The Customs join a fleet of nearly 500 vehicles, around 65% of which are Fords, from blue-light Ford Focus Estate models to specially adapted Ford Transits. ‘We are pleased to welcome the Ford Transit Custom on to our fleet and we are sure it will more than meet our expectations,’ said NHSBT’s national fleet service […]
The new three-year Crown Commercial Services (CCS) RM1070 Vehicle Supply Framework Agreement, which took effect in December, supersedes two agreements that treated the public sector and the police and emergency services separately. The deal also applies to all VW Group brands, rather than individual models, which again expands the potential reach of the contract to […]
The tool is exclusively available to the firm’s customer base of contract hire and leasing companies and draws on its nationwide network of more than 7,000 service outlets that undertake service, maintenance and repair (SMR) work on vehicles supplied to fleet customers across the UK. Two different versions are offered. "Downtime Management" sees Fleet Assist identify […]
Speaking about the deal, Fleet Operations manager for Isuzu, Alan Able, said: ‘It’s very gratifying that Glendale has chosen the D-Max for its vehicle of choice, as we know it has very high expectations when it comes to the quality, reliability and economy of its fleet. Thanks to the D-Max’s outstanding extended warranty coupled with […]
Expected to be the first of a number of new appointments during 2015 as the company recruits to meet a fast-growing order bank and customer base, Vikkie Barker has joined as national accounts manager and Claire Howarth as accounts services manager – logistics. Sign Language is predicting a 50% increase in business in 2015 following […]
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Range and cost are the two stumbling blocks for electric van buyers. Less talked about is weight, or more specifically payload. Electrical components like batteries impact on the carrying capacity of an LCV. With most vans operating at 3.5 tonnes, that makes increasing range through additional batteries a complex equation. ‘Customers were asking us […]
Of the 1,000 vehicles delivered, just fewer than 10% (90) were light commercial vehicles and nearly 5% (49) were electric vehicles. All 34 Brokers within the Alphabet Partner channel engaged in the transactions utilising all five of Alphabet’s funding products; contract hire, finance lease, contract purchase, personal contract purchase (PCP) and personal contract hire (PCH). Overseen […]
Output fell 19.7% in 2014, but the SMMT believes the month of growth heralds a bright future. Growing demand at home helped to drive December growth, despite deflated export market. ‘The growth of commercial vehicle manufacturing output in December represents a turning point in the sector’s fortunes,’ commented Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive. ‘A ramping […]
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The company made its choice as part of a drive to ensure it has a modern range of vehicles available for customers, and becomes the first major hire operator to purchase a fleet of New Daily vans and chassis cab models. ‘Businesses today class resale value as one of their key considerations when buying a […]
The Plug-in Vehicle tool provides customised advice for organisations so they can understand where and how plug-in vehicles will work within their fleet, where to recharge on the routes most commonly taken, and what first steps they can take to adopt the electric vehicles. Once visitors to the Plug-in Vehicle tool website have answered a […]
Volumes saw a -36.4% decrease, and the average age of LCV’s sold at auction fell to 65.9 months. The average number of days that LCVs remained on site fell to 12.8 days, and the average mileage increased from 82,772 to 82,831 miles. Price Changes by age Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 < 2 Years £11,050 […]
That’s the finding of the latest bi-annual Business in Britain research by Lex Autolease. The survey of 1,500 companies found that almost half (48%) of all management teams plan to raise money to invest in their businesses in the first six months of the year. New vehicles were identified as a key area of spend […]
