City of London Case Study FORS

1. City of LondonCase Study FORS Rob Ellis Corporate Transport ManagerCity of London

2.  Slide 1 • Good afternoon I am Rob Ellis. Corporate Transport 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.

3.  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.

4.  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.

6.  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.

7.  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.