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GDPR: Licence Check urges fleets to renew l...

Mar 16, 2021Comments off

As GDPR approaches its third anniversary this May, driver and risk management specialist Licence Check is warning fleet operators that many drivers will need re-mandating to give permission to access their licence details with the DVLA.

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Tican Chilled switches to diesel-free refri...

Mar 12, 2021Comments off

Meat wholesaler Tican Chilled is using hydraulic-drive TRUs on two CNG-powered Scania 18 tonners, in a bid to apply long-term sustainable solutions to their national distribution vehicle fleet. Supplied by Swedish and UK manufacturer Hultsteins, the

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Over half of fleet drivers have experienced...

Mar 12, 2021Comments off

Alphabet (GB) today launches its Driver MOT Guide; a mental health resource to help fleet managers prioritise and check their drivers’ wellbeing, as well as their vehicles, and advance conversations around mental health in the fleet

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Thieves making £200 a time stealing car ch...

Mar 12, 2021Comments off

With the UK set to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, the future of the motor trade industry really is electric, but that’s leading to a new type of crime –

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Centrica introduces ‘virtual fuel card’...

Mar 11, 2021Comments off

Centrica has launched a new Fleet Charging Management System that answers the question of what happens when drivers need to charge their commercial vehicles while working remotely and while most offices remain closed. A new app

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How does big data contribute to improving r...

Mar 11, 2021Comments off

Whenever we drive a connected car, dozens of gigabytes of data are generated anonymisedly and collected by its numerous sensors and electronic components, such as traction control, stability control, the front camera and radar. By adding

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Britain’s best breakdown providers reveal...

Mar 11, 2021Comments off

Britain’s best breakdown recovery providers have been revealed, with LV Britannia Rescue rated best overall, according to exclusive research by the country’s leading consumer champion and new car buying platform, What Car?. Using data from the

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Manston Airport post-Brexit lorry park will...

Mar 11, 2021Comments off

The overflow lorry park and coronavirus testing facility at Manston Airport in Thanet is set to close three months early. The Department of Transport has had a contract with the Manston Airport site’s former owners, Stone

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Compliance: Operator disqualified for two y...

Mar 10, 2021Comments off

A Stockport operator that invoked the wrath of the traffic commissioner by making “hollow” promises and lacking financial standing has been disqualified for two years. North West traffic commissioner Gerallt Evans said it was “wholly unacceptable”

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Pallet-Track launches its Hooray for Haulie...

Mar 10, 2021Comments off

Logistics business Pallet-Track has launched a national Hooray for Hauliers campaign to celebrate the role of the key worker drivers who have kept Britain moving throughout the pandemic, as well as navigating Brexit on top of