Author Archives: Daisy Seymour, UK Marketing Manager

GreenRoad and Belmont To Hold Seminar on May 31st 2012

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London, UK, May 10th, 2012 — GreenRoad, the leader in driver performance and safety management and Belmont International, the UK’s leading independent insurance broker specialising in passenger transport, today announced a joint seminar.

The Best Practices Workshop will be held on May 31st 9:30 – 4:30 at the Birmingham Motorcycle Museum. The event will be open to all GreenRoad and Belmont passenger transport clients, all CPT members and select fleet managers by invitation.

Over 2,600 UK drivers are reducing risk and cutting fuel by using GreenRoad in partnership with Belmont. The two companies started working together in 2008. By sharing best practices at this workshop, Belmont and GreenRoad intend to help clients reduce risk and make further savings.

The workshop is aimed at GreenRoad project champions and executive sponsors. It will include discussions on hot topics and examine best practices in areas including: how to maximise fuel savings; creative ideas to secure driver buy-in; different ways to communicate with drivers; dealing with persistent high risk drivers; how to run an effective reward and recognition scheme; how to investigate accidents.

There will be an industry specialist guest speaker; Andy Cozens, senior consultant at GreenRoad, will provide an update on GreenRoad features and benefits; plus Belmont Directors Mark Bunbury and Phil White will talk about reducing risk and how their service can benefit operators.

This will be a networking event whereby everyone can share their successes with others, for example presenters will examine how one particular customer has achieved zero red, high-risk drivers.

To register for the event please contact daisy.seymour@greenroad.com

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad is the leader in fleet driver performance and safety management.  The unique GreenRoad Driver Improvement Loop™ uses technology-based, personalised driver self-improvement to immediately transform driving culture and deliver the best drivers on the road.  Proven across 85,000 drivers worldwide, representing innovative fleets from all industry segments, GreenRoad dramatically reduces crashes and fuel consumption so customers realise positive ROI within months. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices throughout the U.S., the UK and Israel. For more information, visit www.greenroad.com.

About Belmont

Belmont International Ltd is a top ten independent insurance broker offering an integrated insurance service to businesses and their executives. An owner-managed business working principally from their offices in Kent, it services thousands of clients throughout the UK and overseas from large businesses and PLCs to SMEs and private individuals.  Its exclusive CoachSave product combines GreenRoad technology with reduced premium rates over a three-year contract, thus providing more certainty in these difficult times.

Media Contact

Rachel Postlethwaite | Breakaway Communications for GreenRoad

rp@breakawaycom.com | +44 7949 883636

 

 

As Stubborn as a . . . Twenty Year Driver?

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Earlier this month, GreenRoad UK hosted a particularly informative User Group at The National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.  Attendees included representatives from some of the most progressive fleets in the UK, from bus and coach companies, such as First Group and Newport Transport to service fleets like Iron Mountain and Northern Gas Networks.  Speakers included Adrian Walsh of RoadSafe and Driving for Better Business, who discussed work-related road safety and legislation to Mark Cartwright of the FTA/Van Excellence who advised the crowd on best practice for van operators.  We also heard an inspiring case study from Gary Bell of Bunzl, who as well as obtaining an immediate ROI, stated that GreenRoad is changing the relationship between depot managers and their drivers.  He quoted his colleague Mark Moore:

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FTA Van Excellence Scheme Offers Members 10% Discount on GreenRoad

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April 23rd 2012, London — Freight Transport Association (FTA) today announced that it is offering its members an exclusive 10% discount on GreenRoad, enabling its members to achieve faster ROI with enhanced safety and reduced fuel consumption.

GreenRoad is the leader in driver performance and safety management, with its drivers logging over 7.4 billion miles in 2011. It gives drivers instant feedback on their performance using green-amber-red LEDs on the dashboard. Using proprietary technology, GreenRoad analyzes the driving and the lights indicate the severity of each maneuver, for example speeding, braking, acceleration, lane-handling and turning.

A typical GreenRoad customer sees up to a 10% reduction in fuel consumption and emissions as well as a 50% reduction in collision costs. Further benefits include reduced vehicle wear and tear and reduced insurance premiums.

FTA and GreenRoad announced a partnership earlier in 2012 including GreenRoad sponsorship of two FTA User Group workshops, the first of which took place on April 12th 2012 and the second will be in October.  The aim of these events is to share best practices in the UK’s growing van sector. GreenRoad also writes a regular column for Van Excellence, published in FTA’s monthly Freight magazine.

Van Excellence is an industry-led initiative to raise standards and improve the image of the UK’s van sector and includes a tough accreditation system and a strict code of practice, and is backed by many household names. The launch of Van Excellence in 2010 has been widely welcomed in the industry, and many businesses have joined the scheme. Van Excellence is a standard set by van operators for use by van operators, sharing and formalizing working practices already used by leading companies in the sector.

Mark Cartwright, FTA’s Head of Vans and Light Commercial Vehicles, commented: “GreenRoad’s support continues to play an important contribution in reaching our goals. Its offer of a reduced cost service to our members will only serve to encourage additional improvements to the high operating standards of our members’ fleets, whilst reducing their operating costs.”

“The Van Excellence scheme is raising awareness of how the sector can further raise levels of professionalism,” commented Aidan Rowsome, general manager of GreenRoad. “We trust that the support we are now offering through both the workshops and service discount will help fleet managers to work with their drivers to improve performance and achieve additional savings in accident costs, fuel, insurance and wear-and-tear.”

Notes for editors

Van Excellence was launched in April 2010 and now has 110 registered operators running in excess of 135,000 vans.

For further information please contact FTA’s media team on 01892 552255/01892 552253 or, out of hours, on 07818 450425.

About GreenRoad

GreenRoad is the leader in driving performance and safety management for fleets and other organizations. GreenRoad solutions feature the unique GreenRoad Driver Auto-Improvement Loop, technology-based, personalized driver self-improvement that immediately transforms driving culture and delivers the best drivers on the road. Proven across 80,000 drivers worldwide, representing innovative fleets from all industry segments, GreenRoad dramatically reduces crashes and fuel consumption so customers realize positive ROI within months. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices throughout the US, UK and Israel. For more information, visit www.greenroad.com

Media Contact

Rachel Postlethwaite | Breakaway Communications for GreenRoad

rp@breakawaycom.com | +44 7949 883636