FMG has managed the contract since the NVRM was inaugurated in 2008. Following a competitive tender process, the company has been awarded a new three-year contract, which will run from autumn 2013, with optional extensions for four further years. The contract covers 4,300 miles of motorways and significant A-roads and will be worth £34.5m over seven […]
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There has never been quite so much choice in the van market, as manufacturers continually search for the last niche that might net a few more sales. This has however lead to a slight blurring of the lines between sectors, with vans like Fiat’s Doblo Cargo capable of carrying a full 1.0-tonne payload, as much […]
Intended to cover best practice and the impact of changing legislation, the seminars will focus on a wide range of fleet management issues. As well as CPC compliance, these will also include: fuel cost management, changes to company car benefit-in-kind taxation up to 2016/17 and the forthcoming introduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Directors’ Reports) Regulations […]
Overall, FTA members, as employers of professional drivers, have stated their support for the introduction of fixed penalty offences, but believe that there is the need for an overarching strategy which will provide guidance on the standard of evidence required, ensuring that the same judgements are applied across the country and so will avoid a “‘postcode […]
Some typical examples of careless driving under the new rules include overtaking on the inside, “tailgating”, emerging from a side road into the path of another vehicle, tuning a car radio and middle lane hogging. In situations where the owner of a vehicle fails to identify the driver when an offence was committed, the fine […]
Prior to the introduction of the Optimatics software, M2 operations managers had to rely on heavily manual processes to track, schedule or close off jobs with engineers. According to M2, the customer services team was fielding an average of 700 calls a day, many of which were from the engineers calling in to check for […]
Northern Commercials has acquired the trade and assets of Stormont Truck & Van, with Stormont’s network of four dealerships to be re-branded as Northern Commercials sites. The change of name makes Northern Commercials one of the largest Iveco dealers in the UK, with the former Stormont dealerships in Brighton, Dunstable, Northampton and Tonbridge joining with […]
The offer applies to the Korando CSX 4×4, the Korando Sports 4×4 double cab pick-up , the Rexton CS 4×4 and the automatic Rexton commercial van. Styled by Italian car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro – famed for his work with Alfa and on the VW Golf – the Korando CSX van offers four-wheel drive as standard with braked […]
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The Handistep range includes steps for panel vans and box-bodied vehicles, which are now high on the list of vehicle specification priorities for many major fleets. Continuity is assured by Harry Bradshaw’s involvement – he has been a director of the company since it was registered in 2001, and also runs engineering firm Walker Scott, […]
The service has been running for the last 65 years and uses a fleet of specially converted vans to provide a mobile branch banking service to those customers in remote rural locations in Scotland, England and Wales. Under a new deal, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has been appointed to manage the fleet of 27 vehicles, which […]
