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Firms told to offer staff van driving lesso...

Oct 30, 2018Comments off

Firms are being called upon to make sure they have adequate van drivers available by offering advanced training for nervous team members. Van experts from LeaseVan.co.uk say many potential drivers are too nervous to get behind

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The Chancellor is still leaving us in the d...

Oct 30, 2018Comments off

Responding to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, Matt Dyer, Managing Director of LeasePlan UK, said: On the economic outlook: “Britain’s impending departure from the EU is causing a great deal of uncertainty – and that was reflected

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Nexus Vehicle Rental responds to Budget 201...

Oct 30, 2018Comments off

The CEO of Leeds-based Nexus Vehicle Rental, David Brennan, has responded to this afternoon’s Autumn Budget and what it means for the motoring industry. Britain needs to be mobile. Our economy is reliant on transport for

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Lex Autolease Budget reaction

Oct 30, 2018Comments off

Lex Autolease respond on WLTP correlation, the impack on BiK rates and the absence of Company Car Tax bands post 2020/21 Commenting on WLTP correlation and the impact on BiK rates, Paul Lippitt, Principal Consultant at

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Budget 2018: Industry and business response

Oct 30, 2018Comments off

Yesterday, Phillip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave his final Budget before Brexit in March 2019. The general consensus would seem that the Chancellor didn’t go far enough in a number of key areas. The much

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Electric vehicles are inspiring the enginee...

Oct 29, 2018Comments off

Electric vehicles took centre stage at the Greenpower International Finals, held recently at Rockingham Speedway. The event is run by the Greenpower Education Trust – a UK based charity that aims to get young people interested

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Whistl invest in parcel sortation to meet g...

Oct 29, 2018Comments off

Whistl, the leading delivery management company with activities in Business Mail, Doordrop Media, Fulfilment and Parcels has invested in its first automated parcel sortation machine which has been installed, over three months, at its Super Depot in

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First Manchester announces proposal to clos...

Oct 29, 2018Comments off

First Manchester has announced a proposal which could see its Rusholme Depot close, with staff, services and vehicles relocated to other depots in the Manchester division. The Rusholme depot was acquired by First Manchester, with the

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Alexander Dennis secures Berlin Enviro500 c...

Oct 29, 2018Comments off

The framework contract from BVG is for a minimum of 70 buses, though up to 430 could be ordered to a value of £194m Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) is to build a new fleet of tri-axle

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Top 10 road rage phrases revealed

Oct 29, 2018Comments off

The definition of road rage explains it as “a situation in which a driver becomes extremely angry or violent with the driver of another car because of the way they are driving”. A recent report by