The additional vehicles required no significant cash injection as a result of Northgate’s flexible and non-contractual offering, which allowed the plant hire company to free up a claimed £18,750 to invest into other areas of the business. The company credits the vehicles from Northgate as being a driving factor behind its acquisition of a contract […]
Under the agreement, the company will use Ctrack Online, a web-based tracking tool, across its fleet of vans used to transport engineering teams to and from customer sites in and around the central belt area of Scotland. Ctrack Online will replace an existing system that Dalziel Mechanical Services said was failing to meet the company’s […]
The Trafic Passenger is available with short (3098 mm) or long (3498 mm) wheelbases, four 1.6-litre dCi turbodiesel engines – depending on version – and a choice of “Business” or “Sport” trim levels. All versions have three rows of three seats, although buyers have the option of deleting the third row to increase load capacity. […]
As part of this research, TRL is carrying out an online survey and is calling for anyone that is involved with or has experience of driving, operating or procuring the services of commercial vehicles in London (inside the M25) to take part. This includes: Owners and directors of companies which operate the vehicles Fleet managers […]
The new Sprinter vans arrived via Dealer Euro Commercials. All are Sprinter 313 CDI models with 129 hp common rail turbodiesel engines and BlueEFFICIENCY packages which combine a raft of measures designed to reduce fuel use and exhaust emissions. These include ECO-Start, the innovative system that cuts the engine whenever a vehicle is stationary – […]
The integration works by allowing operators to utilise their vehicle tracking system to promote available capacity and match precise vehicle locations with tens of thousands of loads posted on the freight exchange. In addition, by taking advantage of the live vehicle tracking data integration, trading partners will also be able to view the whereabouts and […]
BCA found that values for the best presented vans typically outstripping price guide expectations by some margin. For the second month running, year-on-year values across the board are up by nearly 10% as the relative shortage of retail quality LCVs continues. The average value of a van sold at BCA in October was £5,615, the […]
As predicted by Manheim, November saw a significant volume increase of stock entering the wholesale market, an impressive 32% more than in November 2013. This heralds a welcome return to seasonal de-fleet patterns which have not been seen for several years. Manheim states this return to seasonal de-fleeting follows the traditional time lag post September […]
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The initiative was developed in partnership with the Association of British Insurers in response to the government’s Insurance Industry Access to Driver Data programme and the DVLA’s ongoing aims to digitise the driver data it holds. MyLicence will act as a deterrent against insurance fraud and in some cases, should reduce insurance premiums for motorists. […]
The research reveals that currently around 90,400 van drivers (less than 3%) are using telematics in their vehicles. This means a majority of the 3.35 million van drivers are missing out on the benefits of potentially lower insurance premiums and beneficial feedback from the technology on how to improve their driving behaviours. Telematics can be used […]
