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Events in the Middle East have, in the past, had repercussions in the way terrorist threats manifest in Europe and other western countries.

Aimed at members who operate car clubs, the BVRLA has been asked to share the below questionnaire with its car club members by the Department for Transport (DfT). 

The National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) Business Engagement Unit and Marks & Spencer’s Business Continuity Team have been running one-hour ProtectUK product Workshops known as ‘Workshop Wednesdays’ since February 2021. In that time, they have hosted over 400 business representatives with feedback being overwhelmingly positive. 

For members involved in short-term vehicle rental, the association is holding complimentary on-line training sessions on the Department for Transport’s Vehicle Security Scheme (RVSS).

Following two terrorist incidents in the past month, reflecting the diverse, complex, and volatile nature of the terrorist threat in the UK, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) took the decision to raise the UK National Threat Level from SUBSTANTIAL, meaning an attack is likely, to SEVERE, meaning an attack is highly likely. 

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.

Emergency Alerts is a new service from the UK government that is expected to launch in summer 2021.

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.

As the UK terror threat is raised to ‘severe’ the BVRLA would like to remind members to remain vigilant.

In March 2017, National Counter Terrorism Policing launched ACT (Action Counters Terrorism), a new branding platform which incorporates all of UK’s counter-terrorism external campaigns to warn, inform and reassure the public.