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The Government has said it is determined to continue to cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads, including at-work drivers.

Charging a Nissan Leaf in London has become simpler and cheaper with the launch of the Source London charging network and to mark the start of the initiative, Nissan is providing Leaf owners across the capital with access the charging points for free.

After only 4 years at its previous Barton Hill location Burnt Tree’s Bristol depot has relocated to bigger premises at Burcott Road, Avonmouth, in Bristol.

Pendragon Contracts is launching a new strategy aimed at the SME market, which will see it exiting the traditional broker business channel.

Trimble MRM has been awarded the ‘Risk Management Product of the Year’ for its DriverSafety solution at the StrategicRisk Awards in London.

Latest figures from Quartix show the telematics company is equipping more than 2,000 vehicles a month with its real-time tracking system.

Driver training IAM Drive & Survive is recommending fleets regularly check their tyres as an under-inflated tyre wears far more quickly than one which is inflated properly.

Executive chairman Bill Ford outlines the car giant's low-emission vehicle plans.

Company car drivers will see the amount of cash they can claim increase by an average of 2p per mile after HMRC published new advisory fuel rates (AFRs).

Julie Townsend, campaigns director, Brake, on how fleets can play a vital part in eliminating the pain and devastation of accidents.

Aviva has decided the time is right to launch an insurance product linked to telematics, three years after it turned its back on the market.

City Car Club is set to start work with Birmingham City Council to provide an enhanced service that will help reduce the city’s carbon emissions, congestion and parking pressure.

The fleet industry is facing up to a major administration burden as a consequence of new powers coming into force to tackle uninsured drivers.

Independent fleet management specialist CLM has helped international premium consumer brands group AGA Rangemaster, synonymous with the world famous kitchen cooker, change more than two thirds of its fleet in recent months.

EUCAR and its partners in the JEC Consortium today published the final report of the JEC Biofuels Programme: “EU renewable energy targets in 2020: Analysis of scenarios for transport”.

Euro NCAP (the European New Car Assessment Programme) has awarded the electric Nissan LEAF the highest five star car safety rating following its performance in the independent organisation’s stringent crash tests. The Nissan LEAF is the first electric vehicle ever to earn this distinction.

Insurance broker Willis has tailored an insurance solution that can be used in conjunction with Fleet Support Group’s RiskMaster online at-work driving safety initiative that manages vehicles, drivers and journeys to enable employers to reduce their risk exposure.

A new company has set up in Sutton Weaver, Cheshire, to provide visibility to drivers and vehicles.

Five months after Masterlease was bought, Leasedrive Velo has revealed it is operating under a new name from today.

Software provider's new product reduces administrative burden and allows greater employee input.

Cost control is the number one concern for most companies and, given the size of most fleet budgets, it is no surprise it’s the main issue faced by all fleet managers.

Seat's impressive growth in fleet and business sales is set for another important boost with news of the appointment of Paul Franklin-Slattery as specialist sales manager.

Fleets must put measures in place to ensure that they are carefully monitoring the performance of electric vehicles, says CFC Solutions.

Upward pressures on car and van daily rental prices are seeing fleets carry out increasing numbers of transactions online, say e-commerce specialist epyx.

Thousands of transport businesses from across the UK will battle it out to be crowned Google’s “e-champion” in a nationwide competition to find some of the country’s best websites.

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions sees so many benefits for its supplying dealers from the electronic delivery and collection of vehicles, that it is recommending its preferred suppliers use the MoDel system.

GreenRoad has announced that City Link has gone live with GreenRoad 360 in 280 vans at 14 depots nationwide.

Road transport red tape is under the spotlight and the BVRLA is urging the entire fleet industry to suggest regulations that should be removed or amended.

Adapted Vehicle Hire (AVH), a supplier of adapted cars and wheelchair accessible vehicles has set up a new subsidiary - Specialist Vehicle Services (SVS).

Richard Schooling, chief executive of Alphabet (GB), has announced details of the company’s new senior management team.