The new website, now live at www.quartix.net, has been designed to enhance user experience and ensure visitors are constantly kept up-to-date with product developments and company news. It includes new sections such as the Blog and the Product Updates, with details of new features and information on the different ways businesses can use the Quartix […]
Intended to complement the firm’s ‘very-long-term’ lease product, the new Mid-Term Rental solution is being launched in the UK, Spain and the Netherlands – said to be countries that need more specialist lengths for rental agreements –with further markets to follow. The product enables firms to lease vehicles for a period of 1 to 24 […]
The team at www.Versapak.co.uk polled a total of 1,829 British adults about their experience of delivery services, while a further 306 individuals currently employed as UK delivery drivers were asked a separate set of questions during the study. When asked if they had ever discovered that an item had been broken or damaged during delivery, […]
Hurren is based at Citroën’s Coventry head office and reports to Jeremy Smith, head of commercial vehicles & business sector programmes. An experienced manager with 11 years at the PSA Group, Hurren was previously product manager for the DS3, DS3 Cabrio, DS5 and C5 car ranges. Commenting on his appointment, Hurren said: ‘I’m joining Citroën’s […]
Commenting on the decisions, FTA’s head of urban logistics and regional policy, Christopher Snelling, said: ‘London Councils has reached the only sensible decision it could, as its planned changes were due to be totally overtaken by the Mayor’s Safer Lorry Scheme only a few months later. FTA has always believed that this was the wrong […]
The new chairman will take over as the HA is transformed into a government-owned company – which the Government says will deliver billions of pounds of savings for the taxpayer – while spending £24bn the Government is investing in England’s strategic road network up to 2021. Colin will take over the post of chair of the HA […]
Two years after launching its temperature monitoring solution for the refrigerated transport industry, Navman claims transport companies that use the guide could lower fleet costs by making simple operational changes. ‘All you need to know about temperature control and refrigerated fleets is all in the guide, and it will help cold chain businesses see tangible […]
Recent data from the firm, a specialist in delivering driver safety and compliance solutions, has found that drivers who eat and drink while driving are 3.6 times more likely to be involved in a collision than those who don’t. The data shows that eating and drinking while driving is nearly as dangerous as using a mobile […]
A review of the Government Car Service, which provides vehicles for ministers, is already underway and the first plug-in hybrid and electric cars will be deployed this autumn. Shortly afterwards, another 135 plug-in cars and vans will be available for public sector fleets, including police forces, councils and the NHS. All vehicles will be considered […]
Organised by not-for-profit organisation TyreSafe, this year’s month-long campaign will be raising awareness about the importance of driving on tyres with adequate tread depth, and after the wettest winter on record, will include essential advice about minimising the risk of aquaplaning. ‘The weather last winter was truly treacherous and at times like these, it’s essential […]
