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Active travel to help the UK ‘emerge from...

May 11, 2020Comments off

The Government has outlined the key role active travel will play in the UK’s transition out of lockdown restrictions, backed by a new £2bn funding package. Speaking at the daily coronavirus briefing on Saturday (9 May),

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Coronavirus: HMRC publishes new official co...

May 11, 2020Comments off

HMRC has issued guidance to fleets on how to treat benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax and company car expenses during the coronavirus pandemic. The new HMRC advice aims to deal with those employees, who may have been furloughed or

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MoT extension confusion and vehicle neglect...

May 11, 2020Comments off

Venson Automotive Solutions is urging fleet managers to encourage company car drivers to ensure their vehicles are road ready as the nation anticipates an easing of lockdown. The advice from Venson follows its latest survey of

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Start-up Bestmile: In the right place at th...

May 11, 2020Comments off

The Swiss start-up Bestmile has developed an orchestration platform for on-demand mobility providers that steers every vehicle in a fleet in real time. The focus is on the control of autonomous vehicles. Our cities are constantly

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Nissan embraces high-volume Voltia electric...

May 11, 2020Comments off

Environmental vehicle conversions specialist En-Veco has welcomed today’s (7 May) joint launch by Nissan and electrified urban delivery leader Voltia of the high-volume, zero-emission van it builds in the West Midlands. Newly rebranded as the e-NV200

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SMMT: Comment of April’s car producti...

May 07, 2020Comments off

Jon Lawes, Managing Director, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions: “With lockdown measures in place for the entire month of April, the largest fall in car registrations in modern times doesn’t comes as a surprise. It’s important to note

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MV Commercial custom crane truck for JA Mac...

May 07, 2020Comments off

A specialist vehicle featuring the longest reach Hiab truck-mounted crane in the UK has been supplied by MV Commercial to JA Mackenzie Haulage. The Volvo FH500 GT 8×2 unit incorporates a Hiab 1058 crane featuring ten

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IVECO announces restart of production at it...

May 07, 2020Comments off

IVECO, the commercial vehicle brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI), announced today that it is ready to resume production at its plants in Italy and Spain, which had been temporarily closed in

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Track your fleet with the Samsara Eco-Drivi...

May 07, 2020Comments off

Samsara is excited to announce the Eco-Driving Report which can help you surface inefficient driving habits, incentivise good behaviour, and facilitate effective feedback. Its central feature is the Eco-Driving score, which aggregates a number for your

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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter outperforms entire U...

May 06, 2020Comments off

The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has outperformed the entire UK motor vehicle market in terms of registrations in April 2020, according to figures published yesterday (5th May 2020) by the SMMT. This is the first time a van