1. Mark Cartwright Head of Vans Freight Transport Association

2. Practical fleet compliance in your supply chain

3. Van Excellence 101 Why? How? To date… Resist legislative overtures
Recognise excellence
Improve standards
How?
Peer developed standards (Van Excellence Code)
Provides framework / “What good looks like”
Independent accreditation against Code
To date…
120+ operators accredited / 125,000 vans
Many more operators ‘in process’ / 200,000 vans
Next slide BLUE SCREEN

7. Confidence in your fleet
Confidence in your drivers
Other road users being confident in you
Your confidence in your supply chain
Highways England confidence in you

13. Professionalisation Procedures / Policies How many vans – 4.2m
How many drivers – 280k
How many unroadworthy vans on the roads?
I reckon at least 1.7m
Why?
MOT Failure rate….

16. Others
Other road users – absolutely
But think beyond that…
It’s about how you can influence others – your supply chain…

19. The L Word
Careful when you google…
Leadership definition…
The ability to influence others…
the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. ... 
DFT meeting anecdote…

20. Van Excellence
Mark Cartwright