4th March 2022

All about the Part 3 test (intro)

This video features owner of the BIG TOM franchise giving an introduction to the Part 3 qualifying test for trainee driving instructors. What are the factors […]
3rd March 2022

Intensive versus pay as you go

This video shows owner of BIG TOM franchise, Tom Ingram giving some context to how driving training has developed in recent years.  He goes on to […]
20th January 2022

The self-destruction of a driving training industry

Driving instructors across the UK feel attacked from multiple fronts. Many won’t feel comfortable sharing their fears, and the ADI’s who work alone sense isolation and […]
19th January 2022

How not to provide intensive driving courses

Take a look at this message in the email inbox today:    Good Afternoon,     We have a 12 hour course in PE11 with a test […]
7th January 2022

Give your mind a rest

Our use of technology in everyday living adversely affects our emotional well-being – digital dementia. Sometimes, our minds need some downtime to recharge. A pause, so […]
5th January 2022

Will some kind soul help you?

The problem is, of course, you don’t know what you don’t know. You’re running your driving school business the best you know how. But could it […]
4th January 2022

Driving instructors who restrict learning

We claim to “revolutionise” driving training because we do not accept that learning to drive HAS to involve pupils taking one or two-hour driving lessons per […]
2nd January 2022

Well informed customers

One of the obstacles that deter driving instructors from creating tremendous value for customers is the belief that they know what is best for the customer […]
31st December 2021

Your driving school business in 2022

One of the insights that have come out of the last two years is the acceleration of the quest to make our working lives give us […]
30th December 2021

Mile for mile more driving on a BIG TOM intensive course

Providing safe driving training is a crucial value of the BIG TOM franchise. Our record on road safety while training is exemplary. We take great pride […]
15th June 2023

What really counts is not always counted

The BIG TOM Driving School Franchise has systems in place to capture customers’ feelings about their experience with us. But of course, not everything that is […]
12th June 2023

Purposeful questions

You are a recently qualified driving instructor, providing driving training on the subject of the “Emergency Stop”. You feel comfortable knowing the subject well. But you […]
8th June 2023

Trainee driving instructor question

In this blog, the franchise owner, Tom Ingram, gives some insight into his vision of how the BIG TOM driving training programme assists customers.    “I […]
26th May 2023

Median average UK salary

According to the ONS, the median average salary in the UK is £33,000. One of the primary causes of dissatisfaction among UK driving instructors is failing to […]