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Hawkins Group returns to Krone
Hawkins Group the Staffordshire-based logistics and warehousing operator has once again expanded its vehicle fleet, as new contracts in the UK and Europe add to…
Uber self-driving car that killed pedestrian had software flaws
Software flaws in an Uber self-driving car have been blamed for the death of a pedestrian in the United States. Last year’s accident was the world’s…
Licence Bureau encourages road safety focus during Road Safety Week
As part of Road Safety Week 2019 (18-24 November), coordinated by Brake, Licence Bureau is calling on fleet operators to ‘step up’ their road safety…
Rocketing fleet vehicle motoring fines
The rocketing number of motoring fines handed out to company car and van drivers means that businesses must introduce innovative solutions to limit the resulting…
Batteries: Mining the sea bed
The rapid increase and use of electric vehicles has seen an exponential demand for materials to make batteries, and cobalt, a rare metal that can…
Alternative drives: ‘Hydrogen is underestimated’
Did you know that Germany has a better infrastructure of hydrogen filling stations than modern, environmentally conscious California? Despite this, only 392 vehicles with fuel…
Allison Transmission software cuts fuel consumption by 8.85%
Two Mercedes-Benz Econic refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) retrofitted with Allison Transmission’s latest FuelSense® 2.0 software have gained fuel savings of 8.85%. This demonstrates how mid-life…
Subscription economy yet to reach fleet industry
UK businesses continue to be wedded to outdated asset ownership models, and are therefore missing out on the benefits of the subscription economy according to…
New Supply Chain Risk Management Certificate
The IRM is delighted to announce the addition of the new Supply Chain Risk Management Certificate to our portfolio of qualifications. This qualification introduces the…
Licence Check announces a record breaking quarter
Licence Check, the UK’s fastest growing provider of fleet licence checking and compliance services, has chalked up another set of record results in terms of…
Price comparison websites hitting drivers with hidden costs
Drivers are outraged as a new report sheds light on the practices price comparison websites are implementing to persuade vulnerable young drivers to part with…
Bad driving is still the biggest cause of UK road accidents
Bad driving is the number one reason for road accidents in the UK, according to research led by telematics supplier Masternaut. The report analysed 192,503,863…
MOT garages increasingly funded by merchant cash advances
365 Business Finance, a financial provider to small and medium sized companies, has revealed that MOT garages are among the top ten business categories taking…
Stagecoach drives towards a ‘cloud-first’ enabled network strategy
Stagecoach, the UK’s biggest bus and coach operator, has announced it is replacing its legacy WAN infrastructure with a new software-defined network (SD-WAN) based architecture…
New Vattenfall charging points in Test Valley
Drivers of electric vehicles will be able to stop off and charge up at eight new locations across Test Valley by the end of the…
Original launch Land Rover returns to the road
After playing a starring role in Land Rover’s 70th anniversary celebrations last year, the ‘missing’ original launch Land Rover demonstration vehicle from the 1948 Amsterdam…

