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Privately-owned cars should be BANNED from ...

Aug 08, 2019Comments off

Private ownership of cars should be banned in London by 2030 in an effort to tackle the capital’s air pollution crisis, a new report has boldly claimed. The published paper – uncompromisingly titled Away with All

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Night-vision drones are catching dangerous ...

Aug 08, 2019Comments off

Police in London have launched a ground-breaking new trial that uses drones to catch speeding drivers. Officers claim the drones – equipped with night-vision capability – are able to catch dangerous drivers along some of the

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Stunning crash footage as ‘flying van’ ...

Aug 08, 2019Comments off

An 18-year-old has been found guilty of dangerous driving after hitting a roundabout on the A11. The inexperienced driver had two passengers on board when a motorcyclist recorded terrifying footage of his van dramatically flying over

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Licence Bureau’s new training courses...

Aug 07, 2019Comments off

Licence Bureau has launched two new training courses that help fleet operators keep their drivers safe whilst driving on company business. Safe Driving and Driven to Distraction courses have been developed by in house training manager

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Oil price volatility means time to review f...

Aug 07, 2019Comments off

Tensions in the Persian Gulf and  the trade war between the US and China have led to volatility in world oil prices, with political instability and a fall in the value of the pound against the

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TCH Leasing streamlines vehicle deliveries ...

Aug 07, 2019Comments off

TCH Leasing has been able to streamline its vehicle delivery and collection routine since switching to moDel, Ebbon-Dacs’ market-leading leading electronic vehicle delivery and collection solution. Sheffield-based TCH Leasing, which supplies and manages a fleet of

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Fly By Nite harmonise compliance with TruTa...

Aug 07, 2019Comments off

Fly By Nite, the award winning logistics provider for the music, events and entertainment industries, are combining Volvo Trucks’ fleet management system, Dynafleet, with TruTac’s tachograph analysis product, TruAnalysis; to deliver perfectly ‘in-tune’ driver and vehicle

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A fifth of UK companies report difficulty s...

Aug 07, 2019Comments off

A fifth of UK companies have reported an unsuccessful start to contracts with their third-party logistics providers (3PLs), according to the latest research from leading supply chain and logistics consultancy, SCALA. The research looked at contract

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CBVC urges companies not to repurpose vans ...

Aug 06, 2019Comments off

Companies and their drivers are being urged to resist the temptation to repurpose car-derived vans into more car-like vehicles to try to make savings in Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) and vehicle taxation. Burton upon Trent fleet management specialist,

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Comments on SMMT new car sales report

Aug 06, 2019Comments off

Michael Woodward, UK automotive lead, Deloitte, said: “Car sales declined by 4.1% this month compared to the same time last year, making it the lowest July sales since 2012. “Whilst there are a number of factors