Bevan Group has headquarters in Halesowen and is a leading supplier of dry freight box, curtainside and platform bodies to some of the biggest names in the UK transport industry. Bevan also builds insulated, temperature-controlled vehicle bodies in partnership with Schmitz Cargobull. The company has also launched its Bevan Passport initiative, which allows smaller-scale bodybuilders […]
The European Clean Vehicle Procurement Guide, part of the new EC-funded Green Fleets project, suggests setting limits of 130g/km of CO2 for cars and 170g/km for vans. However, Chevin says that this trend has already been underway for some time and that many public sector bodies are already beating these targets. David Gladding, sales director, said: […]
The company, which operates from Bellshill, Glasgow and Broxburn, Edinburgh, passed a stringent audit to become Scotland’s first Mercedes-Benz Van ProCenter. Mercedes-Benz Van ProCenter Dealers must keep extended opening hours for customer convenience and meet the manufacturer’s requirements on everything from sales staff numbers, their training, qualifications and expertise in specific models and business sectors, […]
Grimshaw Lane Dairy in Ormskirk has taken delivery of four e-NV200 vans from Crosby Park Nissan in Liverpool and is using them to make its daily deliveries to homes and businesses in and around the town. The four vehicles each cover around 50 miles a day, making roughly 500 deliveries apiece. Managing director Andrew Brown, […]
The two companies will work closely to develop an integrated approach that will not only minimise the risk factors facing fleets but also provide real-time visibility of all incidents, near misses and harsh driving events. The solution will see video footage and driver behaviour reports from Intelligent Telematics’ all-in-one 3G vehicle camera and tracking tool […]
According to new figures released by Police Scotland for October to January, overall speeding is down from around one in three drivers to one in 20. Meanwhile examples of excessive speeding (10 mph+ above limit) are down by 97%. However, the figures also show that journey times have increased in line with predictions and there […]
This year’s event, on Tuesday 12 May and sponsored by Barclaycard in association with TMC, will see the morning devoted to workshop-style, interactive and informal training sessions, held in the seminar theatre in the Silverstone Wing. The workshops will tackle four key fleet topics: the fundamentals of fleet management, risk management, environmental management and procurement, […]
The Enfield-based company will locate the new vehicles throughout its UK mainland depot network, where they will be used to deliver automotive refinishing products. The latest Dispatch vans are a combination of new vehicles to meet customer demand and replacement vehicles for life-expired vans that were acquired in a major expansion three years ago. Some […]
The solution is mainly used on vans but also tracks cars driven by project managers. The technology gives real-time monitoring of drivers and vehicles, information on driver behaviour and how it can be improved, and feedback on instances of speeding, harsh braking and acceleration. Driver behaviour is closely analysed by the team at Mimram Site […]
First introduced in 2013, the commercial vehicle hardtop has proven popular with pick-up truck users and fleet operators in off-highway sectors and industries such as railway track maintenance, power distribution, telecoms and construction. The British-built hardtop has been specifically designed for industries operating off-road in difficult conditions far away from a workshop environment. In addition […]
The seminars are designed to keep full-time professional fleet decision-makers abreast of the very latest tax, legislation and operating best practices, while providing administrators and managers who have the responsibility but not necessarily the experience or specialist knowledge of running vehicles with essential information. The seminars have been updated this year to reflect the very […]
Currently in training, Dan decided to run for BEN as the charity is close to the hearts of all in the automotive sector. BEN operates five care centres around the UK, offering practical care for all ages and needs, from the young and the physically disabled, to dementia support and end of life care. ‘I started […]
