👋🏼Happy New Year from us all at the National Highways Driving for Better Business programme - and a recommendation: https://lnkd.in/dVyVmmGG 👉🏼Start 2025 with an online Gap Analysis of where your gaps in work related road risk management are - and then use our free resources to plug them. https://lnkd.in/dVyVmmGG #saferroads #fleetmanagement #workrelatedroadrisk #safetyatwork RoadSafe FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme ARRM UK CLOCS Mark Cartwright Simon Turner MARRM MAFP Anne-Marie Penny DipASM MARRM Becky Hadley Sharon Mitchell Jim Magner FCILT, MARRM Nigel Holmes Laura Foxon Renee Rogers ONO Andrew Drewary FCILT MARRM Graham Halliday Stephen Briers Fleet News Ben Peters Hummingbird Insurance Services ADRIAN walsh Andy Brooke Sadie Lane Towergate Insurance Alistair Bambrook Helen Gregg Cert CII Simon Broome Mark Burden
Driving for Better Business
Education
Our vision is a world where those who use the roads for work do so safely, efficiently and sustainably #fleetmanagement
About us
Driving for work is the most dangerous activity most employees ever undertake. Driving for Better Business is a campaign to help employers better understand the business benefits, such as reduced costs and improved efficiency, that come from managing work related road safety well. Our mission is to improve safety and reduce risk for all those who drive or ride for work, by promoting good management practice and demonstrating the significant business benefits that follow. It was officially launched in 2007 following a study showing that this area of road safety is often overlooked, both in workplace health and safety processes, and public road safety initiatives. Indeed surveys suggested at the time that some 79% of companies had not even recognised this as a risk area, and many employers still don’t. Yet it is an area where some organisations have achieved remarkable reductions in collisions, and associated costs, through relatively simple measures. These organisations are our ‘Champions’ and they have agreed to share their inspirational stories with other businesses. Their success in reducing collisions has brought them a range of benefits including lower insurance premiums, improved fuel efficiency, improved reputation and even reductions in recruitment costs due to lower staff churn because they are now better places to work.
- Website
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http://www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com
External link for Driving for Better Business
- Industry
- Education
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- driving for work policies, Fleet Management, Fleet safety, fleet compliance, safety at work, road safety, driver management, driver wellbeing, driver safety, commercial vehicles, LCV, Managing Drivers, and Safer Roads
Locations
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Primary
71 Great Peter Street
London, SW1P 2BN, GB
Employees at Driving for Better Business
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Simon Turner MARRM MAFP
Engagement Manager, Driving for Better Business and Chairman of ARRM. Passionate about safer fleets 🚗
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Sharon Mitchell
Supporting National Highways/Driving for Better Business and RoadSafe
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Laura Foxon
Driving for Better Business, a National Highways programme supporting employers in managing their road risk.
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Suresh Jat
10 at Driving for Better Business
Updates
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💪🏼"...start a conversation about safe driving practices in your fleet. Together, we can drive for better business and safer roads!" Hear, Hear Hummingbird Insurance Services 🙏🏼- here's to improved driver safety and better management of work related road risk in 2025👇🏾
🚐 Stay Safe in Adverse Weather with the Van Driver Toolkit! Poor weather conditions are a leading factor in road incidents, with rain alone contributing to 68% of weather-related crashes on the Strategic Road Network. 🌧️ But we can take action to change this. Driving for Better Business (DfBB) offers a free resource to help fleets and drivers navigate seasonal challenges safely. Their Van Driver Toolkit provides practical tips, such as: 1. Doubling following distances in rain. 2. Preparing for strong winds on open roads. 3. Increasing visibility and stopping distances in fog. By sharing this resource with your fleet drivers, you can: ✅ Reduce accident risks. ✅ Boost driver confidence in challenging conditions. ✅ Protect your business from costly disruptions. Let’s make road safety a priority. Download the toolkit today (link in the comments) and start a conversation about safe driving practices in your fleet. Together, we can drive for better business and safer roads! 🚛💼 #FleetSafety #VanDrivers #DrivingForBetterBusiness #HummingbirdInsurance
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Great to have the support of a number of Driving for Better Business partners who will be helping raise awareness of our free resources for those who manage drivers, trhoughout 2025. Thanks to Renee Rogers and ONO for highlighting our fleet safety focus updates 👇🏾
With the NYE preparations in full swing, so is the risk of Drink and Drug impairment on our roads... it's essential to stay mindful of road safety. Impaired driving endangers not only the driver but everyone around them. This month Driving for Better Business Fleet Safety Focus highlights the critical need to avoid alcohol and drugs when driving. Together let's raise awareness, promote responsible choices and make our roads safer for all.
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🕊️Merry Christmas to everyone in the Driving for Better Business Community. We have loved supporting you in 2024 in improving safety for your drivers and reducing risk for everyone in your orbit... and we look forward to doing it all again in 2025 🙏🏼 https://lnkd.in/gbQFNaMw #drivingforwork #worrelatedroadrisk #saferroads #fleetmanagement FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme CLOCS Mark Cartwright Anne-Marie Penny DipASM MARRM Becky Hadley Sharon Mitchell Jim Magner FCILT, MARRM Nigel Holmes Andrew Drewary FCILT MARRM Jamie Hassall Simon Turner MARRM MAFP Renee Rogers Dave Conway Mick Kiely FleetCheck CONVEY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Karen Crispe FCILT Ground Transport Group Fleet News Transport News SHP - Health and Safety News Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom National Highways South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership Transport for West Midlands Safer Roads Humber Sussex Safer Roads Partnership Safer Essex Roads Partnership Graham Halliday Lesley O'Brien OBE FCILT ADRIAN walsh Christopher Harvey Richard Frost Mike Higgins BEng MILT Georgina Lawrence Fiona Pick Desiree 'Dezi' Li
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Thanks for sharing FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme - the more fleet managers and driver managers that access and use our free resources for their drivers, the safer our roads will be 👇🏾
Did you know 19 per cent of fatally injured drivers test positive for drugs? A common misconception is that the risks are limited to recreational drugs. While these certainly contribute, it’s equally important to recognise that self-prescribed medications and over-the-counter drugs can also affect driver behavior and performance. We’re urging our operators to remind their drivers about the dangers of drink and drug driving and the devastating ramifications they can cause. Driving for Better Business has released their monthly fleet safety focus update in collaboration with the National Highways Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention Team, this month’s edition focusing on 'Drink and Drug Impairment'. The fleet safety focus includes: ☑️ An article to share with your drivers on drink and drug driving ☑️ Short safety messages on impairment to send to your drivers on their devices ☑️ Drug and Drink Impairment posters for your staff noticeboards Information sheets from our Van Driver Toolkit on Drink Driving and Drug Driving You can access this for free here: https://lnkd.in/dTxHMSJs #DrinkDriving #DrugDriving #DriverBehaviour
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Always grateful to our partners for their help in raising awareness and highlighting our free resources - all managers can download the posters and info sheets for free and share with their drivers. All helps to get everyone home safe and well. Thanks CONVEY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED https://lnkd.in/dTxHMSJs
As a Delivery Partner of Driving for Better Business, Convey Technology is committed to keeping road safety at the forefront of everything we do. With the festive season bringing increased social gatherings and seasonal pressures, the risks of drink and drug impairment become even more critical for fleet operations. Impairment isn’t just about alcohol or illegal drugs—prescription and over-the-counter medications can also affect reaction times, judgement, and coordination. Ensuring your drivers understand these risks is vital, not just for their safety but for the reputation and compliance of your business. Driving for Better Business offers free resources to help organisations raise awareness and create clear policies to manage these risks. 📄 Access posters, articles, and safety messages here: https://lnkd.in/dTxHMSJs We believe that we should do everything we can as an industry to spread awareness about impairment risks to ensure safety and responsibility for fleet operations, especially during this busy Christmas period. #FleetSafety #DrivingForBetterBusiness #RoadSafety #ConveyTechnology
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📢Your monthly National Highways Driving for Better Business Fleet Safety Focus Updates and downloadable resources. https://lnkd.in/e7UUwpHF Our monthly fleet safety focus provides driver managers with resources and updates on key areas of road risk – and a link to share those resources directly with your drivers. This month - drink and drug driver impairment. Please share with your networks - all the resources for drivers and managers are free here including: ☑️An article to share with your drivers on drink and drug driving ☑️Short safety messages on impairment to send to your drivers on their devices ☑️Drug and Drink Impairment Posters for your staff noticeboards ☑️Information sheets from our Van Driver Toolkit https://lnkd.in/e7UUwpHF #drivingforwork #drugdriving #drinkdriving #safetyatwork #safetyculture Health and Safety Matters Health and Safety Executive Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) SHP - Health and Safety News BRITISH AGGREGATES ASSOCIATION Samsara Mercedes-Benz Vans UK Becky Hadley Sharon Mitchell Jim Magner FCILT, MARRM Nigel Holmes Transport News Courier News COURIER Safer Essex Roads Partnership South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership West Midlands Region (WMR) - Logistics & Transport (UK) Transport for West Midlands CILT (UK) Couriersdepot.com Justin Cox D.tec International Ltd. Ean Lewin
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🙌🏼Delighted to end the week by welcoming Samsara onboard as a National Highways Driving for Better Business partner. Looking forward to working with you to increase the reach of our free resources to help driver managers understand their legal responsibilities, reduce the risks in their organisations, and to improve driver safety. https://lnkd.in/d4jBf6a Samsara partners with the world’s largest organisations to increase the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of their operations across #construction, #transportation and #warehousing, field services, manufacturing, #retail, #logistics, and the #publicsector. Thanks to Caitlin Smith and Jim Hill at Samsara for their work with Sharon Mitchell of Driving for Better Business to make this partnership happen. #workrelatedroadrisk #fleetsafety #drivingforwork #saferroads Mark Cartwright Jim Magner FCILT, MARRM Nigel Holmes Anne-Marie Penny DipASM MARRM Becky Hadley Simon Turner MARRM MAFP ADRIAN walsh
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🎁It's here - an early Christmas present from the National Highways Driving for Better Business Programme. Your December #FleetSafety Focus https://lnkd.in/dTxHMSJs ⚠️The theme is Drink and Drug Impairment - driving is, for most people, the most dangerous activity they do. We know in the majority of cases that the initial causation of a collision is often to do with the driver’s performance, with some form of drug or alcohol impairment being a common issue. It’s a misconception that the risks are limited to recreational drugs. While they clearly do play a part, it’s also important to recognise that self-prescribed and over the counter drugs can also impact on driver behaviour and perfomance. 👉🏽It’s vital that as an organisation, and indeed as a manager or owner, you are confident that your drivers understand the impact and the risks of drink and drug driving – not only to themselves, but also to the livelihood of the company they are driving for. Penalties can be severe. 🤔So how confident are you that your drivers are not drink or drug impaired? Check out our free posters, driver info resources, and driver messages - plus our regular legal update from Mike Hayward of Woodfines Solicitors and a timely video message from National Highways' Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, Mark Cartwright, in this month's free safety focus. And, of course, you can also access our free Driving for Work Policy Builder and Template to make sure you have this important area covered: https://lnkd.in/dTxHMSJs #fleetmanagement #driverwellbeing #fitnesstodrive #riskmanagement #workrelatedroadrisk #safetyatwork Anne-Marie Penny DipASM MARRM Simon Turner MARRM MAFP Fiona Pick Mike Higgins BEng MILT Jim Magner FCILT, MARRM Sharon Mitchell Nigel Holmes Ean Lewin Lesley O'Brien OBE FCILT Andrew Drewary FCILT MARRM Becky Hadley Crystal Holmes Road Safety Markings Association Ben Peters Hummingbird Insurance Services Matthew Gregory C. 1st Choice Insurance ALLMI Tom Wakefield ADRIAN walsh RoadSafe ARRM UK ProjectEDWARD TyreSafe Stuart Lovatt Aon Neale Kinnear Applied Driving Rob Bailey APSE - Association for Public Service Excellence ARVAL UK LIMITED Louise Ashley-Cox Pete Clark Association of Fencing Industries (AFI)
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Managing Safety at Work when the company vehicle is the workplace - thanks to Reset Compliance Systems Ltd for highlighting this piece from Driving for Better Business' Simon Turner MARRM MAFP on why you need a Driving for Work Policy if your employees drive for work, drive at work or make journeys between locations while on work time 👇🏼 #compliance #riskmanagement #safetyatwork
Simon Turner, Campaign Manager for Driving for Better Business advises businesses to take their Driving for Work Policy into consideration. “Many readers of Connected will be responsible for safety on internal road networks or parking areas, and others are often responsible for the safe management of assets such as company vehicles...” Read DfBB’s article here: https://lnkd.in/eAjv9KdK Reset Compliance Systems Ltd #ConnectedIssue12 #FleetManagement #DriverSafety #companyvehicle #drivingforwork #Compliance #drivingstandards