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Customer contact rise as logistics firms re...

Dec 08, 2020Comments off

According to new research, more than a third of transport and logistics businesses have increased their customer contact efforts in response to COVID-19, as firms look to respond to the shifting challenges in the UK supply

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BVLRA: Reasons to be EV cheerful…

Dec 08, 2020Comments off

The BVRLA has updated its Plug-in Pledge* forecast to reveal that by 2025 the vehicle rental, leasing and fleet industry will be registering 400,000 battery electric cars and vans each year – 80% of sales in

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UK new van market up 8.8% in November

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

UK new van market (LCV) registrations rose 8.8% in November, the third consecutive monthly increase, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Despite prolonged uncertainty and varying

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Police step up drink and drug drive enforce...

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

Police chiefs have warned that anyone getting behind the wheel ‘after a festive drink or two’ faces the prospect of ending up behind bars this Christmas. Throughout December, police forces will target drink and drug drivers as

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Report calls for independent Road Collision...

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

A UK Road Collision Investigation Branch ‘should be established as an impartial investigator, independent from the existing judicial investigation process operated by the police’. That is one of 13 recommendations to come out of a new

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CNG Fuels to develop 14 new HGV zero carbon...

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

Foresight Group is providing an initial £80 million in funding to CNG Fuels in a partnership to build a nationwide network of refuelling stations that will allow HGVs to run on carbon neutral fuel, the companies

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European first project to make hydrogen veh...

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

Hydrogen technology expert, Logan Energy, has delivered the first hydrogen refuelling station in Europe to adopt an industry-leading fuelling method, making vehicles powered by the superfuel cheaper to run by reducing the capital and operational cost

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David Savage

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

Geotab’s UK & Ireland MD Contributing Posts 2021 Predictions – Fleets, EVs, and a Greener Future?

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2021 Predictions – Fleets, EVs, and a...

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

A number of questions were posed to David Savage, Geotab’s UK & Ireland MD around 2021 predictions, and key topics for the coming year. Here are David’s responses. The UK faces unprecedented logistical challenges with Brexit.

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GRIDSERVE opens UK’s first Electric Forec...

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

GRIDSERVE today announces that the UK’s first Electric Forecourt® near Braintree, Essex, is open for business, representing a major breakthrough for massive expansion of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the UK. The site is the first