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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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    Owens Road Services enhances fleet risk management with 3Sixty Fleet

    Owens, headquartered in Llanelli with 15 sites across Wales and England and a fleet of more than 350 vehicles, identified the need to improve its fleet risk management processes following a road traffic accident or incident and took the initiative to partner with Manchester-based, 3Sixty Fleet utilising its ‘FleetWatch’ service. “We realised that we needed […]

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    What does the whole life of your vehicle really cost you?

    Research shows that over 80% of businesses and customers do not truly understand the whole life cost of their vehicles, and the financial impact of making the wrong decision can be significant. For this reason it is important that businesses take time to really understand this subject before committing to a vehicle acquisition strategy. When […]

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    Van Monster opens third joint branch with Northgate

    The branch is situated just off of the A48 (M), which links Cardiff to Newport, and is already predicted to sell between 300 and 400 vans a year. The new branch is home to stock ranging from VW Caddys and Peugeot Partners, to Ford Transits and Mercedes Sprinters, with access to browse more than 1,000 […]

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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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    Stunning line-up of test drives at Silverstone Fleet Show

    This year’s Show, which is being sponsored by Barclaycard Fuel + in association with TMC, has attracted a record number of vehicle manufacturers, including several who have never participated in the event before. They are making available some of the very latest new models to hit the UK fleet market, and fleet decision-makers will have […]

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