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    VPS to see cost saving & compliance benefits after appointing FSGB

    The Hertfordshire-headquartered company, which has in excess of 300 vehicles, selected FSGB following a wide-ranging strategic fleet review that also saw its national fleet manager Eric Harrington seek a company that was focused on client communication and working hand-in-hand to further improve best practice across the fleet. VPS is expanding rapidly and was already outsourcing the […]

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    Online fuel card application service set to save fleets time

    Using the service, visitors can compare fuel cards, quickly enter their fleet needs, then see the results of comparing the whole market. They are shown the fuel cards offering the best possible combination of service, savings and security for their specific circumstances. A further click then enables them to apply immediately. A specialist is always […]

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    Road Test: Vauxhall Corsavan

    While many manufacturers have moved away from direct car-derived vans in favour of high cube models that use car drivelines, Vauxhall continues to sell the compact Corsavan. The fifth generation of this compact LCV (in truth the first model was known as a Nova rather than a Corsa) picks up where the last left off, […]

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    CD Fleet Services ramps up operations to meet increased demand

    The company said the moves are being made in response to increased demand for its services in the first half of the year, both in pool fleet management and its digital vehicle remarketing. Andy Brown, managing director of CD Fleet Services, said: “Vehicle sales volumes in the first quarter were up by around 50% over […]

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    Foreign lorry accidents on UK motorways rise 14%, new study shows

    The Accident Exchange figures indicate that nearly 1,100 crashes involving foreign lorries took place on the UK’s motorway network in 2014; an increase of 14.3% since 2012. Across all road types, estimates put the number of foreign lorry incidents at 3,100 – or nearly nine per day.   Lorries from Poland and Germany were found […]

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    New software strengthens National Windscreens' ‘Right First Time’ capability

    The owned vehicle glazing specialist has developed a bespoke piece of software, dubbed ‘Partscheck’, which correctly identifies the exact piece of replacement glass needed for a specific vehicle by simply entering the Vehicle Registration Number – addressing a problematic issue that affects the whole windscreen replacement industry. The software has been developed to help with […]

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    Volkswagen creates integrated commercial vehicles unit

    Dubbed Truck & Bus GmbH, the new holding will cover both the MAN und Scania commercial vehicle brands with chief executive Martin Winterkorn saying: "MAN and Scania will together become global champion." The manufacturer added that Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will also form part of the integrated commercial vehicles group and will report to Andreas Renschler […]

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    ICFM to promote new one-day Fleet Masterclasses & West End show prize draw at Silverstone Fleet Show

    The ICFM Fleet Masterclasses are designed to supplement the ICFM’s core competence-based training currently offered to members – leading to the Introductory Certificate, the Certificate and the Diploma in Car Fleet Management – with masterclasses on hot topics of interest and relevance to car and LCV fleet operators, irrespective of their level of fleet experience. […]

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    Silverstone Fleet Show is ‘most complete show ever’

    The 2015 event on 12 May, which is being sponsored by Barclaycard Fuel+ in association with TMC, has already attracted record numbers of exhibitors and pre-registered visitors. The Show provides a unique combination of test driving the very latest models, plus fleet education with a hugely popular series of fleet-on-fleet workshops, and a large static […]

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