The new locations offer a Europcar “Meet & Greet” service for pre-booked vehicle hire, ensuring a quick handover and are being trialled at key locations including Notting Hill, Camden and Earls Court. Customers are met by a Europcar representative who will take them to their pre-booked hire car so that they can continue their journey […]
The light commercial vehicles are a mixture of medium and long wheelbase Ford Transit chassis cabs with dual rear wheels and fitted with tipper bodies. The vans are being used to support a range of tasks across the district within the Environmental Services Team. The council was able to purchase the five vehicles for the […]
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The company has recruited Clive Taylor (pictured) as director of fleet management & commercial business for EMEA and APAC specifically to lead longer-term growth and success in the fleet sector. Taylor has been at Garmin for seven years specialising in the automotive market, during which time his role in fleet solutions has increased significantly as […]
The company is part of fleet management solutions provider Fleetmatics Group PLC and launched in the UK at the end of 2012. The opening of the new customer service centre this year is intended to provide SageQuest’s growing list of European customers with a dedicated and reliable support service. The company adds that it’s important […]
Hosted by Cenex – the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for low carbon vehicle technologies – LCV2013 takes place in Millbrook on 4-5th September 2013. Transport Minister Norman Baker MP said, ‘The Government is making an unprecedented commitment to a low-carbon road transport future, and it is encouraging to see how the take-up of electric […]
This investment in new facilities and manufacturing equipment has enabled the company to increase production of its hardtop units, which it builds for every major pick-up truck brand on the market. The first hardtop units have been produced in the facility as part of a contract with pick-up truck manufacturer, Isuzu. Located opposite Auto Styling […]
Euro Car Parts makes in excess of 30,000 daily deliveries with its large mixed fleet of 1,750 vehicles, meaning that fuel represents one of the company’s largest expenditures. According to the Euro Car Parts, Keyfuels' experience of handling billions of litres of fuel each year for some of the largest fleets in Europe was one […]
Under the changes the brand has created new roles of national contract hire manager and public sector assistant manager. Gareth Thomas has been appointed to the former role, with his background including seven years’ experience at Nissan Motor GB as contract hire and leasing manager before moving to Peugeot, where for the past three years […]
The service provides fleet management and maintenance to a range of departments within Dorset County Council and operates across two main workshops and six outlying depots. The company was previously using an inhouse system but wanted to increase the level of information it could hold and generate about its fleet, especially workshop performance and fleet […]
Arval will provide contract hire with maintenance for the Safestyle vehicle fleet, which is used by its nationwide network of expert Safestyle installation teams who visit customer homes to fit double glazing. Under the agreement, Arval is to replace all of Safestyle’s vehicles in a single batch to ensure that the fleet remains modern and […]
The company says its vehicle tracking unit offers leading crash detection and recording technology that means it is able to provide extremely detailed accounts of incidents and therefore help to establish whether a claim corresponds to the scale of the impact in question. The Quartix system incorporates a tri-axis accelerometer that monitors for any impact […]
Sharp (pictured) will focus on maintaining and enhancing the SMR company’s “driver experience”, and brings experience from his former roles at Lombard Vehicle Management and Arval, as well as AA Tyreserve, Interleasing, Leyland DAF and Volvo. Joe Bhamr, commercial director, commented: ‘We were keen to appoint an industry professional to this key role who was […]
