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Winter Driving Safety: Essential Tips for the Season
As temperatures begin to plummet and days shorten, winter brings…

Driving for Work: Who Says It’s a Legal Requirement to Manage?
That’s a question I get asked time and time again, and for…

It’s Our Fifth Birthday
We are celebrating our fifth birthday.
Adrian Hide Consultancy…

Safer Van Driving
You probably know that it’s perfectly legal to drive a van…

Are Your Drivers Being Distracted By Their Mobile Phones?
Unfortunately – all too often stories hit the press where…

Adrian Answers Our Questions About EV Range
If you talk to anyone about electric vehicles, especially if they’re thinking of making the switch from diesel or petrol to an EV – one thing that always comes up is their range. We thought we’d delve a little deeper by asking Adrian to explain more…

New partnership formed with Road Safety NI
Businesses in Northern Ireland can now access three online driver…

Don’t go from propping up the bar to behind bars!
The Christmas countdown is on and the festive party season is…

Brake Road Safety Week
Today marks the start of Road Safety Week – with the theme being Safe Roads for All.
And in our line of work - it’s important as it brings together communities and professionals to champion keeping our roads safe for everyone.

Stay safe in the dark
Did you know that four out of ten collisions happen at night?…

200 miles in my EV
It’s not uncommon for people to talk about range anxiety,…

Accora embrace workplace road safety
Background
Accora are a family-run firm based in Cambridge.…

Road deaths up!
New figures have revealed that the number of deaths on our roads…

Pedestrians have priority at junctions
May is: ‘National Walking Month,’ and with the weather getting…

Beware as Councils set to fine drivers
When it comes to getting behind the wheel, we’ve already seen…

Petrol & Diesel – “the only way is up…”
Over the last few weeks and days the media has been full of…

Ringing in the Changes with New Mobile Phone Law
This year has already seen big changes in the Highway Code (check…

MDEL appoints Adrian Hide as their driver risk management partner
Background
MDEL Fleet Management is an independent fleet…

Former Police Officer’s view of our Eco-Safe online course
We’ve spoken to lots of companies about why they brought us…

Highway Code Changes
You will have no doubt seen in the press that from January 29th…

Datim Ltd introduces a robust driver risk management programme
Background
DATIM is a long-established, growing, family business,…

Don’t get caught the ‘morning after’
Even though we are in challenging times, we can't escape the…

Top tips for supporting BRAKE Road safety Week
Today, Monday 15th November, marks a very important day in our…

Courtesy and kindness costs nothing
November 13th marks World Kindness Day – a day that...

Managing driver safety in the workplace – do we really have to do this?
In my line of work I often hear; ‘I didn’t realise it was...

Prompt PC see the value in driver risk management
Background
Prompt PC is one of Staffordshire’s leading…

It’s time to turn back time! Safer Driving Tips
Sometimes we wish we could turn the clock back – I mean how…

Changes to the Highway Code
That little book that we all study when learning to drive gets…

Car and trailer legislation changes
The government’s plans to help to tackle the shortage of lorry…

Stonegate Tooling introduce a driver risk management programme
Background
Stonegate Tooling are one of the UK’s leading…

August Bank Holiday – Safe Driving Tips
The August bank holiday is set to be the busiest time of the…

Fifteen Group to use e-learning course for all staff
Background
Fifteen Group are an award-winning telecommunication,…

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
You don’t know what you don’t know is a phrase that gets…

Approach Dementia Support invest in driver training for their staff
Background
Approach Dementia Support offers offer community…

Phoenix Occupational Health – Driver Risk Management Case Study
Background
Phoenix Occupational Health are a Staffordshire…

SAS Water – Driver Safety Case Study
Background
SAS Water are a Staffordshire based company who…

Learning at Work Week, by Tamsin Parker
My relationship with driving is pretty similar to my relationship…

World day for safety and health at work
We are supporting this important day by urging businesses to…

Driving Home the Road Safety Message for Education and Outdoor Activity Provider
Background
Audley based Peak have four registered independent…

Safer Van Driving e-Learning course launched
When we entered lockdown, like many others, I could not help…

You can’t manage the risks you don’t know about!
No one would disagree, we are
living in extremely challenging…

It’s the law!
Did you know, employers have duties under health and safety
legislation…

Driving Safely in the wet
We’ve had a lot of rain lately and more on the way, this makes…

Driving for work – A businesses single biggest risk
Driving is a high-risk activity and likely to be a businesses single biggest risk, yet many do not manage driver safety as well as they should...

Drivers tailgating to blame for 1 in 8 serious collisions
Alarmingly, one in eight serious collisions on motorways is caused by drivers travelling too close to the vehicle in front, ‘tailgating’...

Daytime Running Lights may not be enough
New research has found that some drivers across the UK could be causing danger for other road users by relying on daytime running lights (DRLs) for illumination...


