PfH focuses on improving efficiency and procurement practice for over 850 social housing providers throughout the UK. The nationwide consortium manages the purchasing and supply of over £2.5 million of goods and services every week, creating savings of almost £50 million each year. ‘At PfH, our priority is helping the social housing sector enhance efficiency […]
The NFB provides business solutions to builders, contractors and house builders across England and Wales and the tie-up with UK Carline’s business fleet and commercial vehicle departments will assist its members through expert advice on how to run safe and cost-effective fleets and bespoke offers. Ruth Ratcliffe, membership services manager for the NFB said: ‘For […]
The company has revealed that it expects its total cold weather tyre sales to exceed £10million in 2013, as the popularity of seasonal fitments for cars and vans continues to grow. As part of its preparation, ATS Euromaster is taking delivery of tens of thousands of cold weather fitments to ensure its centres are ready […]
According to the company, 99% of employers believe eye tests are just as important or more important, in comparison with other health checks available for employees, such as medicals and screening. To back this up, 70% of employers now state they provide eye tests for their employees. However, this means 30% of employers do not […]
Coombs has over 10 years’ experience in the fleet, lease and car rental industries and was previously regional business development director for East Midlands and East Anglia at Europcar, and business development manager at Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Commenting on his appointment, he said: ‘Autoglass lives up to its reputation for delivering quality of service and value […]
So says the BVRLA, which adds that the current incentives are failing to ignite the market, as shown by the latest registration figures for plug-in vehicles. Newly published DVLA data shows that registrations of plug-in-grant eligible cars grew by just 14% in the first half of 2013, compared to the previous six months. This is […]
The 10,000th vehicle's keys were handed over to Gerhard Dech, purchasing and technical director of Deutsche Bahn, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The vehicle will be used by German Railways' maintenance division. Kangoo Van Z.E. is Europe's best-selling small electric van and accounts for almost 10% of Kangoo van sales. It is also the best-selling […]
The Electric Vehicle Roadmap document – entitled “Switched On Scotland: A Roadmap to Widespread Adoption of Plug-in Vehicles” – comes as the Scottish Government commits to almost complete decarbonisation of the road transport sector by 2050. The move is being led by Scotland’s stringent climate change legislation and targets as well as plans to tackle […]
The latest version of the Skyline web platform – Skyline 7.5 – incorporates a number of key new features which greatly improve usability: · Security: Users can now assign a security zone to an entire group of mobile assets, complete with email or SMS alerts, with just a few mouse clicks. · Fleet Management: Skyline […]
‘More than half (51%) of respondents to our survey said that they would worry about how good a tradesman was if they couldn’t afford to drive a decent work vehicle. And over a third (39%) said they would be concerned about their reliability,’ explained Andy Alderson, managing director of Vanarama. ‘With the economic outlook in […]
According to the TomTom study of UK LCV drivers, 59% said they were more likely to speed or take risks in their work vehicles while more than a third (39%) admit to driving more carefully when using their personal vehicle. The research, conducted among LCV drivers, found 67% of those did so to save money […]
To be launched officially at the forthcoming Frozen and Chilled Food Show on 18-19th September in Peterborough, the Refrigerental vehicle range comprises car derived vans, MWB and LWB panel vans, as well as 3.5 tonne, 7.5 tonne, 18 tonne and 26 tonne rigid trucks with refrigerated box bodies built to ATP Class C standards. Further options […]
