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The high and sustained levels of parking fines on delivery vehicles in London are a sign of policy failure rather than successful enforcement, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has told the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.

An ambitious bid to drive Isuzu to pole position in Britain’s pick-up market has been launched by importer International Motors.

A team from leasing and fleet management specialist, Fleet Alliance, has raised more than £4,700 for charity after participating in the Five Ferries Challenge.

Hire company Avis has added Volkswagen’s Touareg to its fleet, launching its new 4x4 category in the UK.

Lex Autolease has been selected by Glasgow based not-for-profit organisation Queens Cross Housing Association (QCHA) as its sole vehicle supplier and fleet management services provider.

Designer and developer of licensed GPRS based hardware and software for the vehicle placement and security market, Trakm8, has announced that a joint product development and marketing agreement has been reached with tachometer data analytics company, TruTac. Under the agreement TruTac’s legal data compliance analysis tools are being integrated into Trakm8’s telematics solutions.

Industry experts reveal the most common cause of crashes and how managing driver behaviour could reduce the risk.

Logistics recruitment company TRG Logistics is continuing with the growth of its UK network of regional branches with the opening of its 7th and latest branch in Luton, Beds.

Venson Automotive Solutions has joined vehicle environmental tuning and ECU remapping specialist, Viezu Technologies, to help light commercial vehicle fleets meet their own environmental and cost reduction targets. Through this new collaboration, Venson customers will benefit from Viezu’s expertise in remapping cars and vans by optimising the efficiency of a vehicle according to the way it will be driven. This marks part of Venson’s ongoing commitment to providing a tailor made approach to fleet management.

Surrey-based eco-business Naked Energy’s finance director Nick Simmons has taken delivery of the UK’s first V60 Plug-in Hybrid from Volvo dealership Squire Furneaux Leatherhead.