Isotrak claims that camera integration helps to reduce speeding by as much as 97% and cuts accident rates by almost 80%. The vehicle tracking and driver safety monitoring enhancement provides transport managers with high-resolution images that are date and time stamped for any point of the journey, and record whether the vehicle is moving or […]
Developed by Jaama, the password-protected “dashboard”, accessible via the Fleet Hire website, provides fleet managers with access to information relating to numerous areas including: vehicle orders, invoicing, vehicle service and MoT dates, fleet vehicle renewal dates and employee driver licence checks. Fleet Hire sales director Nick Poole said: ‘Customers love the “dashboard” because it enables […]
This will be followed in 2015 by an even larger programme of improvement and investment on our major roads, with spending rising to £3bn a year by 2020. The road programmes form part of a £100bn package of investment in Britain’s infrastructure over the next seven years; the largest programme of investment since the 1970s. […]
The ATA Accreditation programme was developed by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) in partnership with the BVRLA, and allows those working in technical customer service advisor and maintenance controller roles to be able to gain accredited status by successfully completing a series of assessments. Three members of the Venson Maintenance team are the […]
The deal will see Auto Windscreens handle hundreds of claims per year for the Ogilvie, which is looking to expand its fleet 15,000 vehicles over the next few years. Jim Hannah, Ogilvie fleet operations director, said: ‘We have firm plans for growth and need to feel confident that our partners can handle increasing volumes, while […]
Mark Cockburn has joined Helphire Group as head of business change, while Andrew Blake joins the Helphire Group Commercial team as head of field sales. Cockburn joins from the BLG Group where he was in a Senior Project and Change Management role. During the past two years he has been involved in the delivery of […]
The group, which runs two businesses – Hydraquip Hose & Hydraulics and Hydraquip Braided Hose Division – has seen major growth in recent years, both organic and the result of the collapse of competitors in the recession, which has triggered an expansion of its light commercial vehicle fleet delivering a 24-hour on-site service. Simultaneously that […]
The Citan was supplied to Nurturing Nature by local Mercedes-Benz dealer, Enza. Powered by a 75hp 1.4-litre diesel engine, Mercedes claims the long-bodied Citan 108 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY is capable of a market-leading 65.7mpg, and produces CO2 emissions as low as 112g/km. The vehicle's BlueEFFICIENCY features include the ECO start/stop function as well as low rolling resistance […]
The UK e-commerce market is worth an estimated £78 billion, according to online retail association, IMRG, and cost £851 million to deliver its goods last year. With such a competitive market for commercial vehicles in advance of the festive period, supply is struggling to satisfy demand. Lex Autolease, which operates a fleet of over 70,000 […]
A Local Government Association survey of councils across England and Wales found that 95% of councils are maintaining or increasing on their stockpiles of salt after 1.3 million tonnes of salt was stockpiled in depots in 2012. In total, 68% of councils are aiming to have the same amount of salt as last year with […]
In September 2013, the CPC (Certificate of Professional Competency) came into effect for drivers of vehicles with passenger seats of nine or more, for journeys for hire and reward or commercial gain. Anticipating the impact of the new rules on customers that use minibuses, in particular those in the public sector and charities, Europcar has […]
The dealer group surveyed 250 small business owners to help the business community understand the true cost of a poorly managed fleet. The results show that operating even a small number of vehicles could be costing more than is being budgeted. A total of 18% of UK SMEs are putting aside just £1,000 a year […]
