“We are very pleased that Welding Engineers has recognised our technology as the best solution for the company’s fleet control and management,” commented Kevin Bull, UK in-house sales director for ABAX. “One of the key benefits for Welding Engineers is that the Triplog device is self installable, saving the company valuable time and money. The […]
The focus of each issue is chosen to apply equally to owned, leased and grey fleets. Suggestions are presented as ‘Action Points’ that relate to all types of road vehicle and aim to provide guidance to anyone managing vehicles in either the private or public sector. “Fuel Card Services has a wealth of expertise in helping […]
That's according to research carried out VansA2Z.com at the 2015 Commercial Vehicle Show, 82% of owner operators are unaware of Corporate Manslaughter legislation, yet if one of their staff is at the wheel of a company van and is involved in accident resulting in death or serious injury to themselves or a third party, the van operator […]
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Each Supersite includes specialist vehicles such as such as five and six seat Crew Vans, 4×4 pickups and an extensive range of Chapter 8 vehicles and, with the capacity to store several hundred vans, Europcar is confident that the dedicated locations can meet demand for large bulk orders of circa 20 vehicles and above. Fleet […]
He will take over the chief executive post from Graham Dalton who announced his departure in January after seven years leading Highways England predecessor the Highways Agency. As managing director of the Airports Division at Heathrow Airport Holdings (BAA) until December 2014, Mr O'Sullivan was responsible for all the group’s airports outside Heathrow. He was […]
The research also shows that volumes saw a -4.1% decrease, and the average age of LCV’s sold at auction fell from 70.6 to 69.3 months. The average number of days that LCVs remained on site declined to 14.9 days, and the average mileage decreased from 82,175 to 81,761 miles. Price Changes by age […]
The VC3 computes the economic and environmental performance of diesel, electric, gas and stop-start van technologies to help fleet decision-makers assess the advantages of adding low carbon vans into their fleets. “By providing a realistic whole-life cost, the VC3 de-risks the implementation of low carbon fleet solutions,” commented Steve Carroll, technical specialist at Cenex. “The […]
CDVs, MPVs, short wheelbases, long wheel bases, dropsides, Lutons and bespoke conversions. The list is endless, especially when you bring specification, payload, make and model into the mix, making decisions around vehicle and supplier selection difficult for business owners. Choosing the wrong vehicles or vehicle acquisition method can result in huge cost and efficiency implications […]
Available online at www.fleetmatics.co.uk/ebooks-library, the new e-book on ‘Driving Consistent Improvement’ shows that although the installation of a GPS tracking system can bring some instant benefits, extracting the maximum return on investment from any GPS tracking system comes from coaching the drivers, not the vehicles, for example on the issues of speeding. The e-book explains […]
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That’s according to the 2015 the Corporate Vehicle Observatory (CVO) Barometer, which interviewed more than 4,500 fleet decision makers across 15 countries. This year’s research looked at the new vehicle technologies already deployed within company fleets and also where fleets are considering them in the next three years. Of companies with 100 or more employees, […]
These replacement vehicles follow the delivery of three 7.5-tonners and eleven 3.5-tonne fridge vans, all supplied on contract hire from Ryder. In addition to supplying fruit and vegetables, dairy products and fine foods to a wide customer base, the company also supplys many of Scotland’s most prestigious events such as The Ryder Cup, the Edinburgh […]
Masternaut Connect is an intelligent telematics solution that collates data in real-time to increase fuel efficiency, improve driver behaviour and reduce vehicle downtime. It also has the facility to alert customers when their deliveries are a certain distance from the delivery location. Wolseley UK has a fleet of more than 900 vehicles across its branch […]
