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Help grey fleets stay safe and legal on the...
Employers, fleet and HR managers should be exercising their duty of care to help their grey fleets to stay safe and legal when driving for work, says the AA. Approximately 14 million drivers use their own
FORS reaches 1,000th FORS Practitioner
Only six years after the introduction of the qualification, FORS has hit a huge milestone as Scott Sharkey from Les Smith Haulage has become the 1,000th FORS Practitioner. Part of the dedicated FORS Professional training programme,
Coveted awards highlight diversity of FUSO ...
The popular FUSO Canter has hit the trophy trail again, scooping a double success at the 2018 Trade Van Driver Awards. Within weeks of the first examples taking to the streets of London, the ground-breaking FUSO
March decline in UK car manufacturing
UK car production declined in March, with demand falling -13.3% year on year, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 147,471 cars were built in British factories as the
Road safety finds in favour of pre-17 drive...
An event aimed at bringing road safety professionals together to help create safer new drivers has found in favour of pre-17 driving tuition at its key note debate. Taking place at the Young Driver Focus 2018,
Team Kia raised £50,000 running the London...
With enough training miles under their belts for a round trip to Kia’s factory in Slovakia, Team Kia has raised £50,000 to support children’s charity ‘The Children’s Trust’ at the 2018 London Marathon. With President and
Renault Zoe named best green car
The 100 per cent electric Renault ZOE has earned yet another award, this time for new drivers, with judges naming it ‘Best Green Car’ at the inaugural FirstCar Awards 2018. Hosted by FirstCar at the Royal
European car market posts strongest Q1 perf...
The European car market recorded its highest Q1 performance since 2000, confirming that the industry is outperforming levels seen before the economic crisis. This comes despite car registrations falling by 5.2% in March, meaning that strong
75% of UK Businesses are unclear on Alterna...
Exclusive new data from Allstar Business Solutions, a part of FLEETCOR UK and the UK’s leading fuel card provider, revealed today that 75% of the UK’s large, medium, small and micro businesses do not have a
Serious security flaws found in 81% of Auto...
Using non-intrusive monitoring of 81% websites in the automotive industry, web security firm CyberScanner discovered that 542 contain serious security flaws. Overall, less than 83% of UK business sites have vulnerabilities, just one month ahead of
