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Saturday, July 31st 2010

All the latest news from Freight Best Practice

Freight Best Practice publishes Waste Collection Guide

Freight Best Practice has recently published a FREE Guide designed to help Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs) improve the operational efficiency of their operation through best practice advice.  The Guide entitled ‘Improving the Efficiency of Waste Collection Operations with CVRS’ outlines, through the use of real life Case Studies, how technologies such as Computer Vehicle Routing [...]

Your chance to become the 2010 Freight Best Practice Student of the Year

Freight Best Practice are once again running a Student of the Year essay competition which is open to all UK based University undergraduate and postgraduate students, and requires a 2,500 word or less essay answering the question ‘Technologies or behaviour: how do we decarbonise our supply chain?’ The 2010 competition is sponsored by transport consultancy [...]

FBP’s On Line Benchmarking system expands

Following a successful launch, the Freight Best Practice programme’s On Line Benchmarking (OLB) system expanded its range of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to cover CO2 emissions and an increased focus on Safety. A CO2 KPI has been added, which will allow operators to measure and compare the volume of CO2 that each of their vehicles [...]

Free bad weather driving pocket guide

Freight Best Practice Scotland has today (6 November) published a FREE Bad Weather Driving Guide for truck drivers, which is specifically designed to give advice on driving in bad weather conditions.  By following the best practice advice, drivers can minimise delays, improve safety, as well as saving fuel and therefore money. During winter, professional drivers [...]

Freight Facilities Grants – A Concrete Solution

The Freight Best Practice programme has published a new free Case Study entitled ‘Freight Facilities Grants – A Concrete Solution’ which highlights the experiences of London Concrete who have successfully implemented a modal switch within their supply chain from road to rail and examines, amongst other things, the environmental savings that followed. The modal switch [...]

FBP Publish Free Guide For Small Fleets To Maximise Efficiency

Freight Best Practice (FBP), the DfT funded body, has published a new Free guide that for smaller fleets and owner drivers wishing to improve their efficiency by highlighting the range of potential measures available to the smaller operator which are cost effective, easily implemented and not just limited to larger fleets who may have more [...]

Investing in vehicle technology and maintenance can result in large financial savings

Freight Best Practice has published a new case study which highlights how investing in vehicle technology and maintenance can result in large financial savings.  The Case Study entitled ‘Innovation Secures Future at Rural Haulier’ profiles how Andrew Black Limited have enhanced profitability by maximising payload and minimising vehicle downtime. The North Berwick operator invested in [...]

FBP’s Free Performance Management Tool Updated

The Freight Best Practice programme’s popular Fleet Performance Management Tool (FPMT) has recently been updated to remove the previous limit of 25 vehicles to allow operators of all fleet sizes to use the tool and now includes the new KPIs dealing with  Penalty Charge / Financial Penalty Notices and engine idling time. The FPMT which [...]

Scottish Haulage Case Study Shows Huge Savings

Freight Best Practice Scotland has published a new Case Study entitled ‘Fuel Saving in a Scottish Haulage Fleet’, which is available completely free of charge and shows how John Mitchell (Grangemouth) Ltd saved over £664,000 across the fleet through a combination of investment in driver training, aerodynamic equipment and anti-idling policies. The company has employed [...]

These companies might also interest you:

• Accident Management Association
• Association of British Drivers (ABD)
• Association of British Insurers (ABI)
• Association Of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO)
• Auto Locksmith Association
• BRAKE
• British Vehicle Rental And Leasing Association (BVRLA)
• Department For Transport
• Driver And Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
• Drivers Alliance
• Driving Standards Agency (DSA)
• DVLA Vehicle Licensing Online
• Energy Saving Trust
• Environmental Transport Association (ETA)
• European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)
• Finance and Leasing Association (FLA)
• Financial Ombudsman Bureau
• FinancingYourCar.org.uk
• Freight Best Practice
• Freight Transport Association
• Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
• Highways Agency
• HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
• IANGV - International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles
• Institute of Advanced Motorists
• Institute Of Car Fleet Management (ICFM)
• Institute Of The Motor Industry (IMI)
• Mirad - The Institute of Registration Agents & Dealers
• Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA)
• National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB)
• National Tyre Distributors Association - NTDA
• RAC Foundation
• Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF)
• RMI Cherished Number Dealers Association
• Road Haulage Association
• Road Users' Alliance
• RoSPA
• Safe Speed
• Society Of Motor Manufacturers And Traders (SMMT)
• The Business Travel Initiative
• The Highway Code
• The Motor Industry Code of Practice for Service and Repair
• TyreSafe - Incorporating the Tyre Industry Council
• Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)
• Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
• World LP Gas Association

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