Terberg DTS Fire and Rescue Division provides a range of services for the fire industry, including refurbishment, repairs, service and spare parts for fire vehicles within the aviation, domestic and industrial markets. The fully liveried vehicles will support the company‘s service centres in Gloucestershire and Yorkshire. Alisdair Couper, managing director of Terberg Fire and Rescue, […]
Volvo will be using interactive presentation tools to compare delegates’ expectations with their research results in order to inspire attendees to examine the realistic impact of fuel efficiency within their own fleet. Volvo will also be running a prize draw at each of the 13 Transport Manager events; the prize will be the use of […]
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Pete Murphy, who currently heads up the ITUK National Fleet Division, has been promoted to managing director designate, with immediate effect, and will be working with Nikki King until her retirement at the end of October this year. After her retirement she will continue working with Isuzu as honorary chairman. Pete Murphy originally joined ITUK […]
The study, among companies operating vehicles of 3.5 tonnes or more, revealed risk of prosecution for tachograph offences was a growing concern for 46% of companies. A fifth (20%) said infringements had been recorded against them in the last three years. Convictions for drivers’ hours violations and tachograph offences can lead to fines of up […]
As a result of the partnership, Masternaut’s telematics solutions will now benefit from an enhanced interface which can be configured to reflect multiple user preferences. The new system was trialled by work-wear rental and cleaning specialist Micronclean, which was looking to streamline its logistics operations. Working with MapMechanics, Micronclean installed Masternaut’s vehicle tracking system across […]
In addition to looking at the top line numbers such as the daily or monthly rental rate, the company is advising all van-using businesses to pay closer attention to other key areas including vehicle downtime, damage, and the presence of required features, such as Bluetooth and internal racking. According to Enterprise, vehicle downtime is one […]
Overall, FTA members, as employers of professional drivers, have stated their support for the introduction of fixed penalty offences, but believe that there is the need for an overarching strategy which will provide guidance on the standard of evidence required, ensuring that the same judgements are applied across the country and so will avoid a “‘postcode […]
Some typical examples of careless driving under the new rules include overtaking on the inside, “tailgating”, emerging from a side road into the path of another vehicle, tuning a car radio and middle lane hogging. In situations where the owner of a vehicle fails to identify the driver when an offence was committed, the fine […]
Prior to the introduction of the Optimatics software, M2 operations managers had to rely on heavily manual processes to track, schedule or close off jobs with engineers. According to M2, the customer services team was fielding an average of 700 calls a day, many of which were from the engineers calling in to check for […]
Northern Commercials has acquired the trade and assets of Stormont Truck & Van, with Stormont’s network of four dealerships to be re-branded as Northern Commercials sites. The change of name makes Northern Commercials one of the largest Iveco dealers in the UK, with the former Stormont dealerships in Brighton, Dunstable, Northampton and Tonbridge joining with […]
