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Rivus scoops Fleet Supplier of the Year for...

Mar 29, 2022Comments off

Following a challenging year for the automotive and fleet management sector and up against some solid competition, Rivus has been crowned Fleet Supplier of the Year in the Fleet News Awards 2022. Rivus is one of

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Online shopping highlights the need for a f...

Mar 28, 2022Comments off

Now, more than ever, Britain is a nation of internet shoppers. Even before the pandemic struck, the percentage of retail sales that originated online was on an inexorable upward trajectory, but as the first national lockdown

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Home Charging Point

Home charger confusion delaying electric ca...

Mar 28, 2022Comments off

Confusion over regulations covering the installation of home chargers is substantially delaying fleet electric car and van adoption, says the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP). The industry body reports that issues are arising over the fitting

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Truck production

Truck manufacturers suspend trade with Russ...

Mar 28, 2022Comments off

The Russian invasion and war in Ukraine have brought some fairly swift economic retaliation from the UK, USA and EU. Russian banks and companies have been sanctioned, as has a long list of individuals. The list

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Van manufacturing

UK commercial vehicle production rises 92.2...

Mar 28, 2022Comments off

UK commercial vehicle (CV) production grew 92.2% in the second month of 2022, with 8,278 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches rolling out of British factories, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor

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Red Lorry

Why fleet and fuel card providers need to a...

Mar 28, 2022Comments off

The true, long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on many industries is still uncertain; however, within the fleet and fuel payments ecosystem space, the pandemic has acted as an accelerant for the implementation of strategic digital

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Hair-trigger China lockdowns are hurting su...

Mar 28, 2022Comments off

A project44 report decries damaging effect on supply chains of China’s zero-tolerance Covid approach, after 60 cases shuts down manufacturing centre Shenzhen China’s zero tolerance approach to Covid-19 has seen it go an entire year without

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On Street Electric Car Charging

Industry response to government EV Infrastr...

Mar 25, 2022Comments off

The government has announced its EV Infrastructure Strategy to ensure that there is adequate chargeing points across the UK by 2030. This has brought reponse fro the transport and automotive industry, and we include some of

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EV Infrastructure Strategy: tenfold expansi...

Mar 25, 2022Comments off

The UK’s charging network has been given a huge boost today (25 March 2022), as government unveils plans to support the UK market to reach 300,000 public electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints by 2030 – equivalent to almost 5 times

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Driver texting on mobile phone

Transport Secretary declares “zero tolera...

Mar 25, 2022Comments off

From today, motorists are breaking the law if they use a handheld mobile phone behind the wheel for any use, including to take photos or videos, scroll through playlists or play games – as the Government