The Standard magazine News
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Published June 2019
1,500th FORS Practitioner qualifies as success of training programme continues
FORS member Linda Lutton from Dumfries Freight in Northern Ireland has become the 1,500th FORS Practitioner. The first FORS Practitioner qualification was awarded in Apri…
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Published June 2019
FORS announces funded training for drivers
FORS is offering funded places on a selection of its driver specific training courses, to help FORS members upskill their driving workforce. The free-of-charge training…
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Published May 2019
First Choice Minibus Services gets on board with FORS
FORS, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, is delighted to welcome First Choice Minibus Services onto its Governance and Standards Advisory Group (GSAG). The appointment will allow…
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Published May 2019
Release of funded driver training courses
FORS is pleased to announce that additional funded places on training courses for drivers have been released across the UK. Places are available on FORS Professional Safe Urban Driving (SUD)…
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Published April 2019
FORS Ask The Expert: Counter Terrorism In Road Transport
At a time when the threat level from international terrorism in the UK has been set at ‘severe’, commercial vehicle operators are being offered additional guidance to help ensure they ar…
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Published April 2019
Study reveals mobile phone abuse
More than half of van drivers admitted to making calls behind the wheel without using a hands-free device, according to research by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Van drivers spend an av…