April 2015

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    PSR invests in new fleet of Vauxhall Vivaros

    The vans are all long wheelbase Vivaro Sportive CDTi 120 bi-turbo models with LED running lights, colour coded bumpers and wing mirrors and reversing sensors. They have cruise control, sports seats, Bluetooth and air conditioning. The vans are also racked out to the engineers’ specifications and the centre front seat folds flat to act like […]

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    Inchcape Fleet Solutions to present recently launched competitive tendering solution, Autobid at Silverstone Fleet Show

    Inchcape Fleet Solutions has been providing flexible fleet management solutions to Corporate, Government and Non-profit sector clients throughout the UK for more than 50 years and has grown to become one of the UK’s leading fleet management companies. The company will be one of a number of exhibitors at the Fleet World Fleet Show on […]

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    Jaama spotlights requirement for driver licence checking at Silverstone Fleet Show

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is axing the paper counterpart as part of the government’s programme to reduce red tape. Many car, van and HGV fleets already use Jaama’s electronic driver entitlement checking service (EDECS), which seamlessly links with the DVLA’s database, to check the driving licences of thousands of at-work drivers, including […]

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    Skansa selects Jaama’s Key2 software to manage expanding fleet

    Skanska’s expansion through acquisition meant the fleet department, led by head of fleet Julie Madoui, was operating on two systems functioning in parallel. According to Madoui, this was proving to be administratively cumbersome and operationally inefficient. “We wanted a system to not only manage our vehicle and equipment assets and hold all information in a […]

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    Strongs showcases body conversions at CV Show

    Strongs aimed to showcase the versatility of its body conversions for both on and off-road applications at the Show. On display at the CV Show, the Strongs full body conversion on the Ford Ranger had an internal length of 2300 mm, together with an internal height of 1100 mm. This carrying capacity enables the vehicle […]

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    PSA & GM to build new small LCVs in Spain

    The vehicles will replace the Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner and Opel/Vauxhall Combo. They will be developed on PSA’s latest LCV architecture and will be built at the PSA Vigo plant in Spain. The first vehicles will be on the market in 2018. The project was one of three signed off by the manufacturers in an […]

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    Volkswagen unveils sixth-generation Transporter

    Built in Hanover, the latest model follows in big footsteps – its predecessor sold some 2 million units around the world within 11 years. And the full model series has sold around 12 million vehicles in 65 years. On this basis, VW admits that the design has been “modernised cautiously” but brings a revised front […]

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    Average value of used LCVs down 2.7%, reports NAMA

    The report shows that volumes saw a 7.2% increase, and the average age of LCVs sold at auction rose to 70.1 months. The average number of days that LCVs remained on site declined to 14.9 days, and the average mileage decreased from 82,650 to 82,232 miles. At £4,623, the average price paid for LCVs in […]

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    CoolKit appoints Cameron Javed sales director

    Having graduated in Business Administration with honours in 2010, Cameron joined CoolKit following a successful work placement and has since progressed through sales executive to business development manager to sales manager and now sales director. Based in Padiham, Lancashire, CoolKit supplies refrigerated vans, van conversions and associated products to customers in the food, pharmaceutical and […]

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