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Fleet Operations calls for a sharper focus ...

Jan 24, 2020Comments off

Fleet management specialist Fleet Operations is urging fleet operators to ensure their drivers have regular eyesight tests following new research which shows that thousands of drivers lose their licence each year in the UK due to

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Bevan Group enters the electric vehicle are...

Jan 24, 2020Comments off

‘Final mile’ delivery specialists in the UK, together with tradesmen and other operators working in urban areas, can now choose a competitively priced, fully electric van which offers up to twice the cargo volume of similarly

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Goodyear Total Mobility signs 2-year partne...

Jan 23, 2020Comments off

Goodyear Total Mobility is proud to announce a new two-year partnership with H. Parkinson Haulage Ltd. With over 60 years’ experience in the haulage industry, H. Parkinson Haulage Ltd provides logistics solutions for a multitude of

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DG International’s Horizon platform bring...

Jan 23, 2020Comments off

Specialist freight forwarder DG International is launching Horizon, a cloud-based, single-platform solution bringing end-to-end digitisation, visibility and integration to supply chain management. Designed with customer’s varied needs in mind, Horizon can be tailored to different business

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Pioneering ResiCAV project wins government ...

Jan 23, 2020Comments off

A pioneering project to ensure that connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and their infrastructure are protected against rising cybersecurity threats, has been named as a winner of a government competition. ResiCAV – a ground-breaking programme that

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Featherstone prisoners on right road with B...

Jan 22, 2020Comments off

Prisoners at HM Prison Featherstone are being given a life changing opportunity to forge careers once their sentences are complete, thanks to the world’s largest tyre manufacturer Bridgestone and its award winning training offering. In an

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More vans returned early as fleets avoid cl...

Jan 22, 2020Comments off

An increasing number of vans are being returned to Fleet News 50 (FN50) companies early, in a possible sign that fleets are taking action to minimise their exposure to ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) charges. London launched its ULEZ

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Direct Vision specification updated to prev...

Jan 22, 2020Comments off

Transport for London (TfL) has revised the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) to ease the fitting of sensors to articulated lorries. The update is designed to prevent false positive warnings from sensors going off unnecessarily when the

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Fleet managers anticipate cost-savings from...

Jan 22, 2020Comments off

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) demonstrator project, E-Flex, today reveals findings that over four in five (86%) fleet managers plan to deploy electric vehicles (EVs) within the next five years. The research, conducted by Opinium in partnership with E-Flex,

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More than 30 vans stolen every day

Jan 22, 2020Comments off

Four-in-10 of all new vans on sale do not come with an alarm as standard, according to an exclusive investigation by What Car? Vans. The findings follow research highlighting how more than 43,000 vans have been