Driver safety specialist makes Fast Track 100

5 December 2008

Chris Howell, Chairman of DriveTech (UK) plc in a DriveTech Advantage car

Berkshire-based driver safety and education specialist DriveTech has made it into the annual Sunday Times Fast Track 100 league table, published today.

Although DriveTech ranks at only 89th place on its first appearance, the company is rubbing shoulders with some well known organisations and is the only driver education provider in the list.

“Whilst we are proud that our various driver education products and services are influencing driver behaviour in a meaningful way, we have never lost sight of the fact that we are a commercial organisation that has to grow to allow investment in new products, services and infrastructure,” says chairman Chris Howell. “We try to anticipate customer demand rather than merely react to it. Staying ahead of the game costs money but our customers, be they the many police authorities we provide workshops for or those responsible for the behaviour of business drivers, appreciate our pro-active approach. It’s a major factor in our excellent customer retention rate.”

DriveTech now operates some 28 different driver education workshop or remedial training schemes for various police forces, and provides a comprehensive range of driver risk mitigation services for hundreds of organisations that run vehicle fleets. It also has a learner driver brand, DriveTech Advantage, which uses the highest qualified instructors in the land to deliver a curriculum which goes way beyond the norm, with the intention of turning out the risk-averse drivers of the future.

DriveTech’s strategically diverse approach to driver education means that one in every 100 drivers in the UK has now had experience of the company’s products or services.

Further information about DriveTech’s wide-ranging work in driver education please refer to www.drivetech.co.uk

For further information, members of the media should contact
Steve Johnson on direct line +44 (0)1344 467896, mobile +44 (0)7894 621134 or on steve.johnson@drivetech.co.uk

Editor's Notes

DriveTech (UK) plc is one of the UK’s leading providers of road risk management, driver assessment and education. We work with organisations whose employees ‘drive for work’ (FleetSafe) and with members of the public, who are offered education as an alternative to prosecution by the police (DriverAware), as well as a totally fresh approach to learning to drive (Advantage).

DriveTech’s vision is ‘working together to eliminate road death and serious injuries’ by providing the most effective and innovative solutions, using education and technology, to minimise risk for all road users.

DriveTech (UK) has won the Institute of Transport Management’s ‘Fleet Award for Driver Training’ in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the ‘European Driver Safety Specialist’ award in 2005. In September 2007, it was named the ITM’s ‘UK Driver Training Solutions Specialist’ and in 2008 DriveTech was voted ‘Best Driver Training Company’ in the Green Fleet Awards.

DriveTech is a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, the Association of Car Fleet Operators, the Association of National Driver Improvement Scheme Providers, the DfT’s ‘Driving For Better Business’ campaign and is accredited by both the Driving Standards Agency and City & Guilds.