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Misleading headlines fuel negative company ...

Jul 08, 2019Comments off

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

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DriveTech supports the Ford Driving Skills ...

Jul 08, 2019Comments off

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

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Industry response to the fall in electric c...

Jul 08, 2019Comments off

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

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Jaguar Land Rover announce significant inve...

Jul 05, 2019Comments off

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

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“Industry shouldn’t mark its own ho...

Jul 05, 2019Comments off

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

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Protean Electric selected for Intelligent M...

Jul 05, 2019Comments off

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.

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Low emission car demand reverses in June

Jul 05, 2019Comments off

UK new car registrations declined for a fourth consecutive month in June, with year-on-year demand falling by -4.9% to 223,421 units, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders

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xooox gives cab licensing authorities acces...

Jul 04, 2019Comments off

xooox, [pronounced ‘zooks’],the ground-breaking ride-hailing app that lets passengers and drivers strike their own deals, has announced that all of the UK’s 350+ cab regulators can now access its regulator portal, called SADI©. SADI – which

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Social media shame for middle-lane hogger

Jul 04, 2019Comments off

A motorist caught hogging the middle lane of the M6 has been outed on social media by police officers. Staffordshire Police posted footage on Twitter after officers followed a car driving in the middle lane of

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Governments must take the lead to eliminate...

Jul 04, 2019Comments off

A report out today from The Road Safety Foundation and Ageas Insurance calls for two clear actions where the government can take an immediate lead to reduce the number of fatal and serious crashes and deliver