2014

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    30% of fleet operators eat and drink while driving

    In response to the snap poll by TrackCompare.co.uk snap poll on ‘Do you eat and drink while driving?’ a total of 71% and 29% said yes. The research comes as Lytx Europe, a specialist in delivering driver safety and compliance solutions for commercial fleets, finds that drivers who eat and drink while driving are 3.6 times […]

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    Fiat Ducato

    If the new Ducato from Fiat Professional looks somewhat familiar, there are a couple of good reasons. The first is that despite a facelift involving new lights, with an LED option and integrated daytime running lights, a revised grille design, four-section front bumpers and new rear light clusters, the big Fiat looks much like its […]

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    National Windscreens awards extended supply contract to Vauxhall

    National Windscreens’ fleet serving the Midlands, South and West of England, now includes over 100 Movanos. The 30 additional L1 H1 models are powered by Vauxhall’s 2.3 CDTi engine, producing 100PS and a combined fuel economy of 36.2mpg. The vans, which are liveried, include optional rear parking sensors and have been racked out internally to provide […]

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    Global express courier achieves customer service improvements with M2M solution

    The M2M system updates workflow progress in the back office and automatically triggers each action from the moment a customer places an order through to completion, allowing collections to be completed faster and more efficiently. This has been made possible through integration of Crossflight's own booking and despatch software with TomTom Telematics' fleet management platform […]

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    AA highlights '3p-a-litre diesel price rip-off'

    The report finds that pump prices for mid-June average 130.47p a litre for petrol and 135.70p for diesel. A month ago, the fuels averaged 129.92p for petrol and 136.26p for diesel. The AA says that the crisis in Iraq has helped to lift the price of oil from around $109 a barrel at the beginning […]

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    Center Parcs teams up with CLM to add EVs to new holiday village

    Working in partnership with fleet management specialist CLM, the short break holiday operator has added an outright-purchase fleet of 35 electric and low carbon vehicles. The vehicles at Woburn Forest are in line with the Center Parcs environmental policy, which has a minimum “green” standard that no petrol vehicles are to be used at all, […]

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    Scotland’s road casualties reach record low

    The figures – released as Department for Transport stats show that Great Britian road casualties fell but motorway deaths increased – show that casualties fell by 10% between 2012 and 2013 from 12,722 to 11,493, with fatalities falling by three% from 178 to 172 and serious injuries falling by 16% to 1,667.  Deaths and injuries on Scotland’s […]

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