Logistics UK Services
Van Excellence
Van Excellence is centred around a set of best practice standards, this scheme aims to improve safety, efficiency and compliance and recognise excellence in van operations.
About Van Excellence
Van Excellence is a scheme designed with safety and efficiency at its core, by some of the best van operators in the UK; facilitated and managed by Logistics UK to recognise excellence and improve operational standards. At its heart are the Van Excellence Standards outlining ‘what good looks like’ in van operations.
Van Excellence has been developed to allow operators to ensure their standards of operation meet the requirements of the audit standards, thus enabling them to be recognised as van operators that adhere to a best practice framework. It is a sign to your customers, clients, staff and supply chain that your operation adheres to the highest safety standards.
Van Excellence aims to…
Create a recognised compliance
Create a recognised compliance quality mark for use by members with other parties.
Demonstrate consistent attainment
Demonstrate consistent attainment of high levels of compliance by road freight transport operators with the operator licence undertakings.
Provide equivalence
Provide equivalence to comparable schemes and alternative means of achieving them.
How does it work?
The Van Excellence Standards represent the current minimum best practice standards required to ensure the safe operation of van fleets regardless of fleet size or their industry sector.
See all the elements of the standards here.
Getting Started with Van Excellence
Van Excellence aims to help operators improve standards within their operations and become recognised for these high standards. We recognise that all van operations are different; in size, in set-up and along their journey to improve standards.
Therefore we have developed a series of steps that may help you to get started and decide the best route for your business to get the most out of Van Excellence.
What are the benefits?
through adopting best practice procedures.
in the current legal compliance and best practice of your van fleet.
for your drivers and other road users.
from the industry, customers and the public for the highest operating standards.
CALMvan
In partnership with CALM, we have created CALMVan to start the conversation with van drivers. By encouraging men to reach out to their friends and colleagues, CALMVan hopes to bring about a behavioural change and continue the charity’s mission.
One Fateful Day film
A film we produced to look at the people affected by a company van collision and the impact a successful Health & Safety Executive prosecution has on all involved. Watch the video now.
Mentoring Scheme
We believe it is vital to mentor companies as they progress through the scheme, providing a great benefit for large and small companies that aspire to be Van Excellence Members.
Van Excellence
Want to learn more?
Take your first steps to becoming Van Excellence Accredited
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