January 2015

Of the 1,000 vehicles delivered, just fewer than 10% (90) were light commercial vehicles and nearly 5% (49) were electric vehicles. All 34 Brokers within the Alphabet Partner channel engaged in the transactions utilising all five of Alphabet’s funding products; contract hire, finance lease, contract purchase, personal contract purchase (PCP) and personal contract hire (PCH). Overseen […]

Output fell 19.7% in 2014, but the SMMT believes the month of growth heralds a bright future. Growing demand at home helped to drive December growth, despite deflated export market. ‘The growth of commercial vehicle manufacturing output in December represents a turning point in the sector’s fortunes,’ commented Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive. ‘A ramping […]

The company made its choice as part of a drive to ensure it has a modern range of vehicles available for customers, and becomes the first major hire operator to purchase a fleet of New Daily vans and chassis cab models. ‘Businesses today class resale value as one of their key considerations when buying a […]

The Plug-in Vehicle tool provides customised advice for organisations so they can understand where and how plug-in vehicles will work within their fleet, where to recharge on the routes most commonly taken, and what first steps they can take to adopt the electric vehicles. Once visitors to the Plug-in Vehicle tool website have answered a […]

Volumes saw a -36.4% decrease, and the average age of LCV’s sold at auction fell to 65.9 months. The average number of days that LCVs remained on site fell to 12.8 days, and the average mileage increased from 82,772 to 82,831 miles. Price Changes by age   Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 < 2 Years £11,050 […]

That’s the finding of the latest bi-annual Business in Britain research by Lex Autolease. The survey of 1,500 companies found that almost half (48%) of all management teams plan to raise money to invest in their businesses in the first six months of the year. New vehicles were identified as a key area of spend […]

The call comes from the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) after its Drive & Survive division conducted a survey in 2014 that revealed that 72% of people who drove for business reasons had been offered no training by their employer at all – even though 44% of them said they would welcome the opportunity. Yet […]

The new vehicles were supplied by Toyota and Lexus Fleet Services through GCM Services local Toyota Centre, SDM of Falkirk. The long-wheelbase models have been acquired on a three-year renewal plan and have been finished in GCM Service’s corporate livery. They will be used for the company’s contracts services across the UK. The firm is […]

So said fleet software specialist Chevin Fleet Solutions, which added that this was really the first time following the recession that construction companies had the means to take a fresh and thorough look at how they run their commercial vehicles, cars and plant, looking at fundamental objectives. Ashley Sowerby, managing director, said: ‘Clearly, construction had […]