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Montel sign the Armed Forces Covenant

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Montel is pleased to announce its commitment to support serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families by signing the Armed Forces Covenant, this highlights our promise that Montel will uphold to demonstrate it is an Armed Forces friendly organisation, including encouraging the employment of service leavers and supporting its current Reservist employees or those aspiring to join the Reserves service.

Montel will endeavour to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant by:

  • Promoting the fact we are an armed forces friendly organisation
  • Seeking to support the employment of veterans young and old and working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), in order to establish a tailored employment pathway for service leavers
  • Striving to supporting service spouses and partners
  • Endeavouring to offer a degree of flexibility in granting leave for service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment
  • Seeking to support our employees who choose to be member of the Reserve forces, including by accommodating their training and deployment where possible
  • Aiming to actively participate in Armed Forces Day

Montel gain NQA Certification

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Montel are delighted to announce that following an NQA audit we have ensured that we maintain a high level of quality and environmental control across the entire business, after four days of intense auditing we have successfully achieved validity of certification and transition to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.

2019 West Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards Finalists

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Montel are proud to have been finalists in our first ever entry in the West Midlands Celebrating Construction awards. The ceremony was held at the ICC in Birmingham, with over 500 industry leaders gathered to celebrate and acknowledge the best in the region’s innovative construction projects and talented individuals. Although we didn’t win the coveted first prize, the company ethos stands firm in that teamwork gives us the edge that makes winners out of all of us!

Montel Sponsor Racing Car

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Montel are proud to sponsor a BMW E36 M3 in class B, in the 750 motor clubs, Club Endurance Championship being driven by one of our Project Managers Tom Kirkland who is in a two-man team alongside Oliver Owen. The races can be up to 3 hours long with a minimum of one drivers change. The races are live streamed through YouTube and through the following website which also includes the race calendar: https://lnkd.in/dg2CDb5 If you fancy popping along to watch them race, they will also be doing a number of test days throughout the season. Contact us for more info.

Montel Reduce Carbon Footprint

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Rewarding drivers for cutting emissions and saving fuel.

Innovative technology reduces Montel Civil Engineering vehicle emissions by 10%

Over the course of the last 12 months, Montel Civil Engineering has reduced the environmental impact of its fleet vehicles by 10%, cutting roughly 10 tonnes of CO2 from its carbon footprint.

The company has achieved this impressive feat thanks to their decision to deploy Lightfoot – an innovative driver behaviour technology that helps drivers to maintain a smoother driving style; reducing fuel use, emissions rates, and the risk of at-fault accidents.

“We were introduced to Lightfoot through our broker, Dunsby Associates. We are always on the lookout for ways to keep our employees safe and Lightfoot seemed a great way to not only protect our drivers, but reward them too. What we weren’t initially aware of, however, was the impact Lightfoot could have on our carbon footprint. Once we saw the numbers relating to emissions, that really got our attention and confirmed Lightfoot was well ahead of anything else we had seen.”

Jon Kirkland (Managing Director)

Convinced by case studies and the results realised by existing Lightfoot customers, Montel Civil Engineering elected to install Lightfoot as quickly as possible in their fleet of vans.

The results since have been consistently positive. As well as achieving the company’s goal of reducing the environmental impact of its vehicles, there have been several other benefits for the company and its drivers.

The reduction in emissions is tied closely to an improvement in fuel efficiency seen across all vehicles. An increase of 9.6% in mpg has helped Montel Civil Engineering save thousands of pounds in fuel costs in the last year.

And as for Dunsby Associates, who first introduced the company to Lightfoot, the results have been spectacular.

“In the 12 months since Montel Civil Engineering deployed Lightfoot, we have recorded an 80% reduction in at-fault claims. This has been a great result for all parties involved – their drivers are demonstrably safer thanks to Lightfoot, the company reduces their costs, and we know our customer takes risk seriously and promotes driver safety wherever possible.”

Scott Batty (Head of Broking, Dunsby Associates)

Lightfoot alone doesn’t make this happen, though. At the heart of these positive changes lies the company’s drivers. After all, you can have the greenest vans and the smartest tech but, unless the people behind the wheel are driving well, you won’t see results. Montel Civil Engineering drivers have rightly been rewarded for their better driving as part of Lightfoot’s unique approach to fleet management and driver behaviour.

“Lightfoot’s mission is to reward better drivers – it’s what sets us apart from anything else on the market. We don’t believe in tracking drivers and using their data against them, we want to empower them and reward them for their exceptional performance. Montel Civil Engineering are right behind this ethos and were quick to adopt our Driver Perks package, giving their drivers the chance to enter our competitions and use our exclusive discounts.”

Rupert Lyon Taylor (Managing Director, Lightfoot)

Lightfoot’s Fleet Driver of the Week

Dan Davis, a driver with Montel Civil Engineering’s sister company, Enviromontel, recently won Lightfoot’s Fleet Driver of the Week award, earning a prize of a pie a week for a year for his contribution to the company’s growing reputation as one of the UK’s smoothest, safest fleet operators.

Montel Civil Engineering is reaping the benefits of a vehicle fleet performing at its best after deploying Lightfoot, achieving significant savings in financial and environmental terms.