News from Big Red Driving

Toes in the Water

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:43:00 EST

The Big Red Fleet Company has just been asked to do a pilot study for the water utility company - Severn Trent; This follows on from our work with Veolia Water Services. So, just dipping our toes in the water at the moment. Still it might help us clean up a bit after our work with Infinis who have most of their workforce based on Landfill sites across the UK. Always varied - always professional!

The Big Red L Company is not Red Driving School!

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:58:00 EST

The Big Red L Company has been trading since 1992, we were a little annoyed some years ago when Red Driving School was formed and since then we have often been confused with them.

However, on 16th February 2010 The Red Driving School, part of LVG, was placed into administration and is currently up for sale. (latest news is they have found a buyer)

We want to assure our staff and customers that The Big Red L Company and The Big Red Fleet Company that we doing well and expect 2010 to be a positive growth year.

The Big Red L Company - Gold Franchises

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:15:00 EST

Late in 2009 we introduced our Gold, Silver and Associate franchise packages for driving instructors. We simply split Kent and South East London into 50 areas, each with 2 to 4 post codes each with approximately 60k to 80k in population. Our existing driving instructors in Kent and South East London had first choice and we've since added 4 more. We now have 19 either sold or under offer which is excellent. Our confidence in meeting the needs of ADI's in Kent is very high and we hope to develop a further 11 driving school businesses during 2010. That's just one for each driving test centre per year. We are planning an open day at our Folkestone based offices on Friday 7th May from 10am to 4.30pm Come and find out more - excellent coffee and refreshments on tap all day and short presentations by our Training Director, Graham Hooper. RSVP to Tony/Dave on 01303 298251

The Big Red L Company welcomes it's latest 4 instructors

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:00 EST

We are pleased to welcome Michael Stephenson to work alongside us in the Thanet area. Michael is based in Margate and says he is really looking forward to helping students gain the freedom of the roads quickly and efficiently.

Also just joining us in the Tonbridge / Sevenoaks area is Simon O'Connell who has been a driving instructor in the area for 5 years. He chose us as franchise partner simply because of our professionalism in all areas.

Here, close to head office in Folkestone, we now have, fresh from 3 years with the AA David Mastin and last but not least is Chris Whitehead who has been working as an associate trainer for several months; He finally decided we were a good bunch and took out one of our Gold franchises as did the others. What took you Chris?

Automatic Driving Lessons are now available in most of Kent

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:49:00 EST

The ever more popular automatic driving lessons are now available in 2 areas of Kent. We have automatic instructors in Folkestone, and Belvedere.

The Big Red Fleet Company win training tender

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:02:00 EST

We had a nice Christmas Eve bonus in 2009 when news that we had won a tender for some 3000 drivers in the north of England to have their licences checked and standards raised through our driver training programme. We are hoping to get the training started in March.

BTEC in Driving Science - Free Software to 16 year olds

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:44:00 EST

In one of the biggest moves in driver safety for many years, a2om the company behind the revolutionary BTEC in Driving Science is giving away their software free to schools for every 16 year old in the country.

Transport Statistics from the UK Government. Based on 2008 travel survey

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:39:00 EST

Excerpt : Of those people without a driving licence and not currently learning to drive, a third stated that they intended to learn to drive within the next five years. A large proportion of those aged 17-20 (88 per cent) and 21-29 (76 per cent), intended to learn to drive within the next five years. Looks like we might be busy! With lots of not so useful facts (I enjoyed it! )

Roadsafe - Driving for Better Business: NEW Case Studies

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:11:00 EST

Roadsafe aim to raise awareness and champion work-related road safety - see their Driving for Better Business case studies.

DSA Improvements to theory test

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:06:00 EST

- DSA introduces case studies into the theory test - Candidates to be tested on understanding as well as knowledge - Case studies are widely used in education to put learning into context Click Link for full details

Graham Hooper ADI Dip DI Appointed Training Director

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:45:00 EST

Graham has been working as an associate of The Big Red L company for some years. His results as a driving instructor coach and trainer have been outstanding. We have now appointed him as our Training Director. Click on link to read moreWhat are you waiting for?

Brake Duty of Care workshop

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:17:00 EST

Attend this low cost workshop for fleet managers and road safety professionals organised by BRAKE the road safety charity. Tuesday 6th Oct 2009 Central Manchester. Contact Sarah Gladman, Marketing Officer on 01484 559909