City of London Case Study FORS Vince Dignam Business Improvement and Performance Manager City of London

 Slide 1 I am Vince Dignam, Business Improvement and Performance Manager for the City of London. The City are the Local Authority for the square mile in the Financial centre of London. The City’s functions are very diverse and reach outside of London as well, covering Hampstead Heath, Heathrow, Tilbury Port and many more areas.

 Slide 2 The City’s fleet size is around 1200, this is made up of 250 vehicles and 950 pieces of plant. The fleet is broken up into service areas such as The City police, Open Spaces, Highways and Cleansing, social services including Schools. Most of the vehicle Maintenance is carried out at the City workshops By our contractors, there are some satellite Sites.

 Slide 3 The City have written a new Corporate transport Policy with the Corporate Manslaughter Act in Mind. This formed part of the Fleet operators Recognition Scheme, (FORS) assessment check Procedures put in place since the policy and FORS inspection were; More stringent Licence checks, Mobile phone policy, Driver checks and Health screening. All drivers have had health checks and eye tests.

 Slide 4 Improvements we have seen so far since implementing the policy are; Drivers not missing medicals, Driver licences up to date, i.e. photo card, LGV category, also other specialist licence training renewals. Working with Contractors to comply with legislation and checks. Driver training, awareness, Health and Safety especially with Drivers CPC.

 Slide 5 We are committed to Maintaining our FORS Gold membership and training drivers with the online programme. We have also developed our benchmarking profile and interfaced our computer based systems with FORS. Improve grey fleet policy, and Implement Corporate policy across City departments.

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