How does it work? ‘Under the Fleet Crystallisation programme, CD Auction Group will offer to pay the vendor an agreed value for any vehicle within 56 hours of it arriving on site. CD Auction Group will then take full responsibility for remarketing that vehicle and any subsequent auction risk on it. ‘We will protect auction […]
The plant has won a 10-year contract to produce the vehicle, securing over 1,200 jobs and making it the UK’s only light commercial vehicle manufacturing plant after the closure of Ford’s Transit factory in Southampton last year. The Luton plant has built nearly a million Vivaro vans since 2001 including 44,000 vans built in 2013 […]
Announced by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, the ban was first mooted last September and will now become law through the Deregulation Bill, following a three-month consultation. Tickets will have to be fixed to the windscreen by parking wardens, making it illegal for councils to issue penalty charge notices to drivers using just […]
The firm’s Tim Jagdev, account executive, attended an assessment day and successfully completed a customer service programme, achieving Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA). He was also registered on the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Awards Professional Register. The assessment day gathered individuals from rental and leasing organisations and tested their core customer service skills and knowledge. […]
The move gives fleet managers the capability for live monitoring of their entire fleet from the convenience of a PC or smart phone. Using the system, fleet managers are able to not only know the location of any fleet vehicle at any given time, but also gain insight into driver behaviour and CO2 emissions. With […]
The seven-day survey, by comparison website TrackCompare.co.uk, began last week shortly after the Government announced its proposals. Asked Should the maximum fine for speeding on the motorway be increased to £10,000?, 22% said yes, 78% said no. Kjell Anderton, a TrackCompare director, said: ‘This poll attracted far more comments than any we’ve held over the […]
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Given its share of the car and van markets, through its many brand names, Volkswagen has been relatively slow to join the electric revolution. Indeed, though currently launching e-Golf and e-up! cars, the company hasn’t made much noise about an electric van at all. However that looks set to change. While Volkswagen was at pains to […]
This resulted in a manufacturing downturn of 22.8% over the year-to-date, with output for both home and export down. However, SMMT expects production to stabilise in late summer. ‘UK commercial vehicle output continued to feel the effects of last year’s production restructuring with volumes down 32% in May. There is light at the end of […]
According to Chevin, personal devices such as smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks and other devices used by employees on work business are several generations in advance of the “official” corporate IT. Ashley Sowerby, managing director, said: ‘In the corporate world, we have many users running our software on Windows XP desktops that date back up to a […]
Launched by The LowCVP, the Fuels Roadmap sets out a variety of transport options to deliver on the UK and Europe’s low carbon transport targets, highlighting a role for LPG and bio-LPG. In addition, based on research by strategic energy consultancy Element Energy, a conversion of UK company vehicles to LPG could contribute to an […]
The ongoing consultation process around the proposed accountancy changes to formulate a common standard for all leased assets including company cars has put forward the proposal that all leases, whether they are finance or operating leases, should be on the company’s balance sheet. As a result, companies would be required to highlight how much […]
The company has purchased 13 new Mercedes vehicles in total from the local branch of Rygor, Britain’s biggest Mercedes-Benz Dealer. Most are 3.5-tonne Sprinter 313 CDIs – while four are standard panels vans, the line-up also includes the two 4x4s as well as a Dualiner crew variant with a second row of seats, and a […]
