The company’s 5,400sq ft stand will have more than 15 vehicles on display, including the new Ford Transit Custom, Transit Connect, and Ford Transit, as well as more details on the new Ford Transit Courier to come at the show. Mark Ovenden, Ford Britain managing director, said: ‘Following the award recognition of the new Transit […]
The EST estimates that if half the light goods vehicle drivers in the UK lightened their loads by 75kg – equivalent to three bags of cement or an empty industrial gas cylinder – it would save around £50m on fuel each year. This would result in 100,000 fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions – enough […]
The company’s portfolio of physical security equipment is all preventatively and reactively serviced and maintained by a mobile workforce. These engineers are on call 24/7, and drive a fleet of response vehicles that are equipped with the facilities to get businesses up and running in the shortest time possible. Masternaut’s system, installed across Gunnebo’s fleet […]
From March, all Combo, Vivaro and Movano models registered will move to two-year service intervals. Combo’s service interval will be two years or 21,000 miles (18,000 miles for petrol variants) or oil life quality monitor warning, whichever is sooner. The Movano and British-built Vivaro will be two years or 25,000 miles or oil life quality monitor warning, […]
The manufacturer surveyed 252 fleet managers for its 2013 Nissan Van Report and found a key priority is fuel prices. Since 2001 diesel prices have doubled to an average of 139.8p per litre and not surprisingly 75% of fleet managers surveyed were taking measures to control or reduce fuel use, although a quarter of them are […]
The Service Contract is intended to provide customers with peace of mind in the knowledge their vehicle is being maintained to the highest standards, by qualified technicians using Mercedes-Benz GenuineParts – all at an affordable rate. James Ostridge, service contracts manager, Mercedes-Benz UK, said: ‘Our vehicles run to their ideal performance when they are maintained […]
Isuzu Truck (UK) was formed in 1996, with CEO Nikki King explaining: ‘We established the Isuzu Truck commercial vehicle brand in a crowded marketplace. We concentrated on offering award-winning customer service with highly-specified technical training for our dealers and some of the best trucks available within the Isuzu product range. We’ve grown from strength-to- strength […]
In a review of over 133,000 vehicles, LeasePlan identified opportunities for its customers to save over £50m – £390 per vehicle – by making key changes to the running of their fleet. Across the UK’s total of over one million fleet vehicles, that translates into over £400m of potential savings. Within a year, LeasePlan had cut […]
The vehicle was presented to Graham Dawe, managing director of Ipswich-based SES, at a recent launch event at Milsoms, Kesgrave Hall, which was attended by locally based van operatorsThe vehicle was one of two Citan 109 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Longs supplied by Orwell to SES, which plans to order another couple next month. Founded in 1977 […]
The prediction comes as the organisation releases new commercial vehicle sales figures, which show a strong start to the year for van registrations, with an 11.9% rise to 16,049 units in January, although they remain down for the rolling year. Meanwhile heavy truck registrations decreased by 19.6% last month to 2,882 units, but were still […]
