June 2010 - Northgate Vehicle Hire receives International Health & Safety Award
Northgate Vehicle Hire, the UK’s leading commercial vehicle hire company, has once again been recognised for its exceptional health and safety standards gaining another prestigious international safety award.
The company was recently awarded an Occupational Health & Safety Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and has now gained the International Safety Award from the British Safety Council. This is the second consecutive year that Northgate Vehicle Hire has won both awards.
The company operates a fleet of over 60,000 vehicles from more than 60 locations throughout the UK and Ireland. Northgate offer commercial vehicles for hire, fleet management, vehicle monitoring and other associated services.
Julie Nerney, British Safety Council chief executive said, “I congratulate Northgate Vehicle Hire for their award, which shows a clear commitment to health and safety best practice and is helping to make our vision of a healthy and safe working environment a reality.”
Colin Gilstin, the Group’s Safety & Environment Manager commented: “The health and well-being of our employees is a primary focus for Northgate Vehicle Hire. We feel that winning this prestigious award for a second successive year confirms Northgate's commitment to achieving and promoting safety within our work places.”
Northgate’s aim is to lead the field where safety is concerned. Dedication to meeting this aim also assists its customers to meet their own duty of care obligations within their businesses’.
Northgate has now trained more than 700 of its employees to the British Safety Council Level 1 standard in Health and Safety at Work. This year the company’s senior managers are undertaking the 3 day level 2 training course in Supervising Staff Safely. Northgate Health & Safety team are accredited BSC course providers and carry out the training courses in-house. This ensures consistent standard levels whilst improving knowledge and culture within the company.
The British Safety Council leads the way in promoting health, safety and environmental best practice. This international Award recognises and acknowledges that organisations and their employees have achieved health, safety and environmental excellence.
ABOUT NORTHGATE
Northgate Vehicle Hire is the UK and Ireland operating subsidiary of Northgate plc, which is listed on the FTSE 250 and is Europe’s leading commercial vehicle hire business.
Northgate pioneered the development of Norflex, which provides customers with the flexibility to hire vehicles on a longer term basis without the constraints of a fixed period contract or having any of the risks associated with vehicle ownership. Norflex allows customers (large and small) to acquire, return or change vehicles without notice or penalty. Supporting this proposition, Northgate provides customers with:
- Choice and availability, operating a hire fleet of more than 60,000 vehicles in the UK and Ireland
- Modern and up to date fleet – the majority of vehicles are less than 3 years old
- Northgate it buys c.20,000 vehicles each year
- UK-wide support with 60 branches from Aberdeen to Plymouth including sites in Belfast and Dublin
- A national network of purpose-built workshops to ensure that vehicles are serviced, maintained and repaired to manufacturers’ warranty and safety standards by a team of fully licenced IRTEC (Institute of Road Transport Engineers) technicians
- High service standards by conforming to the BVRLA fair wear and tear guidelines.
- In both 2009 and 2010, Northgate won gold awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and the British Safety Council International Safety Award.
For more information on the Northgate Vehicle Hire please visit our website - www.northgatevehiclehire.co.uk
For further information contact:
Ross Clarkson, Marketing Director on 01325 467 558 or email ross.clarkson@northgateplc.com
