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    Applied Driving Techniques to enhance driver training solutions with new appointment

    The company, a leading provider of fleet compliance and risk management solutions, said the new management role will enable it to further develop its team of driver trainers within the UK, support new and existing customer requirements and develop advanced training services. Pooley holds a wide range driver training and safety qualifications, licences and certificates […]

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    Network Rail signs up to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

    The current agreement is for 312 vehicles – 124 Amarok 140PS BMT, 168 Transporter 114PS BMT and 20 Transporter Kombi 114PS BMT – which will be used by Network Rail’s engineering team. Steve Duffy, business support manager for Network Rail, commented: “With over 20,000 miles of track and thousands of rail assets to maintain, the […]

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    David Wallace joins RAC to lead drive for growth in B2B

    Wallace brings a wealth of industry experience to the role and will be responsible for leading the development of the core business-to-business (B2B) customer base, and further improving the RAC’s B2B customer-focussed services. He joins the RAC from epyx where he spent three years as sales and business development director and prior to that he […]

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    Consortium close to LeasePlan deal

    As reported by the Wall Street Journal, a sale by Volkswagen AG and private bank Friedrich von Metzler could be announced as early as next week. The interested parties are said to include TDR and several pension funds, including Dutch PGGM. Earlier this week LeasePlan Corporation announced that its 100% shareholder Global Mobility Holding BV […]

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    Highways England to take over from Highways Agency on 1 April

    The change comes as the Government outlines its previously announced road investment strategy for the 2015 to 2020 period in a new document outlining how it will spend £15.2bn on the strategic road network. As part of the changes to the Highways Agency, the new Highways England “go-co” will gain fixed five-year funding for the first time, with the Government […]

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    Fleet Evolution to launch full-time fleet management service at Silverstone Fleet Show

    Fleet Evolution is one of a number of fleet specialist firms exhibiting at the Fleet World Fleet Show on 12 May at Silverstone where it will place the spotlight on its latest development. The company says the new vehicle management package is essentially a full-time service for a part-time investment and offers packaged solution with ‘gold, silver or bronze’ […]

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    Driver Hire to focus on counterpart countdown at Silverstone Fleet Show

    The company, a leading specialist transport and logistics recruiter, will be using the Fleet World Fleet Show to promote its highly successful recruitment service, which also offers added-value services, specifically developed to meet industry needs. This includes ‘dh Licence Check’ and ‘eAssessments’ – with the latter being a brand new service. ‘dh Licence Check’ will take pride of […]

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    FTA expresses concern about government’s response to O-licensing

    In its responses FTA stated that members who operate vehicles which would be affected by the changes, which include electric vehicles and mobile cranes, were comfortable with the new requirements this would bring to them in terms of maintaining and inspecting vehicles or subjecting them to an annual roadworthiness test, but doubted DVSA’s ability to […]

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    Michelin signs major winter tyre supply deal with Ringtons

    Ringtons services a broad customer base, delivering tea, coffee, biscuits, gifts and homeware from 35 sites to homes throughout the UK, as well as supplying wholesalers, hotels, businesses and restaurants – each of which depend on its reliability. “We serve up to 250,000 customers a year and we can’t let winter weather hold up our […]

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    New fleet management software from ARI at CV Show

    The new dashboard, alongside an updated system offering  both risk and accident management, is the culmination of a multi-million pound integration project to provide fleet managers with real-time, actionable data. This year, the ARI stand has doubled in size, with the addition of a special ‘Wheel of Fortune’ game and a barista serving hot drinks […]

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    Licence Bureau to debut licence checking and compliance portal at CV Show

    The Hemel Hempstead-based fleet driving licence checking company is appearing at the CV Show for the first time in 2015 and will be offering visitors a live demonstration of the CMS system on stand 4D128. The system can offer driving licence verification, car hire, Right to Work checks, grey fleet insurance, MOT/roadworthiness, non-driver management, driver […]

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