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Tread carefully during Tyre Safety Month

If your tyres don’t stop you, what will? That is the message being promoted during tyre safety month this October. Tyre safety is of vital importance each and every day, and this is specifically highlighted during the month of October for the Tyre Safety Month campaign run by tyresafe.org. According to statistics from Tyre Safe, […]

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Motor Fleet Risk Management

Managing a motor fleet can be exhausting work. Whether your fleet consists of three or more vehicles, managing their collective risk can feel like a thankless task. While you’re addressing one specific risk, different risks can arise which also demand your attention. It is a constant juggling act. However, instead of addressing risks as they […]

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Protect your Future Income

You insure your courier van so why aren’t you insuring ‘you’? As a courier you know that if you have an accident in your van your insurance cover will get it back on the road. But what happens when you’re sick and you can’t get behind the wheel for a few days, or worst-case scenario […]

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DRIVING IN THE EU AFTER 1st JANUARY 2021

Last Updated 19th October 2021 The United Kingdom left the EU on 31st January 2020 and entered a transition period which ended on 31st December 2020. The UK Government agreed a trade agreement prior to the end of the transition period so a no deal scenario was avoided. Motorists were still required to carry a […]

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Using Technology for Fleet Performance and Safety

We touched on using technology in our article on Driver Performance. Here we explore in more detail how technology can support you in running your fleet. As technology has developed, become more intuitive, cheaper (and hence more accessible), it has increasingly been adopted by fleets of vehicles up and down the country. The range of […]

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What is Courier and Goods in Transit cover

What is courier insurance? Most drivers know they need insurance, but do you know exactly what you need? There can often be confusion with the term ‘Courier Insurance’. Some consider it to relate to the vehicle and others, the goods in the vehicle. The reality is that both apply, however, one is legally required and […]

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How to manage your drivers to gain optimum performance

Your fleet is only as good as the drivers behind it, so managing driver performance is key tooptimising productivity, improving safety and customer retention. Here we explore how you canmanage your drivers to gain optimum performance. Recruitment Statistics from Aviva show that almost 33% of all fatalities involve the use of a company vehicle and33% […]

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