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Saturday, March 20th 2010

All the latest news from Fleet Support Group Ltd

FSG makes double appointment to team

Fleet Support Group (FSG), Britain’s largest independent fleet management company, has made two appointments to further strengthen its financial team and its continued expansion plans. John Deane, who spent nine years to 2001 as a sales executive at FSG has rejoined the Chippenham-based company as Business Development Manager. In his hiatus from FSG he joined Kenning [...]

FSG reward first class customer service

Fleet Support Group, Britain’s largest independent fleet management company, take customer service seriously and feel it is just as important to reward employees who uphold their vision. The company’s Lord MacLaurin Cup recognises customer service achievement and has been awarded for the first time, in this its inaugural year to Leanna Allison who has repeatedly [...]

FSG Cut Costs For Fleets With ‘Lean Flow’

Fleet Support Group, the UK’s largest independent vehicle management company, are making substantial savings for businesses who use accident bodyshops implementing FSG’s industry-leading ‘lean-flow’ management techniques. And while the impact of ‘lean-flow’ delivers significant benefits to FSG’s fleet customers it is also improving operating productivity at the company’s nationwide network of bodyshops achieving five to [...]

FSG ‘s 4X4 Fleet Gets To Grip With The Weather

Fleet Support Group (FSG), the largest independent vehicle management company in the UK, proved its reputation for putting customer first by quickly assembling a four vehicle strong 4×4 fleet ensuring that all 180 staff were able to report for work every day as usual despite extreme weather conditions. The Chippenham-based company rented two 4×4s and commandeered [...]

Prince Michael Awards Recognises Three Major Organisations For Proactive Fleet Safety

Royal Mail Group and Tesco.com have each been recognised by the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards, which has awarded each a Fleet Operator Award, sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) Fleet, for fleet vehicle initiatives they have taken to reduce road accidents. Meanwhile, leading insurer Zurich for its long-established commitment to [...]

Fleet Support Group Call For Solidarity From Trade Unions

Fleet Support Group, a leading fleet safety expert, is reporting that whilst demand from local authorities looking for assistance in managing their at-work drivers is rising, resistance is being met in the guise of local trade union officials. The independent vehicle management company, the largest in the UK, is currently in discussions with at least five [...]

Grim Warning As Fatal Crash Sees Operators Jailed

Fleet Support Group(FSG) are warning how drivers, who are ignoring vehicle maintenance warning signs, particularly in relation to tyre and brake wear that could result in a fatal road crash, could find themselves and their bosses in court. The very real warning comes after a driver and his business partner were jailed for the manslaughter of [...]

IAM & Fleet Support Group Strengthen Partnership

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) have strengthened an already close partnership with Fleet Support Group, the UK’s largest independent vehicle management company by offering customers of its subsidiary company, Drive & Survive, which includes Fleet Support Group’s clients a fully comprehensive driver risk management portfolio. In June 2009, IAM introduced the RiskMaster programme,an extensive risk [...]

RiskMaster On Board With Major UK Brewer

Fleet Support Group (FSG), the largest independent vehicle management company in the UK, has been called on by Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Ltd, the UK’s second largest brewer, to ensure they reach maximum occupational road risk management compliance via the web-enabled RiskMaster programme. Molson Coors 900 company car and cash allowance drivers are signing up [...]

Video Evidence Reveals Extent Of Abuse To Company Cars

Fleet Support Group, the largest independent vehicle management company in the UK, have revealed a  ‘chamber of horrors’, of company vehicle abuse captured by video cameras in garages used by FSG. With incidents ranging from filthy upholstery and cup holders in a company car, to a tyre worn down so low that the metal cords [...]

WHSmith puts drivers’ safety first

WHSmith, one of the UK’s leading retail groups, has issued Permits to Drive to its 1,100 at-work drivers across the company to ensure maximum occupational road risk management compliance. The company, a long-time customer of Fleet Support Group, Britain’s largest independent fleet management company with 55,000 vehicles on its books, has introduced the organisation’s web-enabled RiskMaster [...]

An interview with Geoffrey Bray of the Fleet Support Group

Fleet Support Group provides a comprehensive range of products and services to in-house and outsourced vehicle fleet operators across the UK. From fixed-price servicing to accident management, from breakdown recovery to financial services, Fleet Support Group’s unique approach to fleet management enables its customers to run their fleets professionally without losing control. Geoffrey Bray, Chairman of [...]

Recession could see rising demand for company cars

The recession could give a new lease of life to company cars as part of employees’ remuneration and benefit packages, according to the boss of Britain’s largest independent fleet management company. The last decade has seen a surge in businesses providing cash alternatives to company cars for employees. As a result, the number of company cars [...]

New law means jail for managers who ignore work-related driving health and safety rules

Rogue company directors and managers – including fleet operators – that turn a blind eye to occupational road risk management could find themselves being jailed for up to two years following the introduction of the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008. The new legislation gained Royal Assent on Thursday, October 16 – the same day as [...]

Shocking new evidence highlights fleet vehicle abuse

Thousands of company car and van drivers are abusing their vehicles putting their employers in breach of health and safety legislation and inflating fleet operating costs, according to photographic evidence recorded by Fleet Support Group. The company’s nationwide network of approved Masterserve garages are equipped with Masterview – a unique remote video inspection system that enables [...]

Independent survey identifies Fleet Support Group’s Riskmaster as the ultimate risk management solution

Fleet Support Group’s RiskMaster at-work driving safely programme is the most complete occupational road risk management solution on the market – according to a new independent survey. The survey of 38 companies offering occupational road risk management services reveals that no company markets a product that provides a linked audit trail of drivers, vehicles and journeys [...]

Fleet Support Group to take ‘permit to drive’ message to labour conference as party chiefs sign up to scheme

Employees at the Labour Party now have to qualify for a ‘Permit to Drive’ from managers before they are allowed to use vehicles for business purposes. The safety-first initiative is part of a drive by the Party to ensure it is meeting its duty of care to staff and to show them that health and safety [...]

Fleet Support Group takes at-work driving safety message to 2008 TUC Congress

The Fleet Support Group has confirmed that it will be taking its occupational road risk management message to the heart of the trade union movement. It is to exhibit at this year’s TUC Congress, which takes place at the Brighton Centre on the south coast from September 8-11. Britain’s giant public sector trade union, Unison, has [...]

Fleet Support Group takes at-work driving safety message to TUC Congress

Fleet Support Group is taking its occupational road risk management message to the heart of the trade union movement by exhibiting at this year’s TUC Congress, which takes place at the Brighton Centre on the south coast from September 8-11. Britain’s giant public sector trade union, Unison, which has more than 1.3 million members working in [...]

Firms told to ask ‘what’s in it for me’ as fleet support group launches new at-work driving risk management campaign

Safety-focused Fleet Support Group has launched a major new occupational road risk management campaign targeting fleet managers, company car and van drivers, company directors, trade union officials and shareholders as well as business customers. Called ‘What’s In It For Me’, the campaign builds on Fleet Support Group’s commitment to fleet safety through its RiskMaster initiative, which [...]

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