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15 January 2009 - Safety-focused
Shred-it cuts crash costs by £80,000
The world’s largest mobile shredding and recycling company has
cut its UK collision costs by two-thirds, saving almost £80,000
after embarking on a road safety crusade.
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30 September 2008 -
Cordek put at-work drivers on a safety first footing
Publicity surrounding the impact of the Corporate Manslaughter and
Corporate Homicide Act on fleets provided the catalyst for West Sussex-based
company Cordek to focus on introducing a range of driver risk management
initiatives.
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15 August 2008 - Feedwater
puts at-work driver safety in fast lane
A desire to ensure that a pro-active, robust and comprehensive occupational
road risk management strategy is in place prompted specialist industrial
water treatment company, Feedwater Ltd, to involve leading provider
DriveTech.
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8 July 2008 - Center
Parcs puts safety first to curb vehicle damage
Safety is paramount for short break holiday operator, Center Parcs,
which is why the company has introduced additional equipment to its
vehicles and is putting staff through a comprehensive occupational
road risk management programme.
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22 April 2008 - Arval's
journey from 'zero to hero'
Occupational road risk exposure at Arval, one of Europe’s leading
fleet and fuel management companies, is officially low, according
to an independent audit by the AA.
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26 February 2008 - Thatcham
employees on the road to safer driving with DriveTech
Safety is in the DNA of Thatcham, The Motor Insurance Repair Research
Centre, which is why the driving skills and behind-the-wheel attitude
of the organisation’s 130 car-driving staff is now being assessed.
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11 September 2007 -
Direct Communications drives to a safer future with £20,000 insurance
premium saving
Insurance premiums have been slashed by £20,000 on a high-mileage
fleet that clocks up an average 1.4 million miles a year following
the successful implementation of a comprehensive road risk management
programme.
Family-run Direct Communications Ltd, of St Ives, Cambridgeshire
has slashed its comprehensive insurance premium for its fleet of 25
vans and 22 company cars from £60,000 in 2006/07 to £40,000 for 2007/08.
The company has also seen its insurance excess cut in half from £500
to £250.
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28 February 2007 - Risk
management focus delivers major benefits to Sainsbury's Online shopping
service
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has evolved its 'tick box' driver safety
course into a comprehensive, occupational risk management programme
across its home delivery fleet.
A driver assessment and training programme, introduced four years
ago at the supermarket group in conjunction with DriveTech (UK), has
developed into a multi-faceted, incident-reduction programme focused
on the company's rapidly-expanding 800-strong home delivery fleet
and its drivers.
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15 January 2007 - DriveTech
supports eastern european driver training at JEPCO
Hard-working East European students are recruited annually by a leading
salad supplier… but, while they might be excellent at planting,
harvesting and packing fresh food, can they drive?
It is a risk that family-owned, South Lincolnshire company J E Piccaver
& Co (JEPCO), is not prepared to take. That’s why all would-be
drivers are put through a three-day training course before taking
to the wheel of company minibuses.
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21 March 2006 - Dow's
30-year commitment to managing road safety sees accidents reduce to
record low
A 30-year commitment to managing occupational road risk is paying
dividends for two of Britain’s most safety-conscious companies
that ended 2005 with a record low number of vehicle accidents.
Last year, Dow, which comprises Dow Chemical, Dow AgroSciences and
subsidiary companies, suffered just five low speed ‘moving motor
vehicle accidents’ with drivers clocking up an average 25,000
miles annually.
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1 February 2006 - Direct
Communications takes the journey with DriveTech (UK) to a safer future
A spate of accidents involving vehicles on a high-mileage fleet operated
by family-run Direct Communications led to the company embarking on
The Journey - the A-Z strategic occupational risk management programme
developed by DriveTech (UK) Limited.
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19 September 2005 - High-mileage
fleet - National Milk Records - clocks on with DriveTech to promote
a safety-first culture
Concern for the well-being of all at-work drivers and a desire to
be viewed as a safety-conscious employer has resulted in National
Milk Records (NMR) launching a comprehensive risk management programme.
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02 August 2005 - Red
Bull puts energy into driver training with bespoke DriveTech (UK)
programme
A targeted driver training programme has been introduced by leading
energy drink company Red Bull to improve the safety of its drivers
and reduce accident costs.
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29 April 2005 - Arval
takes safety first approach with major driver licence checking initiative
Almost 1,000 driving licence checks have been undertaken on at-work
drivers and relatives of company car drivers at Arval, the UK's largest
fleet management company, as part of its in-house risk management
focus.
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21 April 2005 - Comprehensive
driver training programme reaps moral and financial dividends for
Miele
Insurance company recognition of a comprehensive driver training programme
introduced by Miele for its 150 company car and van drivers has made
the scheme self-funding.
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31 January 2005
- Fleet safety the DriveTech way pays off for ICI Paints
Risk management strategy wins company European award.
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12 January 2005 - PFA
& DriveTech team up to deliver driver awareness training to 1,500
top young footballers
DriveTech, the leading UK occupational road risk company, today (Wednesday,
12 th January 2005) kicks off its contract and business partnership,
with The Professional Footballer's Association (PFA) to be their preferred
supplier of driver awareness training.
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10 January 2005 - BSkyB
embraces safe driving vision with comprehensive DriveTech programme
British Sky Broadcasting has launched a comprehensive occupational
driving risk reduction programme in association with DriveTech (UK),
the country’s leading provider of at-work driving risk management,
driver assessment and driver training solutions.
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