet managers risk conviction of their employees’ driving offences
Licence Bureau is warning fleet managers and others responsible for business fleets that they face the same penalty points as their employees should they be convicted of a driving offence. The warning comes as the UK’s number one supplier of driver licence validation services witnesses an increasing number of these cases being recorded on its…
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TTC Group and Collision Management Systems deliver breakthrough in fleet driver safety
TTC Group (Licence Bureau’s parent company) and Collision Management Systems Ltd (CMS) have partnered to create a world-first for fleet driver safety. Combining CMS’s telematics data aggregation technology with TTC’s driver risk management solution via its new Continuum Dynamic Data Engine, the initiative provides managers and users with a real-time, personalised driver risk management programme.…
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Fleet sector praised for focus on driver compliance
Licence Bureau has heaped praise upon vehicle fleet operators for their unwavering focus on driver safety and compliance despite the myriad of Covid-19 pandemic related business challenges. The month of July saw Licence Bureau break its own record for the number of licence checks carried out in a single month with some 85,000 checks complete.…
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Call for businesses to take responsibility and empower drivers
Licence Bureau is calling for all businesses to take responsibility and empower their drivers to make more safety conscious decisions rather than heap more work-related stresses on them. As the UK re-emerges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Licence Bureau is urging businesses to entrust their drivers to make the ‘right’ commercial decisions based…
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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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PRIM – Fleet Standards appoints a new Ambassador – Licence Bureau
PRIM works closely with organisations to recognise them for their commitment to reducing road risk across their fleet. Uniquely, they award organisations of all fleet types and sizes, who are focusing on reducing road risk though proactive risk management. Organisations enter the accreditation at Bronze level and are awarded higher levels according, with Platinum being…
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224,000 Grey Fleet (business use) vehicles could potentially be untaxed
Roadside survey results for Vehicle Excise Duty evasion statistics: 2019 The DfT latest estimates indicate that 1.6% of vehicles in the active vehicle stock were unlicensed in the United Kingdom. This 1.6% corresponds to 634,000 thousand vehicles. It is estimated that there are 14 million grey fleet vehicles on Britain’s roads. Which equates to 1.6% of…
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Rory Morgan of Iron Mountain is named 2019 ‘Road Risk Manager of the Year’ at the recent Brake Fleet Safety Awards
Rory Morgan (right) receiving the award from Malcolm Maycock of Licence Bureau 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…
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Four million Driver Licence checks
Licence Bureau, the UK’s number one provider of Driver Licence validation services, has passed its four millionth Driver Licence check milestone. The landmark achievement comes as Licence Bureau continues to raise awareness amongst businesses of the driver and vehicle compliance challenges faced daily. Steve Pinchen, sales director at Licence Bureau, said, “It is great to see…