The utility company has recently taken delivery of an additional five Truckman Classic hardtops, ordered through Toyota, for its fleet of Toyota Hilux vehicles. This latest order follows on from a fleet of 35 Truckman Classic hardtops ordered by Scottish Water in 2012. The addition of the hardtops, which are manufactured at Auto Styling Truckman’s […]
Rather than leaving drivers to calculate their own route between stops, as with some transport planning and management systems, which produce an optimised schedule for deliveries, Navevo’s Line of Route technology allows drivers to follow a route produced by their transport planning software, ensuring the actual driven route is an exact duplicate of the one […]
The UK’s largest specialist heart and lung centre, the Royal Brompton Hospital appointed Caring for You to provide transport for patients between its specialist units as well as to and from other hospitals. Having won the contract, Caring for You selected Enterprise Flex-E-Rent as the fastest, cost-effective and flexible solution to providing the specially adapted, […]
Aubrey Allen delivers nationwide daily to some of the most prestigious hotels and restaurants in the UK, not to mention Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, which the company also proudly lists as part of its customer portfolio and for which it has recently been awarded a Royal Warrant. Deliveries are made before the start of […]
So says Lex Autolease after the company’s data showed that the rise would mean that an SME business running a fleet of 20 transit vans would see its fuel costs leap by more than £300 per month. The figures are based upon Lex Autolease’s average fleet size for an SME business, with each van typically […]
The EA commissioned Cenex to provide advice on a range of low-carbon vehicles and fuels that are available for use in its fleet, which currently comprises diesel vehicles. Cenex used its vehicle simulation package to assess the potential environmental and cost performance of a variety of low-carbon technologies and fuels within the EA’s fleet operation. […]
Although the hybrids are up to 25% more fuel-efficient than the vans they replace, the council was able to purchase the six vehicles for the equivalent cost of standard diesel vans, thanks to a Department for Transport subsidy. The vehicles are used by Ubico Ltd, which provides environmental services to the council. The company travels a […]
The new Enfield-based company, known as Isuzu North London, is providing full sales, service and parts coverage for the Isuzu truck marquee. Keith Child, marketing director at Isuzu Truck UK, said: ‘The geographic area covered by this new dealership is an important one for us. This is a densely populated area in terms of the […]
The fleet management specialist is developing the integration capabilities of its technology with other business applications, building on the connected systems that have emerged thanks to WEBFLEET.connect, TomTom’s open software API. TomTom representatives will be on hand at the show to explain how this will lead to increased efficiencies for fleet operators. They will also […]
Building on the success of GE’s well-established Company Car Trends, “The Company Van in 2013” research document is based on the views of more than 250 fleet operators and looks at key areas of light commercial vehicle management including trends in replacement cycles and the factors involved in the acquisition of new vehicles. Simon Cook, […]
