Economic News

PM reveals £15bn road plan at CBI conferen...

Nov 10, 2014Comments off

Scenes like this have become common on the road David Cameron promises the biggest road-building programme since the 1970s to deal with the country’s worst

Telematics and driver training can lead to ...

Nov 10, 2014Comments off

The Eco-Drive Challenge MiX Telematics demonstrate the uses of telematics and training Results of the 2014 MiX Telematics Eco-Drive Challenge have once again demonstrated that

Fleet registrations account for 55% of car ...

Nov 07, 2014Comments off

Over 2m cars registered year-to-date New car registrations in 32nd consecutive month of growth New car registrations jumped 14.2% in October to 179,714 units, marking

£1bn centre for cleaner greener vehicles o...

Nov 06, 2014Comments off

Up to £100m of new funding now available for companies. Business Secretary officially opens £1bn Advanced Propulsion Centre at the University of Warwick. Business Secretary

Report highlights £2bn potential for UK au...

Nov 06, 2014Comments off

“This news that there is an extra £2bn of sourcing opportunities for UK automotive suppliers – taking the total to £5bn – is great news

FTA outlines its partnership objectives wit...

Nov 06, 2014Comments off

Attracting young people into the freight industry is one of the key aims of the Partnership Agreement The FTA and DWP set out plans for

Dartford Charge Crossing to launch end of N...

Nov 06, 2014Comments off

Opens at the end of the month A website where drivers can register for a pre-pay account opened to the public today As if in

Car rental to play a key role in the ‘...

Nov 05, 2014Comments off

A 1% increase in the use of car rental at Heathrow would eliminate 225,000 unnecessary car journeys “We want policymakers to understand the integral role

Fleets remain in the dark over Dartford Cro...

Nov 04, 2014Comments off

Confusion and concern reign over Dartford Crossing Increasing concern that fleets will have no time to prepare for the new Dartford Crossing charge scheme when

UK engine manufacturing set to increase to ...

Oct 31, 2014Comments off

Annual engine output set to surpass three million units