Telford-based TTC celebrates milestone

Telford-based TTC today delivers more than 1.5 million training hours each year in driver education courses and provides a range of fleet ‘risk’ management and work-related road safety services, posting a significant increase in revenues since its Management Buy Out (MBO) in July 2017.

Over £500,000 has also been invested in infrastructure, increasing the training panel and developing a number of ‘disruptive’ technology solutions that are currently being rolled out to corporates and the SME market.

This, along with organic growth in its cycling division and a number of potential acquisitions, will see it aggressively grow between now and 2021.

Jim Kirkwood, TTC CEO, said: “Since the business was formed in 1993, we have helped more than 2.7 million people across the UK. That is some achievement and a long way from when Graham and Jenny Wynn came up with the idea of reducing casualties on the road and re-offending through better driver education and training.

“Back then there was only the two of them and a small team in their Shropshire office, but that didn’t stop them from creating a pilot scheme which cut re-offending by 50 per cent. This proved they had something that worked and prompted the Government to push through new legislation encouraging education as an alternative to punishment.

“TTC has built on this pioneering work and today is one of the largest National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) training providers, offering seven police referral courses.

“Since the MBO, we have invested heavily in creating the platform for the next ambitious expansion drive and have successfully merged our cycling businesses into what is now called TTC Cycling.”

The award-winning company employs 130 people at its headquarters on Hadley Park and a 500-strong panel of approved trainers that deliver coaching and NDORS courses on behalf of 14 police forces across the UK.

It has also enjoyed strong growth in its cycling division, securing a number of new contracts, including delivery of Vulnerable Road User DCPC practical training to 25,000 HGV and commercial vehicle drivers on how they can better understand how cyclists behave on the road across the UK.

Jim added: “Whilst we expect strong growth across all parts of the business, the biggest untapped opportunity is how we can support SMEs and corporates to better manage all aspects of work-related road safety.

“We recognised this about two years ago and launched a suite of services that cover fleet risk audits, policy management, driver licence checks, driver risk profiling and grey fleet management."