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Licence Bureau encourages road safety focus...

Nov 14, 2019Comments off

As part of Road Safety Week 2019 (18-24 November), coordinated by Brake, Licence Bureau is calling on fleet operators to ‘step up’ their road safety focus. Licence Bureau is urging businesses that the week provides an

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Rocketing fleet vehicle motoring fines

Nov 14, 2019Comments off

The rocketing number of motoring fines handed out to company car and van drivers means that businesses must introduce innovative solutions to limit the resulting legal, financial and HR administrative nightmare. While driver communication is business-critical,

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Batteries: Mining the sea bed

Nov 14, 2019Comments off

The rapid increase and use of electric vehicles has seen an exponential demand for materials to make batteries, and cobalt, a rare metal that can only be found on land in any reasonable quantity in the

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Alternative drives: ‘Hydrogen is unde...

Nov 14, 2019Comments off

Did you know that Germany has a better infrastructure of hydrogen filling stations than modern, environmentally conscious California? Despite this, only 392 vehicles with fuel cells in Germany were listed as registered with the Federal Motor

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Allison Transmission software cuts fuel con...

Nov 13, 2019Comments off

Two Mercedes-Benz Econic refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) retrofitted with Allison Transmission’s latest FuelSense® 2.0 software have gained fuel savings of 8.85%. This demonstrates how mid-life software upgrades can significantly reduce vehicle fleet running costs. The savings

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Subscription economy yet to reach fleet ind...

Nov 13, 2019Comments off

UK businesses continue to be wedded to outdated asset ownership models, and are therefore missing out on the benefits of the subscription economy according to a research study commissioned by Northgate Vehicle Hire. The findings show

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New Supply Chain Risk Management Certificat...

Nov 13, 2019Comments off

The IRM is delighted to announce the addition of the new Supply Chain Risk Management Certificate to our portfolio of qualifications. This qualification introduces the concepts of supply chain risk management and equips risk practitioners and

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Licence Check announces a record breaking q...

Nov 12, 2019Comments off

Licence Check, the UK’s fastest growing provider of fleet licence checking and compliance services, has chalked up another set of record results in terms of the number of licence checks it has carried out on company

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Price comparison websites hitting drivers w...

Nov 12, 2019Comments off

Drivers are outraged as a new report sheds light on the practices price comparison websites are implementing to persuade vulnerable young drivers to part with their hard-earned cash – when they already pay 149% more than

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Bad driving is still the biggest cause of U...

Nov 12, 2019Comments off

Bad driving is the number one reason for road accidents in the UK, according to research led by telematics supplier Masternaut. The report analysed 192,503,863 kilometres driven, over the course of 4,121,283 driving hours, and identified