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Background History:
Established in 1990 by our Chairman Chris Howell, DriveTech (UK) Limited is one of the largest fleet risk management & driver education companies in the UK. Our HQ is in Crowthorne, Berkshire close to the Transport Research Laboratories (TRL) where we retain significant training facilities. We have two core areas of activity – Corporate Fleet Services and Police Diversionary Schemes.
Our Founding Vision:
‘Working together to eliminate road death and serious injuries’
Our Mission:
To provide the most effective and innovative solutions, using education and technology, to minimise risk for all road users
Our Goals:
- Financial ~ deliver profitable growth year-on-year.
- People ~ recruit, develop and retain exceptional people.
- Solutions ~ deliver compelling, ‘value for money’ products and services that reduce risk.
- Customer Service ~ delight the customer and exceed their expectations.
- Environment ~ promote eco-friendly driving techniques that save fuel and reduce carbon emissions significantly.
- Brand ~ recognised as the UK’s supplier of choice for driver education.
- Reputation ~ acknowledged as a ‘thought leader’ within the road safety industry.
- Community ~ support educational schemes and campaigns that deliver road safety for all.
Our Values:
- Success: We take great pride in our work & strive to achieve the highest level of quality in everything we do.
- Integrity: We are proud in having high moral & ethical standards and work hard to be acknowledged as a trusted & well respected company.
- Contribution: We want everyone in our company to know they can play a valued & important part in achieving our vision.
- Honesty: We are open & transparent in our relationships with ourselves, our suppliers, customers & partners.
- Passion: Too many people die on our roads every day. We want to make a difference & save people’s lives.
Key Milestones:
| 1990 |
DriveTech formed. |
| 1991 |
First corporate customer Johnson & Johnson won. |
| 1996 |
EN ISO 9001 accredited. |
| 1998 |
DriveTech becomes a limited company.
Thames Valley Driver Improvement Scheme launched. |
| 2003 |
Thames Valley Speed Awareness Scheme launched. |
| 2004 |
Thames Valley Rider Improvement Scheme launched. |
| 2005 |
Thames Valley Seat Belt Awareness Scheme launched.
Northumbria Speed Awareness Scheme launched. |
| 2006 |
DriveTech becomes a public limited company (plc).
London Speed Awareness Scheme launched. |
| 2007 |
DriveTech launches UK's first Call Divert Scheme for mobile phone offences.
100,000th delegate attends Speed Awareness Scheme Workshop.
DriveTech (UK) Limited and Driving Services UK Ltd merge |
Major achievements:
| 2001 |
Winner of ITM's 'Driver training company of the year' award. |
| 2002 |
Winner of ITM's 'Driver training company of the year' award. |
| 2003 |
Winner of ITM's 'Driver training company of the year' award.
Finalist in Fleet News 'Risk management company of the year' award.
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| 2004 |
Winner of ITM's 'Driver training company of the year' award. |
| 2005 |
Winner of ITM's 'European driver safety specialist' award.
Finalist in Computing Magazine's 'Best use of IT by small business' award.
Finalist in Thames Valley 'Small business of the year' awards. |
| 2006 |
Finalist in Thames Valley 'Business of the year' awards. |
| 2007 |
Winner of ITM's 'UK Driver Training Solutions Specialist' award.
Runner-up in Thames Valley 'Business of the year' awards.
Winner of the South England and South Wales regional final of the Bank of Scotland Corporate £25m Entrepreneur Challenge.
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Quality Management:
EN ISO 9001 accredited since 1996. |
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