Up To Speed
Important Update: Scheduled Maintenance for Online Bookings
To ensure we continue providing you with the fastest and most reliable service possible, we will be performing an essential technical upgrade to our online booking system next month.
While we are excited about these improvements, it does mean our digital booking platform will be temporarily offline.
Only Fools Miss Courses
*REMINDER: DON”T GET CAUGHT OUT!*
From 1 April 2026, the rules on qualification renewals change.
The current post-expiry grace period ends on 31 March 2026.
After that date, there will be no grace period at all.
Traffic Management Contractors: what are you doing to protect your workforce from manual handling injuries?
Manual handling training is widely delivered across the sector, but are the generic ‘off the shelf’ courses suitable for the types of activities required for traffic management works?
Traffic management is carried out in environments that are anything but generic — and the manual handling risks faced by operatives on the highway are fundamentally different from those in most other industries.
Removal of NHSS12 post expiry 6 month grace period
A reminder that from 1st April 2026, a key change is coming that will impact the Temporay Traffic Management sector.
Lantra and the NHSS 12ABCD Committee are removing the six-month post-expiry grace period for NHSS 12 skills.
Up To Speed Training offers a comprehensive and flexible portfolio of Driver CPC courses.
The courses are designed not only to help drivers meet their legal obligations but also to enhance practical skills, workplace safety awareness, and operational effectiveness — all while supporting overall employee wellbeing.
The Keith Baldwin Memorial Rally
Up To Speed Takes to the Road for the Keith Baldwin Memorial Rally!
From June 9th to 13th, Up To Speed Training will be proudly taking part in the Keith Baldwin Memorial Rally – a cross-Europe fundraising journey in memory of a man who meant so much to so many.
NHSS12 Grace Period to be abolished
Lantra have recently informed all those working within the governance of National Highway
Sector Scheme 12, that the NHSS 12ABCD Committee and Lantra will be making
changes to the 6 month grace period ‘rule’, which will take effect from 01 April 2026.
Congratulations! Rugby Borough JFC U13 Jaguars
Congratulations to Up To Speed Training sponsored Rugby Borough Juniors FC U13 Jaguars who are Mid-Warwickshire League Division 2 Runners Up for the 2024-2025 season.
Promotion to Division 1 has been secured after a lot of hard work and commitment from the whole team and coaching staff.
Christmas Opening Hours
We would like to inform all of our clients that we will be closing for Christmas at the end of the normal business day on Friday 20th December 2024 and returning to the office on Thursday 2nd January 2025, this is so all of our team can enjoy a well earned break, spend time with families and loved ones and recharge ready to continue to deliver the quality service we pride ourselves on at Up To Speed Training.
We wish you all a fantastic festive season and look foward to working with you all again in 2025!
The Up To Speed Training Team







