Katie Beck

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    Dairy Crest moves vehicle maintenance online with r2c

    The company, which delivers milk and other products to 1.3 million homes every week, hopes that by adopting r2c Online’s platform, its National Distribution Centre will be able to remove paperwork and the risk of holding incomplete or eligible records from its fleet maintenance processes. All information about vehicle assets and any maintenance and repair […]

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    Fairways Group gives the green light to new Mercedes-Benz Sprinters

    The vans were supplied by local Mercedes-Benz dealer Western Commercial, and will be used to help maintain bowling greens for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Fairways Sportsgrounds won the tender in 2011 to reconstruct and then maintain five lawn bowling greens in the shadow of Glasgow’s iconic Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Commissioned by Glasgow City […]

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    Costa Express selects TRACKER to monitor fleet efficiency

    The company's partnership with TRACKER follows the acquisition of the original Coffee Nation gourmet coffee vending solution by the Whitbread group, which re-launched it as Costa Express in 2011 and expanded the machine locations from 800 to over 2,700. Costa Express needs to ensure that its engineers are visible, allowing the best placed staff to attend […]

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    Refix electricians switch to Mercedes-Benz Vito

    The new Mercedes-Benz vans were supplied by Pentagon Commercials and are powered by four-cylinder engines mated to six-speed ECO-Gear manual gearboxes designed to maximise fuel efficiency. First to arrive was a 163hp Vito 116 CDI, with the four that have since entered service all 113 CDIs, which produce 136hp and 310Nm of torque. The Vitos […]

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    Service Value Calculator adds up to potential savings for fleets

    According to the commercial vehicle tyre supplier, the SVC can be programmed with specific information about a customer’s operation before measuring the financial benefits of options including regrooving, retreading, pressure optimisation, turning tyres on the rim and twinning. The tool uses data regarding fleet size, annual mileage, tyre costs, fuel price and current tyre condition […]

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    CitySprint reduces operational costs with Paragon routing and scheduling

    The same day courier and logistics company uses Paragon for strategic planning of delivery services throughout the UK covering more than 2,500 daily routes, which amounts to over 5 million time-critical consignments annually. Couriers use a wide range of vehicles, including vans, motorbikes and bicycles. The type of vehicle used depends on where customers are located […]

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    Arnold Clark extends Michelin contract for two years

    The Glasgow-based contract hire and leasing company as gradually increased its fitment of Michelin tyres over the past 12 years, and the extended contract cements Michelin as first choice fit on its fleet of 35,000 cars and vans. Arnold Clark administration manager Iain Grant commented: ‘For us, Michelin tyres provide the best mileage compared to any other […]

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    SMMT figures show strong Citroën LCV performance for June

    This equates to more than five times the growth of the overall LCV market, which increased by 3.38%. In the first half of 2013, Citroën LCV registrations were up 20.75%  at 11,294, while Citroën's LCV market share for the January-June period was 8.48%. Scott Michael, Citroën's head of commercial vehicles & Business Centre Programme (pictured), […]

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    AkzoNobel & Selsia launch new CV network

    This includes centrally prepared service levels agreements, 24-hour nationwide recovery, engineering services, refinishing specification control, high-quality repairs to every class of commercial vehicles, re-painting programmes, management information and KPI reports. Fleet operators can also enjoy reduced repair costs by dealing directly with a managed CV repairer network, and further savings can be achieved with Selsia […]

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