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Based on a new cloud-based IT fleet management solution, the subscription-based service – dubbed “Your Fleet Partner” – is targeted at businesses operating between 10 and 200 company cars and commercial vehicles but is said to deliver “big fleet benefits”.  Mike Manners, managing director of Staffordshire-headquartered CBVC Vehicle Management, said: ‘Our roots are very much […]

  The IHTF is funded by Transport for London (TfL) and formed of officers from the Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Police, and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. The dedicated team run regular on-street enforcement operations to help build up an intelligence picture on the most dangerous lorries and operators. The agency has recently prosecuted […]

Based on the survey carried out by the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA), LifeLines England found that 52% of markings on motorways, 42% on dual carriageways, and 48% on single carriageways all need replacing immediately or need to be scheduled for replacement now. The survey, also shows that just 16% of markings on England’s motorways […]

The incident took place outside a cinema in Ashton-on-Ribble when father-of-one Carl Green was struck by a reversing van in a paved area outside the entrance to the Odeon Cinema on 27th July 2010. The 45-year-old painter from Chorley had been working on a project for EMC Contracts Ltd to fit out a new coffee […]

Whilst the use of whole-life costs is nothing new to the fleet sector, many in the industry continue to call for fleets to heed the benefits of such an approach. This January saw a leading leasing and fleet management specialist urge fleets to turn to WLCs as its research that containing costs is the biggest […]

Presented across nine categories, the Experteye awards are seen by many as the ultimate accolade because they are solely based on independent feedback from fleet customers, leasing companies and drivers. No award submissions are made and there is no panel of judges. Fleet operators are surveyed independently by Experteye, who ask an extensive range of […]

The website, www.brakepro.org, replaces Brake's former Fleet Safety Forum website, as well as the Road Safety Forum website, combining all resources both fleet and road safety practitioners need into one place. Current subscribers will continue to receive their current benefits, but through the new site. Resources available to subscribers include: Guidance reports on specific topics relating […]

Autoglass first commissioned Broadview to develop an undercover solution that would allow its technicians to keep working whatever the weather in September 2012. A further 10 systems were put on trial in November 2012, and the awning was fitted to a total of 200 vans in 2013. The Broadview solution is designed to be easily […]

The rules, updated to improve road safety, will set new minimum common standards across the EU for vehicle testing and inspectors’ training and competences. In addition, at least five per cent of the commercial vehicles on roads in the EU as a whole will be subject to roadside inspections. Member states can also impose stricter […]

The factory-built 7.5-tonne Canter will be shown at Birmingham NEC from 29th April to 1st May, and has been developed in partnership by Rossetts Commercial and specialist vehicle converter Coolertech. The adapted Canter employs a 150hp diesel engine which works in parallel with a 54hp electric motor, a set-up that Mercedes claims offers considerable fuel […]

February 2014 sales data highlights a clear move in the wholesale market towards light commercials aged five years and over. Indeed, Manheim reports that it has never seen such a high proportion – nearly half – of all used vans in the market reaching the seven year mark. Looking at individual van segments, small panel […]