Following its announcement of the scheme earlier this month, the agency said that 1,157 business fleets have already been migrated to Dart Charge, and the Dart Charge team are working with the 100 largest fleet operators – between them covering more than 20,000 vehicles – to help them prepare for the changes. It added that […]
The scheme will support voluntary organisations as they provide vital services for people in rural communities with limited transport choices. The new fund means that organisations who already provide a service to the local community can bid for a minibus. Smaller operators and those who help out in rural areas will be favoured in the […]
Year-on-year values are also up by nearly 10% as the relative shortage of retail quality LCVs continues. At £5,654, the average value of a van sold at BCA in October was the second highest on record and just £4 behind the all-time record achieved in August of this year. Part-exchange values increased sharply, nearly-new values […]
The new DfT stats for Q3 2014 show that LGV traffic totalled 11.4 billion vehicle miles in Q3 of 2014, 6.9% higher than in the same quarter in the previous year. This contributes to a 21.5% growth in LGV traffic over the past ten years, and an increase of 69.6% since Q3 1994. RAC Business […]
So says GE Van Lease, commenting on the initiative that was initially launched only for heavy freight vehicles operating on construction sites in London but is starting to affect other sectors, smaller vehicles and a larger area. Explaining the findings, Simon Cook, UK fleet LCV leader at GE Van Lease, said: ‘A number of our […]
As part of its “Logistics for Cycling Campaign”, FTA recently published “Shared Vision”’, a document setting out examples of the good work logistics companies are doing to improve safety on the roads for vulnerable road users. The document gives a flavour of the range of work that many companies are doing, include upgrading vehicles, developing […]
The versions benefiting from these latest improvements are the Berlingo X, LX and Enterprise vans equipped with the HDi 75 diesel engine and the Berlingo LX e-HDi 90 manual micro-hybrid van. The November changes have seen the HDi 75 powered Berlingo vans' combined cycle fuel consumption figure improve to 56.5mpg (previously 55.4mpg) and CO2 emissions […]
Launched to coincide with Road Safety Week (17 – 23 November), the Driver Eyecare eVoucher is designed for employees who drive in the course of their work and covers a full eye examination, which assesses visual acuity (sight over distance), peripheral vision and the ability to focus between near and far objects – all essential for safe […]
Lightfoot has been installed in 54 new Peugeot Partner vans following a successful trial that commenced in January this year, and, according to South West Water, proved fuel savings of over 15%. For an initial four-week "blind" trial, Lightfoot’s in-cab display and audible commands were switched off so that an accurate picture could be built […]
The report shows that during October the average values of used LCV’s at auction across the board increased by 4.2% from £4,967 to £5177 between September and October. Volumes saw a 3.4% increase, and the average age of LCV’s sold at auction rose to 65.5 months. According to NAMA, the average number of days that […]
