New opportunities for Campeys of Selby with FORS accreditation

FORS accreditation has been an essential part of new business wins for Campeys of Selby. As more transport contracts require certification of best practice, Campeys of Selby has found FORS to be the preferred accreditation scheme to showcase its safety, efficiency and sustainability. 

The company has FORS silver accreditation which it said has helped to improve the standard of its operation. This helps the business to maintain high levels of safety for drivers, staff, customers and vulnerable road users. Campeys of Selby conducts in-house CPC training which draws on content from the FORS professional training portfolio as well as FORS eLearning modules. 

Half of Campeys of Selby’s contracts are in the construction sector which are increasingly looking for accreditation. This also includes only allowing FORS accredited vehicles onto site, so this is a key business priority. 

The family-business first achieved FORS bronze in 2016. Two years later, this was upped to silver as the company’s vehicles were fitted with equipment which met DVS requirements at the time. Moving forward with its fleet, Campeys of Selby plans to improve its sustainability with a new 19-tonne DAF LF Electric which joined the fleet last year. More than 10% of the fleet is now running on biomethane with vehicles supplied by Iveco and Scania and Campeys of Selby is aiming to achieve net-zero by 2030. 

Harry Campey, commercial operations director at Campeys of Selby, said: “We’re a very progressive transport operation and we have a very single-minded view on transitioning to a carbon neutral vehicle fleet. Customers are certainly seeing zero-emissions transport as an attractive proposition for their own businesses. Behind the scenes it is FORS that’s helping us bring together the cornerstones of safety, efficiency and sustainability, especially when it comes to new business wins in the construction sector. Transport contracts invariably include a requirement for FORS accreditation, and for good reason; there’s a benchmark level of operation that all operators must maintain, and we very much support the role that FORS is playing in this space.”