The three events are scheduled to take place in April this year and will examine the ramifications – often serious and sometimes catastrophic – of something going wrong, and will look at the strategies and processes operators could and should be putting in place to measure, manage and reduce the risk and impact of shortfalls. […]
January 2016
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The firm has helped brands and organisations such as Argos, Hermes, Konica Minolta, Transport for London and Stanley Security to improve their mobile workforce management, to deliver better service to customers. The new business development plan has been developed by its existing shareholders, with proceeds of the funding to go towards expanding the applicability […]
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by Katie Beck
Spread across two acres in Orion Park, the new Transit Centre replaces the previous TrustFord Dagenham site in River Road. The company employs approximately 125 people in the Dagenham area, and the new site represents a further £2.5m investment in the region. The facility has been built with its environmental impact in-mind, and includes a […]
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by Katie Beck
The increase in activity was led by the sharp increase in new van sales, which saw an all-time record of 371,830 registrations, surpassing the previous record set in 2007. The year on year increase of 15.6% reveals that NAMA sales activity rose at over twice the level of the new van market, something that […]
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by Contributor
Ford's mobile technicians are also be able to service non-Ford vehicles, making it easier for fleet operators running multi-brand fleets to schedule work on vehicles. Greater London is now covered by Trust Ford’s Transit Centres around the orbital motorway and eight-Ford Transit mobile service vehicles. Ford continues to expand the programme across the country […]
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Motiva Group will also become the sole provider of vehicles for the firm, an independent provider of fire and security services in the UK, as part of a new long-term partnership. The deal follows the roll-out of Motiva’s new fleet management programme designed to rival the best in the industry. The deal is […]
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Government agencies urged to consider needs of commercial fleet operators for digital services
by Contributor
The FTA outlined its view that Government agencies still fail to consider the needs of commercial fleet operators when designing online systems, and identified at least five different points where vehicle operators had to access digital information in order to satisfy the requirements of operator licensing. James Firth – FTA’s head of licensing policy […]
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Banning heavy lorries in city centres to reduce emissions could be “misguided”, warns cap
by Katie Beck
cap explained that while proposals to reduce emissions by banning heavy vehicles in town centres are laudable in principle, there has been no consideration for the environmental costs associated with warehouse construction, vehicle production, alternative fuel production and other factors. cap highlighted that in the UK the vast majority of production of all fuel types […]
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by Katie Beck
SMMT found that demand surged by a third in both domestic and overseas markets, with Europe taking the lion’s share of exports (88%), followed by Asia (6.3%). Meanwhile, manufacturers closed 2015 on a high note, with output for December up 7.7% compared with 2014, driven equally by British and overseas markets. Commenting on the […]
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The event, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from 26-28 April, will see the firm highlight its expansion into the vehicle servicing and MoT segment alongside its traditional fast-fit services. Kwik Fit fleet director Peter Lambert said: “The Commercial Vehicle Show is the shop window for commercial vehicle operators and at the […]