Natalie Middleton
Kier Group drives savings with Allstar One card
Launched last year, the Allstar One card brings together a host of convenient fleet solutions and security benefits on one card. This includes providing customers with … Read More »
Indian restaurant owner bids to become Britain’s greenest takeaway with Nissan LEAF
The LEAF is being put to use by Indian Summer in Brighton as owner Minesh Agnihotri trials a new environmentally friendly waste-free service in the city. … Read More »
Energy Saving Trust runs fleet operator survey on new transport products
The short survey is being held to find out whether a register of transport related products and services designed to improve efficiency, would be useful to … Read More »
Vauxhall introduces new fleet service plan and warranty
Administered by EMaC Ltd, Fleet Service Plans allow businesses to lock in the fleet parts pricing and labour rate today for vehicles across car and commercial … Read More »
Latest Shell concept car delivers 107mpg at 45mph
A complete rework of the T.25 city car produced in 2010 by Formula One car designer Gordon Murray, the three-seater city car would deliver a 34% … Read More »
Volvo to target one million electrified cars by 2025
Volvo has announced ambitious plans to sell a total of up to one million electrified cars by 2025.
Jardine Motors Group scoops award for best fleet dealer group aftersales support
The company topped the category in the Experteye awards for providing the best service to fleet drivers in the maintenance of vehicles. The Experteye awards … Read More »
JCT600 provides Mercedes-Benz fleet for Tour de Yorkshire
The company, which is this year celebrating its 70-year heritage in Yorkshire, will supply Mercedes-Benz C-Class models for all official vehicles. John Tordoff, chief executive of … Read More »
Manufacturers unveil latest models at Silverstone Fleet Show
This year’s Show on 11 May will see a number of UK debuts in an impressive line-up of new models from the 21 vehicle manufacturers attending … Read More »
Tax tribunal tells G4S that parking fines not tax deductible
The first-tier tribunal ruled in HMRC’s favour in rejecting G4S’s bid to set its parking fines against its tax bill. G4S Cash Solutions had aimed … Read More »
Half of hit-and-run convicted drivers ‘don’t know it’s illegal’, finds study
That’s according to a report carried out by the University of Leicester for MIB, which compensates the innocent victims of accidents with uninsured and ‘hit and … Read More »
Renault reveals new Koleos SUV ahead of Beijing Motor Show
Making its debut at next week’s Beijing Motor Show, the newcomer marks the revival of the Koleos model, which was axed in the UK in 2010 … Read More »
Used market moving into period of oversupply, warns Glass's
Rupert Pontin, head of valuations, said that the volume of vehicles at auction had already increased by 3.7% in 2016 and that a wide range of … Read More »
AMT Group appoints business development manager
Biggart’s experience includes business development roles with The Parts Alliance where she spent two years as a Servicesure sales manager. She was also lead business development … Read More »
Number of vehicles on British roads up 2.3% in Q4
The data form the DfT shows that recent increases in vehicle numbers have been driven largely by cars and vans. The numbers of licensed cars … Read More »
Councils leaving abandoned roadworks in place could face fines of £5k
In its document on ‘Reducing Disruption on Local “A” Roads’, the DfT said that it estimates around two million works take place on England’s local roads … Read More »
Mitsubishi admits to fuel consumption testing misconduct for Japanese market models
In a statement, the carmaker announced that it has discovered fuel consumption testing data submitted to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan … Read More »
‘JourneyTrack’ mileage capture solution to be launched at Silverstone Fleet show
The solution, which consists of a mobile app and online management dashboard, captures business and private mileage information, helping companies to manage employee fuel expense claims … Read More »
Almost one in six jobs requires applicant to be able to drive
The organisation’s analysis of a snapshot of the government’s employment database uncovered that of the 847,000 vacancies available in Great Britain in July 2015, 131,000 (15.4%) … Read More »
Euro Car Parts opens 10,000 sq ft Warwick branch
The Warwick branch employs 20 staff members with over 100 years’ combined experience in the automotive industry. Six vans will provide 30-minute deliveries within Warwick, … Read More »
Hydrogen Toyota Mirai marks first service milestone in UK
A team at the Jemca’s Edgware workshop in north west London carried out the service on a Mirai leased by Greentomatocars and used as a private … Read More »
Jardine Lloyd Thompson introduces Fleet Hire salary sacrifice car scheme for own employees
JLT is one of the world's leading providers of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits-related advice, brokerage and associated services. One of the employee benefits it recommends … Read More »
Paragon builds capacity with investment
The firm said the investment has addressed key pinch points in the defleet process, which is becoming increasingly complex as manufacturers add more options and fleets … Read More »
Land Rover Defender thefts rise following end of production
Latest figures from NFU Mutual show that, following the end of production of the iconic vehicle, claims costs for theft of Defender vehicles rose to £1.8m … Read More »
Fuel card distributor scoops Best Large Company accolade
TRFC, which has reported strong growth since being launched in 2011, won the title at a ceremony where nominees hailed from wide-ranging sectors including hospitality, retail, … Read More »
Winners of 2016 Fleet World Honours announced
This year’s Fleet World Honours have once more recognised the leading fleet cars and suppliers at the most prestigious event in the fleet calendar.
Councils given new powers to tear down ‘pointless’ road signs
Announced by the Department for Transport, the new powers are effective from 22 April and will mean that town halls can take down ‘unnecessary’ signs and … Read More »
Honda Finance Europe links up with Arval to strengthen contract hire offer
The deal sees Arval signed up as the outsource partner for the provision of Honda Contract Hire products and services to the Honda dealer network. … Read More »
ARI signs up as headline sponsor of Brake’s Fleet Safety Awards 2016
The annual awards recognise the achievements of organisations and individuals working to reduce the number of crashes involving at-work drivers, and are currently open for entries … Read More »
Breakdown in OPEC oil production talks to halt further pump rises, says RAC
So says the RAC as OPEC talks broke down again yesterday (18 April), putting paid to plans to tackle the market’s oversupply by freezing oil production … Read More »
