CCS is the official framework which all Government departments must use to procure vehicles. The four categories where Peugeot was awarded cover cars, light commercial vehicles, police cars and police light commercial vehicles and saw Peugeot ranked by CCS as number one in three categories and second in the selection of police cars. Martin Gurney, […]
Tillbrook is the former managing director of Glass’s and brings extensive experience of the vehicle leasing sector, previously as managing director of ING Car Lease, integration director of Alphabet and formerly with LeasePlan as international sales director and sales director in the UK. His appointment comes as VWFS embarks upon a significant programme to reshape […]
Bevan Group has headquarters in Halesowen and is a leading supplier of dry freight box, curtainside and platform bodies to some of the biggest names in the UK transport industry. Bevan also builds insulated, temperature-controlled vehicle bodies in partnership with Schmitz Cargobull. The company has also launched its Bevan Passport initiative, which allows smaller-scale bodybuilders […]
The European Clean Vehicle Procurement Guide, part of the new EC-funded Green Fleets project, suggests setting limits of 130g/km of CO2 for cars and 170g/km for vans. However, Chevin says that this trend has already been underway for some time and that many public sector bodies are already beating these targets. David Gladding, sales director, said: […]
The company, which operates from Bellshill, Glasgow and Broxburn, Edinburgh, passed a stringent audit to become Scotland’s first Mercedes-Benz Van ProCenter. Mercedes-Benz Van ProCenter Dealers must keep extended opening hours for customer convenience and meet the manufacturer’s requirements on everything from sales staff numbers, their training, qualifications and expertise in specific models and business sectors, […]
Grimshaw Lane Dairy in Ormskirk has taken delivery of four e-NV200 vans from Crosby Park Nissan in Liverpool and is using them to make its daily deliveries to homes and businesses in and around the town. The four vehicles each cover around 50 miles a day, making roughly 500 deliveries apiece. Managing director Andrew Brown, […]
The two companies will work closely to develop an integrated approach that will not only minimise the risk factors facing fleets but also provide real-time visibility of all incidents, near misses and harsh driving events. The solution will see video footage and driver behaviour reports from Intelligent Telematics’ all-in-one 3G vehicle camera and tracking tool […]
According to new figures released by Police Scotland for October to January, overall speeding is down from around one in three drivers to one in 20. Meanwhile examples of excessive speeding (10 mph+ above limit) are down by 97%. However, the figures also show that journey times have increased in line with predictions and there […]
This year’s event, on Tuesday 12 May and sponsored by Barclaycard in association with TMC, will see the morning devoted to workshop-style, interactive and informal training sessions, held in the seminar theatre in the Silverstone Wing. The workshops will tackle four key fleet topics: the fundamentals of fleet management, risk management, environmental management and procurement, […]
The Enfield-based company will locate the new vehicles throughout its UK mainland depot network, where they will be used to deliver automotive refinishing products. The latest Dispatch vans are a combination of new vehicles to meet customer demand and replacement vehicles for life-expired vans that were acquired in a major expansion three years ago. Some […]
