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Road funding spending drop could have paid ...
Many councils have been forced to cut from road maintenance funding since 2010 could have paid for the repair of nearly 8 million potholes, analysis by the Local Government Association reveals today. To coincide with the
Renault electrifies its offers for July
Renault has unveiled its exciting ‘Electrify July’ sales event, which sees its entire range of electric vehicles available with an additional manufacturer contribution of up to £1,000. Available to private and business customers, whether they are
Electric taxis exempt from higher tax rates
More taxi drivers will be encouraged to buy environmentally friendly vehicles thanks to new legislation exempting them from the premium rate of vehicle excise duty, announced today (5 July 2019). The move will push forward the
Consumer car finance market falls by 3% in ...
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that point of sale (POS) consumer car finance new business volumes fell by 3% in May compared with the same month in the previous
Misleading headlines fuel negative company ...
Headlines announcing the dramatic decline of the company car are both negative and misleading. So says leading fleet management and leasing provider, Fleet Alliance, which believes that a desire for sensationalism is masking the currently stable
DriveTech supports the Ford Driving Skills ...
DriveTech was again delighted to provide driver training support and format advice for the FORD Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) programme in the UK in May 2019. Now in its 7th year of running in the
Industry response to the fall in electric c...
On Friday, we reported the latest car sales figures from SMMT, and in particular, the noticeable decline the overall sale of electric cars. This was due to a major decline in sales of hybrid and plug-in
Jaguar Land Rover announce significant inve...
Some good news from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today on investment worth hundreds of millions of pounds into their Castle Bromwich plant – home of the executive XJ luxury car. The investment is to convert the
“Industry shouldn’t mark its own ho...
Following participation in a ministerial roundtable on how to move to cleaner transport refrigeration units (TRUs), clean cold experts Dearman have urged government to clarify timescales for regulation and not to rely solely on letting industry
Protean Electric selected for Intelligent M...
Protean Electric has been selected to join the Wayra Intelligent Mobility (IM) Accelerator programme, which will give the business six months of development opportunities, including access to networks of like-minded partners, government agencies, customers and corporations.
