2014

The DfT stats show that: For reported road accidents in the year ending September 2013:1,730 people were killed, a 2% drop from 1,761 in the year ending September 2012. The number of killed or seriously injured casualties fell to 23,380, a 6% decrease compared with the previous year. For the year ending September 2013, there were 184,010 reported road […]

Servodidio will be responsible for driving further success across the UK business, overseeing revenue generation including the B2B, consumer and intermediary business, operations and fleet management with responsibility for more than 1,250 employees. Larry De Shon, president of Avis Budget EMEA, commented: ‘We are pleased to welcome Mark on board to lead our UK organisation […]

Sales of Ford medium commercials, headed by Ford Transit and Ford Transit Custom, are also up from 3,492 to 4,416, and Ford’s share of MCV sales is 33.3%, up from 30.4% in January 2013. Ford Fiesta Van, Ford Transit Custom and Ford Transit were also leaders in their respective segments in January 2013. According to […]

Van registrations also rose 12.9% on the back of the robust business confidence, accelerating the 12 months to January by 13.2%. As predicted, however, truck registrations stalled following the hand-over to Euro-6 legislation. Commenting on the figures, Mike Hawkes, SMMT chief executive, said: ‘The overall commercial vehicle market grew 4.4% in January as more robust […]

The E10 fuel contains 10% bio-ethanol and is being rolled out across the UK as part of the Government’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and conforming to the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive. However, in its research – said to be the first real-world tests of the fuel – What Car? says it’s testers discovered […]

The app is free to download and can be used by all Quartix customers.  The app offers three key features:  Vehicle List – a summary of all the vehicles to which the user has access, and their present location.  Live Tracking – shows the latest location of a chosen vehicle in real time, as well […]

The company says the platform provides dynamic routing, commercial-grade navigation, advanced telematics, real-time work order management and mobile applications for companies with significant numbers of mobile workers. Fleet 11 features mobile application enhancements and new maps that are optimised for mobile devices, allowing supervisors and operations leads to easily visualize vehicles, assets and workers. Fleet […]

Designed to complement the physical auction programme, Manheim Online is offering a number of closed events throughout February and will be launching its open event programme from 1st March 2014. In addition, the “Bid & Buy Now” functionality enables dealers to purchase stock 24 hours a day, seven days a week via the Manheim Remarketing […]

According to the firm, the announcement means that its customers have access to the largest and most convenient wholesale priced fuel network in the UK. The network expansion includes 57 new sites suitable for both HGV and LCV vehicles, four new truckstops specifically for HGV, as well as over 30 new sites in Scotland. The remaining sites are […]