The vehicle solutions specialist has been given the green light to start work on a £400,000 project at its premises in Stoke-on-Trent. The new HQ forms the final part of the company’s move to consolidate all of its activities at a single site in the city. Motiva Group, now one of the top five privately-owned […]
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Citroën and Fiat show big van updates We’ll have an opportunity to see revised Citroën Relay and Fiat Ducato vans. As yet little is known about these two, though Citroën is promising that two trim levels, two roof heights and four body lengths will be available from launch in the third quarter of the year. […]
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It’s fair to say that take-up of electric vans in the UK has been somewhat slow, glacial even. Initial cost, range anxiety, reduced payload concerns and residual value insomnia all conspire to push fleets away from electric van manufacturers. Yet new models are on the way, with Nissan promising its e-NV200 and both Peugeot and […]
Car2U, which hires and leases a range of vehicles to organisations and individuals around the country, decided to develop its own inhouse software to record the delivery, collection and assessment of damage to its fleet. The company has now rolled out its new system, which is streamlining operations, reducing paperwork and costs and increasing recharge […]
In the announcement, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) confirmed that: It will continue to provide the plug-in car grant until at least 50,000 vehicles have been sold or until 2017, whichever is the sooner It will continue to provide a plug-in van grant and will review whether the scope of the grant should be […]
The new Vivaro is built at Vauxhall’s Luton plant, where nearly one million current Vivaros have rolled off the production line since 2001. Over €200 million has been invested in bringing the new model to production in Bedfordshire, securing 1,200 jobs in the Luton area. According to Vauxhall, 40% of content for the new Vivaro is […]
This year’s show at Silverstone, which was held on Wednesday, April 9, attracted a record audience, up 40% on last year, and achieved the highest ever total of test drives of new cars. Now, say organisers, the 2015 Fleet Show will return to the world-famous Silverstone circuit on Tuesday 12th May, when it will offer […]
Launched earlier this month, FIAG – www.fiag.co.uk – has been formed by industry veteran Geoffrey Bray and a team of highly experienced professional fleet managers who collectively have around 200 years’ experience in running vehicle operations. The organisation’s Launch Workshop focusing on fleet vehicle procurement and purchasing best practice will be staged on Wednesday 21st May at the Arnold […]
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Since the new FCA regulatory body populated last year – it did so with the vision of placing customer care at the forefront of its policies. During the Authority's commercial claims investigations over the next 12-months, it intends to look at whether or not a customers’ expectations are met during the process in relation to upholding […]
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Launched at the same time as its Citroën Relay/Jumper and Fiat Ducato siblings, the Boxer will offer a wide range of bodies and load capacities from later this quarter. The latest Boxer model sees improvements made to the model to benefit durability and noise reduction including a strengthened body structure for greater rigidity, whilst quality at […]
