The company, which started life as RS Fleet Installations, has recently rebranded as RS Connect to support its future business direction and has liveried its 130-strong vehicle fleet with the new design. RS Connect currently works with leading telematics insurers including TescoBank, Insure the box, RSA and the RAC, as well as fleet management […]
Conducted on behalf of TomTom Telematics, the survey of over 1,000 British consumers found that van drivers were the least likely to be considered the safest or most careful road users, with only 3% of respondents selecting them in this category. High performance and sports car drivers (4%), taxi drivers (8%) and truck drivers […]
The firm’s annual figures on fines and penalties show that in total, company drivers committed 53,231 more offences in 2015 than in 2014, bringing the overall figure to 198,186. This is an increase of more than a third (37%) and is considerably higher than previous year on year increases (3% from 2012-3, and 17% from […]
Demand for mobile applications for driver behaviour based technology, services and expertise is increasing with many workforces already equipped with mobile devices. However, the fleet performance management solutions provider believes that by 2020 the rate at which fleet managers will sign up for mobile devices (estimated at 300% growth) is set to outpace and replace […]
Castelan Group, which is headquartered in Weston-super-Mare, is operating the short wheelbase, low-roof Trafics in Business+ trim line with the ENERGY dCi 120 1.6-litre Twin Turbo diesel engine on four-year/100,000-mile contract hire with maintenance agreements. Additionally, Days Fleet is providing a range of other services including a 24/7 driver helpline and its short-term vehicle […]
Available from £9.95 a month, the device connects to the vehicle’s on-board diagnostic (OBD) port, eliminating installation costs. It provides fleet managers real-time driver and vehicle information via the reporting dashboard and also has the added benefit of TRACKER’s crash detection technology, which can distinguish between bumps and kerbs and actual impacts, with reports provided […]
The Newport-based company is now running five Citan 109 CDIs. Supplied by South Wales dealer Euro Commercials, the extra-long crew van models have been assigned to its Security and Cleaning Management teams. The vehicles have been implemented in line with the company’s move to a single-marque fleet. Operations director Steve Hancock said: “We […]
The manufacturer will take a 780m² stand at the front of Hall 5, featuring a 7.5-tonne new Eurocargo and at least seven different models of Daily. The Daily line-up is being selected to highlight the breadth of the 3.5 to 7.2 tonne gross vehicle weight range, to include panel vans, chassis cabs, a 4×4 […]
Available from May onwards, the 2016 Berlingo model range is offered with a choice of Euro 6 engines, including a VTi 95 petrol engine, BlueHDi 75, BlueHDi 100 and BlueHDi 120 diesel engines. Full details of the Berlingo’s engine line-up will be available nearer the time of the show. Also launched at the Commercial […]
The move to the new premises within a secure 2.5 acre site in Burnley forms part of a strategic plan to achieve more than £15m worth of temperature-controlled vehicle orders annually and comes on the back of the company’s average 40% year-on-year growth over the last six years. The increase in manufacturing capacity will […]
The conference will help transport managers to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing transport scene in Northern Ireland. Speakers at the conference include Transport Minister at the Department of Regional Development Michelle McIlveen MLA; Mike Beare, director of transformation at the Driver & Vehicle Agency, and Donna Knowles of the Transport Regulation Unit […]
The measure, which would see HGVs and construction vehicles banned from the city centre daily from 7-10am and 4-7pm and would be enforced by Congestion Charge cameras, is aimed at improving road safety, particularly for cyclists, and reducing freight traffic on London's roads. Ms Pidgeon also said it would improve air quality. She commented: […]
