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Eco Driving (Fuel Efficient
Driving) We
are all aware that the emissions caused by driving have
a significant impact on the environment. RoSPA’s Eco
Driving Course looks at fuel efficient driving and how changing
your driving technique can help you save fuel by at least
10%, making a positive difference to the environment and
good commercial sense. call 0121 248 2023 for quote
BTEC Qualification
RoSPA are pleased to offer a number of different BTEC Qualifications
to drivers who have undergone our training. These awards
are a more flexible form of learning that don't require
endless amounts of studying and production of extensive
workbooks. Instead, these qualifications draw on practical
experience and achievement. read
more
Arrive Alive
Road Safety Programme The
Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is dedicated to influencing
young people's attitudes towards road safety and driving
safely when they have passed the driving test, by discussing
important road safety issues in their Arrive Alive Road
Safety Programme.They have produced six presentation modules
that can be adjusted to suit different needs: Carry
on reading..........
Funded SAFED
training still available
There
are still part-funded places available on the Safe and Fuel
Efficient Driving (SAFED) scheme. The scheme was originally
launched in 2006 and has proved immensely popular with over
7,500 drivers having been trained to date. This, along with
excellent overall results in achieving safer & greener
driving, led to the DfT committing a further £1.2
million in September 2007, to train more van drivers.There
are over 2.5 million registered vans in the UK all with
at least one driver. Using an average annual mileage figure
of 24,067, clocked up by the participants of the scheme
in 2006, the full potential if all van drivers adopted SAFED
for Vans could be: read
more from RoSPA
Seatbelt and
illegal number plate fines rise. Drivers
caught without a seatbelt or using illegal number plates
face bigger fines. Fixed penalty notices for failing to
wear a seatbelt or putting illegal plates on a vehicle have
increased to £60, up from £30 at present.
read
more from Directgov news room
Vehicle ‘Scrappage’
scheme The
new vehicle scrappage scheme is a voluntary scheme for motor
dealers and manufacturers. If your dealer agrees to participate
in the scheme from mid May, they will allow you £2000
off the price of a car or van up to 3.5t gross.
Carry
on reading...........Article
by Vic farron RFT
Expres
Cost Comparison
Table RFT
have produced a table through consultation with our customers,
our own running cost, and from published tables Carry
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by Vic farron RFT
Express
Green Shoots Of Recovery?
I am
not a politician, but there is still the possibility that
this article could still come back and bite me in the future.
Never the less the information coming out of some companies
does give rise to the need to convey the good news.
In RFT’s biggest sector, the print industry, some firms
are reporting increase in sales, with firms who previously
were shedding staff like a tree in autumn, are now scrambling
about trying to find experienced temps, while other companies
are reinstating shift working, for some departments, or at
least considering this possibility .
Carry
on reading..............
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by Vic farron RFT
Express
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