Big Red News

• Independant Driving - Part of the Driving Test from Oct4th 2010 August 21, 2010
  It's just a short 7 minute section of the test where you will be asked to either follow signs to a different location or asked to follow no more than 3 directions as shown to a candidate in a diagram form. We've been teaching this for years. Personally I find a part of the town where a pupil is unfamiliar and ask them to find there own way home. Do […]
• The Big Red L Company - Gold Franchises August 21, 2010
  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 […]
• MOD Contract June 18, 2010
  The Big Red L Company has been asked by B Safe Driving School if we would sub contract the MOD contract in Kent from them. They are based in Darlington and are seeking to build a good team of Kent based instructors over the next few weeks to help train 20 army personnel each week until September for the basic B (car) category. Please call us on 01303 279755 […]
• The Big Red L Company - Staff changes May 28, 2010
  We are pleased to welcome David Keynes to work alongside us in the Gravesend area. David is based in Greenhithe 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 year […]
• Prizes for exam results April 24, 2010
  A Maidstone secondary school has decided to offer everyone of it's successful students 3 hours (£66) of driving lessons as a reward for achievements at GCSE level. They can see the clear benefit of helping students develop their careers prospects. They currently have 65 students ear marked to receive the vouchers with a further 30 about to take exams. W […]
• Zero Faults March 18, 2010
  Mark Glover, one of our excellent Folkestone Driving Instructors has just come back with a zero fault driving test on Thursday 18th March These are rarer than hens teeth! Well done Mark; We'll be expecting another one soon. […]
• Toes in the Water March 5, 2010
  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 […]
• The Big Red L Company is not Red Driving School! February 22, 2010
  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 […]
• Automatic Driving Lessons are now available in most of Kent January 25, 2010
  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 January 12, 2010
  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 December 23, 2009
  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 September 17, 2009
  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 fa […]