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British Gas employees are being transported between the company’s network of offices in a pair of fully-electric Mercedes-Benz people-carriers.

Kwik Fit has received Ofsted’s highest possible ranking for its apprenticeship scheme.

“Green tyres” reduce the fuel consumption of vehicles by as much as seven percent in urban traffic, according to new research.

Land Rover has shelved plans for a 2WD Ingenium-powered Discovery Sport in the UK.

Price and Fretwell has improved driver behaviour across its fleet, after deploying a next-generation telematics solution from Mastenaut.

A survey conducted by Volvo Trucks reveals that incidents of unplanned downtime can be cut by 80 per cent.

Remarketing and fleet support specialists CD Fleet Services is expanding its operations due to increased demand for its services in the first half of the year.

Fleets are confused about the ways they can check employees’ driving licences when paper counterpart is abolished from June 8, claims LicenceCheck.

National Windscreens has appointed Nicky Coatsee to its South West board of directors.

Zenith has won the award for ‘Best overall reward and benefits strategy’ at the first Very Important Benefits (VIB) Awards event.

ATS Euromaster has been re-awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Award, for its commitment to safer workplaces.

Vehicle-related tax changes, low emission zones and a diesel vehicle scrappage scheme could be on the agenda a Supreme Court ruling to improve air quality.

Cash-strapped councils are stumping up an estimated £50 million a year in lump sum payments to almost 43,000 grey fleet drivers.

Prestige Fleet Servicing, provider of vehicle SMR, is to expand its network of fleet service centres by 30% by the end of the year.

Vehicle preparation will be key to sellers maximising residuals over the next few years as used car availability continues to improve, says Glass’s.

Online solutions provider, Ebbon-Dacs, has outlined plans to strengthen its position in the fleet connectivity market with new investment and resources.

Mercedes-Benz have introduced a number of updates to the Citan.

MileageCount has partnered with Access aCloud Expense system for expense management functions.

Skoda has renewed its fleet contract with Trinity Fire and Security Systems.

Enterprise Rent-a-car's Mike Nigro has been appointed as senior vice president of European operations.

Leasing company Tusker won 'Overall Business of the Year' at the Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards on May 14.

Brake has given its backing to calls made today (May 19) by the Police Federation for a lower drink drive limit.

Airmax Group has launched Airmax Communications, an M2M (machine to machine) service provider.

A new Managing Director has been appointed to Clarks Vehicle Conversions to take over the running of the 5 million pound turnover company.

The LowCVP Conference 2015 will focus on future fuels for transport and the infrastructure required to support them, particularly in the city environment.

DriveNow - the new flexible car sharing service from BMW Group and Sixt SE – today rolled out a fleet of BMW i3s across North and East London.

Company car and van drivers that fail to keep themselves sufficiently hydrated make as many mistakes on the road as drink or drug-drivers, research suggests.

A respected industry chairman has passed away suddenly on the 10th of May, 2015.

Selwyn Cooper, head of business sales, Volvo Car UK, looks at the pros and cons of in-car connectivity for business drivers as tech grows more sophisticated

Auto Windscreens was celebrating at BIBA 2015 after receiving an award for its commitment to total customer satisfaction.