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Early investigation of the circumstances is always paramount to understand your customer says Rob King, Legate
Rob King at Legate talks to BVRLA Director of Fleet Services Amanda Brandon, about customer payment difficulties and suspected criminal intent in this 15-minute interview
Department for Transport seeks views on Rental Vehicle Security Scheme
BVRLA rental and commercial vehicle members are being invited to take part in a review of the Government’s Rental Vehicle Security Scheme (RVSS) introduced in December 2018.
New Emergency Alerts system piloted
Emergency Alerts is a new service from the UK government that is expected to launch in summer 2021.
New guidance to prevent CVs being used as weapons
New guidance designed to prevent commercial vehicles, including vans, lorries, buses, coaches and even cranes, from being used as weapons in acts of terrorism has been published.
Mitigating the risk of cyber attacks
The BVRLA has obtained the Government’s Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation following an independent assessment of the association’s IT security infrastructure and processes.
Spotlight on vehicle fraud in latest BVRLA Blog
Gary Billingham from fraud prevention organisation, Cifas, has joined the BVRLA blogging community to raise awareness of how fraudsters are targeting the vehicle rental and leasing sectors.
Protect your business from vehicle targeted fraud
Gary Billingham from fraud prevention organisation, Cifas, explains how a fraud ring used identity fraud across multiple services to obtain leased and rental vehicles. In his blog he provides tips to help organisations protect their vehicle assets.
Cyber Aware for micro business
The National Cyber Security Centre has launched the second phase of its Cyber Aware campaign targeting micro business owners.
Free Cyber Security events
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is running a series of free cyber security webinars and talks in late February and March 2021, aimed at UK businesses of all sizes.
Counter terrorism vigilance
As the UK terror threat is raised to ‘severe’ the BVRLA would like to remind members to remain vigilant.
Tools to help employees be more cyber secure
The Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure has issued a warning about a recent hack of Twitter accounts, which might have been the result of an internal security compromise.
Be aware of fraudsters and scammers targeting the industry
Members subscribing to the BVRLA’s free-to-access RISC database will have already been informed of two alerts during the past week relating to fraudsters trying to obtain rental vehicles by deception.