Natalie Middleton
Councils get £215 million road repair funds
The funds form part of the £333 million fund announced in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, which is to be used for essential maintenance and is in addition … Read More »
ATS Euromaster secures ISO 9001 quality accreditation
The company has passed an independent audit to secure ISO 9001: 2008 status, which replaces its previous ISO 9001: 2000 accreditation. The three-year long independent audit … Read More »
Effective procurement will be key in 2013, says Expense Reduction Analysts
Business fleets will need to employ smarter spending strategies in what will be an even tougher 12 months, according to Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA). The company, … Read More »
Sharp rise in company car driver offences in 2012
The data for the research was taken from Lex Autolease’s fleet of 270,000 vehicles and shows that more than 121,000 motoring offences were committed by company … Read More »
Tusker secures new funding line to expand vehicle fleet
Tusker has also moved all its transactional banking arrangements over to Barclays. The funding comes following a year in which Tusker’s salary sacrifice product, SalarySacrifice4Cars (SS4C), has … Read More »
Blue light services give green light to new CR-V
Honda says that the previous-generation model has already gained a lot of interest from emergency organisations due to its practicality, versatility and interior space. This includes … Read More »
Wraps come off new E-Class
The new model, which goes on sale next year, features a much sharper design along with a new, more efficient engines and a whole range of … Read More »
Ford Fiesta named “CAP Used Car of the Year 2012”
The supermini met all of CAP’s criteria for value for money, reliability and consistent desirability. Amongst their comments, the judges also said that the car pushes … Read More »
Route Monkey secures further funding to boost expansion
The Gateshead-based firm, which provides road transport routing and scheduling software, has received £450,000 from the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund and £50,000 from … Read More »
CVS signs up to major tyre deal with ATS Euromaster
The deal will see ATS Euromaster supply and service tyres across the whole of the company’s 2,300-strong fleet of light commercials and heavy trucks, which are … Read More »
Honda to roll out range of small-capacity diesels
The carmaker has already said that the long-awaited 1.6 diesel, which will deliver 94g/km of emissions in the Civic and an official combined figure of 78.5mpg, … Read More »
Vauxhall Corsa given thumbs up by driving instructors
The supermini is already supplied to both BSM and RED and has now been honoured as Training Car of the Year 2012 by readers of adiNEWS, … Read More »
Citroen slashes emissions and fuel consumption for new PureTech engines
The new units will be made available in the C3 and DS3 in 68bhp 1.0-litre and 82bhp 1.2-litre guises. Depending on the model and the tyres … Read More »
Bigger and better third-generation Octavia revealed
The new model is intended to offer middle-class qualities at compact-car price and is said to deliver class-leading room for passengers and luggage. At 4,659mm long, … Read More »
Euro NCAP puts spotlight on van safety
The van-specific crash tests, which were carried out on a number of 8-9 seater business and family-orientated models, have led Euro NCAP to call upon manufacturers to … Read More »
Prohire implements Jaama Key2 technology
The company, which operates a fleet of more than 2,000 commercial vehicles, is using Key2 to replace a vehicle management system and accounting system that was … Read More »
New eco sub-brand to broaden Honda's fleet appeal
The concept is similar to BMW’s EfficientDynamics models and Volkswagen’s BlueMotion badge and, according to Honda’s new fleet boss, is designed to boost fleet appeal. The … Read More »
Fleet Show seminar programme announced
The seminar programme proved to be an extremely important aspect of this year’s event and organiser Ross Durkin explained that the emphasis at next year’s show … Read More »
UK gridlock costs economy £4.3bn per year
The research found that the biggest direct cost comes from wasted fuel, with a cost of over £426 million – that’s £52 worth of fuel cost … Read More »
Land Cruiser takes Glass’s top RV spot
The data from the used car price expert shows that the 4.5 D-4D auto Land Cruiser has achieved an RV figure of 73.4% of its original … Read More »
Renault responds to Autumn Statement announcement on time-limited BiK incentives for cleaner vehicles
The Government has said it will ‘consider the case for providing time-limited incentives through company car tax to encourage the purchase and development of ultra-low emission … Read More »
Shell targets fleet drivers with fuel economy campaign
New research by Shell has found that 76% of drivers are not selecting a fuel economy fuel and are missing out on a range of other … Read More »
trg Vehicle Hire appoints former Northgate manager
Riddick will run the company’s existing three sites in Tolworth, Epsom and Croydon, and will support the planned accelerated growth of the business in 2013 and … Read More »
Fleet sales underpin 11.3% increase in November new car registrations
The market has grown 5.4% in the year to date and this puts the full-year market on track to be the best since 2008. As a … Read More »
Autumn Statement: Government to re-examine BiK incentives for ultra low-emission vehicles
Changes announced in the last Budget mean that from 2015/16 an electric car with zero emissions will attract a BiK rating of 13% instead of 0%. … Read More »
Autumn Statement: Road improvement investment programme provides further boost for motorists
Chancellor George Osborne said: ‘We’re committing an extra billion pounds to roads, including four major new schemes to: upgrade key sections of the A1, bringing the … Read More »
Autumn Statement: Government scraps fuel duty rise
The Government’s previous plans for hiking fuel duty by 3.02ppl from 1 January with 20% VAT would have pushed pump prices up by 4.00ppl and would … Read More »
Road safety organisations welcome latest drink-drive campaign
This year the police will be targeting drivers going to work the morning after festive drinking this year, claiming it is one of the biggest sources … Read More »
Employers blind to the danger…
Even if a corporate manslaughter charge was upheld because an employee had driven with poor eyesight and caused a fatal accident, not one of the employers … Read More »
BVRLA to campaign for increase in VAT reclaim rate for lease rental charges
Since 1995, businesses have been able to reclaim 50% of the VAT incurred on the finance element of a car leasing agreement, reflecting the business use … Read More »
