Following the appointment, Fleet Alliance began an implementation process, including uploading all Richard Irvin vehicle details onto its online ‘e-fleet’ fleet management system, which provides an extensive and comprehensive suite of management information reports and allows the insight of all aspect of the fleet operation. Richard Irvin is also considering the introduction of the e-fleet […]
Available from £269 per month, the Flexible Finance Lease on Crafter models will allow business owners to choose finance packages to suit the vehicle specification, intended use and mileage requirement. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles offers both ‘Engineered to go’ and ‘Engineered for you’ programmes. The ‘Engineered to go’ range provides off-the-shelf solutions that cater for a […]
Chris Hanson-Abbott, honoured last year by HM The Queen with an OBE for Services to Vehicle Road Safety, is behind the recently launched SteerSafe Campaign, which looks at the wider issue of avoidable accidents. As new 360-degree technology has been launched to solve the major problem of vehicle blind spots, Hanson-Abbott says that fleets must […]
JJX Logistics operates from headquarters in Wolverhampton and is a member of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance. Its 3.2-tonne new Vito Extra-long arrived via the Kidderminster branch of Rygor. JJX Small Haul was founded in 1997 by John Donovan, who changed its name in 2007 to JJX Logistics, to better reflect the diverse nature of its […]
Vans are valuable items, not only the physical vehicle, but the tools and equipment that sit inside too. Each year, around 47,000 commercial vehicles are stolen in the UK. That is a total cost of around £152m. When you rely on your van to be able to do your job, this poses a huge risk. […]
Supplied by Birmingham Dealer Midlands Truck & Van, the Atego 816s have S ClassicSpace cabs and are fitted with Luton dropwell bodywork by M6 Motor Bodies, also of Birmingham. They are the subject of a funding agreement with InnoVent Leasing. Lee Longlands, which has stores in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Leamington Spa, Abingdon and Derby, has enjoyed […]
The firm ordered a total of 10 Sprinter 313 CDI Long chassis cabs via South Wales Dealer Euro Commercials, all of which are fitted with bespoke box bodies by Cardiff Truck & Bus, which feature retractable curtains to the nearside for ease of loading and unloading. Newport-based National Plastics supplies a huge range of fascia […]
Data for the first five months of 2015 further demonstrate a CV manufacturing resurgence, with production volumes up by almost a quarter. SMMT found that the sector benefitted from increasing European demand in May, as exports rose 69.4% last month with 3,710 vehicles destined for overseas markets. Half of all commercial vehicles produced to date […]
Prices for the new Transporter T6 panel van start from £17,745 (excluding VAT and other OTR charges), with the model due to arrive in the UK from September. Kombi models start from £19,840 for the entry-level 2.0 TDI 84PS Startline model. The Startline trim level introduces new standard features including BlueMotion Technology, DAB+ digital radio, 5-inch […]
Ian Stephens was fined £940 after driving his Citroen Berlingo at 60mph in the central lane of the M62 between Rochdale and Huddersfield last August. Leeds magistrates also put five penalty points on his driving licence. Stephens told the Mirror: “It’s rubbish that I made other people swerve and break. That didn't happen. All three lanes […]
The supply chain management specialist for the UK fleet and leasing industry, which has business partnerships with a significant number of the UK’s leading contract hire and leasing companies collectively operating some 700,000 vehicles, has launched a new ‘desk-top audit’ in addition to its in-person ‘physical audits’. The ‘desk-top audits’ complement the current physical quality […]
The new agreement covers a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles, comprising a third cars and two-thirds LCVs, and will also see ALD provide accident management for SPIE’s grey fleet plus a raft of other fleet services. SPIE UK, a subsidiary of SPIE group, provides energy, safety and environmentally focused solutions across multi-technical and support services, […]
