The company is using a new workshop complex at its Stoke-on-Trent headquarters to introduce its end-of-life service to help businesses make significant savings on de-fleeting costs. John Cartwright, group operations manager, explained: ‘A number of providers see end-of-life as a big profit-making opportunity. ‘They carry out rigorous checks on vehicles returned at the end of […]
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is reassuring motorists that the change in the vehicle tax system should not cause problems for drivers, but they should be aware of the new process. To enable the abolition of the disc, DVLA decided to relook at the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) process and, as a result, has changed […]
Their arrivals mean that all but a handful of the supermarket refrigeration expert’s 85 vehicles are now Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Montgomery allocates the vans to its mobile engineers and technicians, who install and maintain storage and display units, including large fridges and freezers, at some of the UK’s biggest and best-known supermarkets. The company provides a […]
With FTA members regularly voicing their increased concerns over the problem of driver shortage, the subject will be discussed in detail as part of FTA’s fringe event at the party conference on Tuesday 30 September. As part of the event entitled ‘Transforming transport – securing and supporting the next generation of employees’, the challenges facing […]
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Unveiled at the IAA at Hanover, the concept is based on Iveco’s Dual Energy technology and the chassis unveiled at the 2012 edition of the Hanover trade show. The Dual Energy system brings together 100% electric power for urban journeys and hybrid power for longer journeys, reducing consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 25%. […]
Another step towards a 40% electric fleet target by 2020, joins a fleet of 98 low carbon vehicles used by the university as part of its carbon management plan, which in turn allows for additional funding from the Higher Education Funding Council. The van is in Acenta spec, leased through Lex Autolease, and will cover […]
The Reported Road Casualties Great Britain 2013 (RRCGB) Annual Report shows a decrease in road deaths by 2% compared with 2012. This is the lowest figure since national records began in 1926. Meanwhile the number of people seriously injured decreased by 6% to 21,657 compared to 2012 and the total number of casualties in road […]
The latest figures, released by the SMMT, mean that year-to-date output is down 24.6% to 45,928 units, but greater stability is expected in the coming months. The SMMT added that European demand for commercial vehicles on the up, with EU registrations rising 10.3% in June. ‘UK commercial vehicle production fell 43.5% in August – traditionally […]
Designed to support managers and drivers, the CLOCS (Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety) Toolkit provides guidance on what to do following a collision, from actions the driver should take at the scene, through to investigating the incident and acting on lessons learned. This toolkit can be used independently to establish or update a company’s collision […]
According to recent motor insurer reports – 865 dishonest motor insurance claims are being made every week, worth £10.4m, something that will be lessened with the introduction of in-vehicle cameras. In particular “crash for cash” scammers are targeting commercial vehicles – as van and HGV drivers account for a large proportion of road users they […]
