January 2014

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    Falken Tyre signs up to TyreSafe

    The firm was spurred on by the alarming results from its own tyre safety survey at a primary school where over 30% of the parents’ cars checked had illegal tyres. As the latest TyreSafe member, Falken will now enjoy access to a wide range of campaign materials, as well as early access to campaign themes […]

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    Sprinter "sisters" are up to the mark for QMS

    The business, which is based in Newton Abbot, Devon, purchased its new pair of Sprinter 313 CDIs from Exeter Dealer City West Commercials, with funding support from Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. The new model claims fuel efficiency improvements of 7% over the outgoing Sprinter, and boasts a host of new features including Crosswind Assist, which detects […]

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    Asda appoints FMG to manage home shopping fleet

    The contract includes planned maintenance, breakdown, operational and accident repairs as well as the provision of fleet intelligence. Key elements of the support will be to improve reliability, optimise availability and minimise cost. The solution, which has been carefully tailored to the specific needs of Asda Home Shopping, encompasses a number of key innovations designed to add significant operational benefits to the fleet. […]

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    Run Your Fleet to target SMEs following new appointments

    Under the new appointments, Rob Corbett becomes operations manager and Johnathon Mathers joins as sales executive. The company said the experience and ability of the two new recruits would allow it to build on its success and expand its customer base in the SME marketplace. It now has over 985 business customers running around 14,000 […]

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    Lex Autolease targets further growth under new senior board appointments

    Katie Hayes, Stuart Haycock and Janice Cadden join Lex Autolease’s Senior Operating Committee, which provides Strategic Management for the business.  The appointments strengthen the executive leadership of the business and are an integral part of the business’ growth strategy to increase the size of its fleet by an additional 100,000 vehicles in the next five […]

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    BVRLA welcomes Government ULEV initiative

    Announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Go Ultra Low scheme will see the Government highlight the benefits of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs), look to introduce EVs into Government fleets and boost the number of charging points for electric cars. BVRLA chief executive Gerry Keaney said: ‘It’s encouraging to see the government joining […]

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    Safer Lorry Scheme to impact on London fleets

    The proposed ban outlined in the TfL Safer Lorry Scheme document states that every vehicle in London over 3.5 tonnes must be fitted with sideguards and that it will require them to be fitted with mirrors which will be enforced by CCTV cameras and on-street checks, subject to approval by the Department for Transport. The […]

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    FTA adds input to Government guidance on driving time rules

    Under the Red Tape Challenge, the Government has established an industry working group involving the Department and its agencies, trade bodies and trades unions which agreed for the need to produce simplified guidance in the complex area of the interactions between Drivers hours regulations and the working Time Directive.  James Firth, FTA head of road […]

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