April 2014

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    Silverstone Fleet Show 2014: ICC offers chance to win a track day

    ICC is a fourth-generation telematics solution and is part of the AIS Group Plc, a £100m vehicle mobility business that provides asset protection for your vehicle fleet – small or large – improving capital expenditure and protecting your employees when utilising vehicles. Based on the mantra of “Protection beyond simple telematics”, the ICC product portfolio includes […]

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    Ctrack helps building services company drive down fuel costs by almost 30%

    The company replaced an existing tracking system with the web-based Ctrack Online, incorporating a driver behaviour solution, across 110 vans operated by its team of engineers to target a range of efficiency savings and improvements in health and safety. The tracking solution includes Ctrack’s Driver Behaviour Indicator (DBI), an in-vehicle device that alerts drivers to […]

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    Getac’s rugged Android tablet for mobile workers to be unveiled at CV Show

    Isotrak, provider of vehicle tracking and telematics solutions, and Getac, global designer and manufacturer of rugged computing technology, will demonstrate how the robust mobile computing platform could benefit commercial fleet operations and off-site workers. Exhibition staff will show how the integrated solution provides a mobile computing solution that facilitates data entry, data collection, GPS tracking, […]

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    LCV values continue to rise due to shortage of stock

    Commenting on the data, MyCarCheck.com/Trade’s LCV expert, David Hill, said: ‘In terms of small vans, the general shortage of good quality stock continues, so values remain steady. Vauxhall Corsa is about but only in light blue, yet these are still finding homes. ‘With Ford Fiesta, if you see one it’s gone, with older models being […]

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    One-time cost of fixing roads rises to £12bn

    The 19th Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey published today (3 April 2014) reports that for the second year in a row, more than two million potholes (2,010,749) were filled in England and Wales over the course of the previous year. 

The damage caused by this winter’s record rainfall, however, is predicted to have […]

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    Silverstone Fleet Show 2014: Mazda to focus on low-emission SKYACTIV cars

    To be held at the world famous Silverstone complex in Northamptonshire on Wednesday 9th April, the Show will enable hundreds of fleet decision-makers to put Mazda’s latest SKYACTIV-equipped cars through their paces. Fleet decision-makers will be able to take to both the Grand Prix and Stowe racing circuits as well as local public roads in a cross-section […]

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    Chevin appoints David Gladding as sales director

    In this newly created position, he will be responsible for overall company sales strategy and management of the Chevin suite of fleet management software products and services in the UK and Middle East. Gladding has worked in sales for more than three decades, spending the last 20 managing teams as a senior sales leader, predominately […]

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    Silverstone Fleet Show 2014: BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe & Infiniti Q50 to make guest appearances

    Revealed last month at Geneva, BMW’s 4 Series Gran Coupe offers ‘the sleek look of a two-door coupe with the functionality provided by four doors,’ according to BMW, with key features including more passenger space than its Coupe sibling as well as a standard-fit automatic tailgate and striking looks. At the Fleet World Fleet Show, […]

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