The competition took place on Thursday 14 July, at Mercedes-Benz Wentworth Park, Barnsley, where each van driver took part in six separate tasks during the event in order to evaluate their overall ability – driving style, economical driving, manoeuvring, defect checking, legislation knowledge and risk awareness. The winner was announced by FTA’s head of […]
Based in Northampton, Briggs & Forrester provides a range of engineering design, installation and maintenance services to the construction industry. The company employs more than 800 staff and operates a network of 11 regional offices across five divisions, with a turnover approaching £200m. Since its appointment, Fleet Hire has brought in a series of […]
The new Euro 6 engines are introduced ahead of the September 2016 deadline for adoption of the Euro 6 emissions standard, and bring a number of additional versions across the Renault Kangoo, Trafic and Master ranges, with many offering more power than their Euro 5 equivalents. All Renault Kangoo Maxi models feature the ENERGY […]
The Low Emission Van Guide is aimed at operators of small-to-medium sized fleets of commercial vehicles (up to 3.5t gross vehicle weight). A year after its initial launch the guide has been updated to reflect a changing market, including new topic sheets, information for hydrogen vans, guidance on how to get involved in the low […]
The business has more than 200 employees spread across 16 customer sites and needed a tracking solution that would provide visibility of vehicles to gain greater levels of visibility, protect against misuse and ensure employees are driving responsibly. A wall-mounted screen located at McTear’s head office in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, enables planners and managers to […]
The utilities company, which now operates 150 Renault Kangoos, will use the latest vehicles in the completion of essential site surveys and callouts by its scientists, water samplers and inspectors. Finished in Wessex Water’s livery, the company’s latest Kangoos have all been supplied in Business trim and are all powered by the dCi 75 […]
The charity runs a fleet of 41 vans to collect 4.25 million bags of donated clothing stock from individuals and corporate partners like TK Maxx and Tesco each year, delivering to 595 charity shops across the UK. Replacing a previous paper-based workflow, the new solution links WEBFLEET to the CALIDUS VEhub app on the […]
Based on Citroën chassis, they were built by new supplier Bevan Specialist Products and are specified with its Safe-T-Drop system, which is designed to eliminate any risk of a fall from height by operatives working on the vehicle bed. The patented Safe-T-Drop rails can be easily folded away for loading and unloading, and are […]
Talento offers compact exterior dimensions with interior volume of up to 8.6m³ and a payload of up to 1,249kg. Fuel efficiency is offered from 47.9mpg / 5.9L/100km on the official combined cycle. In all, there are nine body styles to choose from – the standard- and high-roof vans in short- and long-wheelbase versions, short- […]
The fleet solution will use immediate access to video evidence to minimise fraud, third-party overheads and liability disputes for vehicle operators across the UK. The IT1000 3G vehicle camera will transmit high definition video and supporting data about a collision to a secure online portal within seconds. Sopp+Sopp will then proactively monitor these alerts […]
