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More than 100,000 telematics units are now reporting to Trakm8’s servers.

Jersey Post Group has purchased two new Euro VI 7.5-tonne Isuzu Urban delivery vehicles to be used airside for collections and deliveries at Jersey Airport.

“A move in the right direction” is the message from the Freight Transport Association – responding to the news that a new class of continental-style ‘expressways’ are to be developed as part of the Highways Agency (HA) Road Investment Strategy.

Chiltern Transport Consortium, which includes Bedfordshire Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Hertfordshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police, has selected Artemis telematics.

Almost one in five minor roads in England is in dire need of repair, official figures have revealed.

MPs have called for the Department for Transport (DfT) to work more closely with fleets in an effort to improve road safety.

Following the announcement that a strategy is being launched to connect up the cities of the north, the Freight Transport Association has told Transport for North (TfN) not to waste the opportunity to improve freight transport connectivity across the country.

Fleet management provider Fleet Operations has expanded its team with two new recruits.

Targeted and bespoke driver education, based on data from the growing use of telematics within fleet operations, is critical to improving road safety.

MG is to launch an updated MG6 model in the UK next month.

UK councils are spending more than a quarter of a billion pounds a year keeping hundreds of thousands of grey fleet drivers on the road.

Plans to overhaul travel in the North, including a new 'TransNorth' rail system and new road investments, will be set out by the Government and Northern city leaders today.

Almost 6,000 UK professional drivers achieved GreenRoad's Fleet Elite status for 2014, the company has announced.

The new Kia Optima will be revealed at the New York Motor Show next month.

Licence checking and compliance company Licence Bureau is urging fleet managers to move licence checking online, as the three month countdown has started to the abolishment of the paper counterpart on June.

Tracking of rental car fleets and credit hire vehicles could help claw back up to 10% of revenue, according to vehicle technology experts In-Car Cleverness.

Fuel card provider Keyfuels continues to excel in its levels of customer service, according to the latest Net Promoter Score (NPS) results.

Chancellor George Osborne has failed to make a commitment to targeted funding for hauliers despite intensive lobbying by the Road Haulage Association and, with the current shortage of drivers standing 45,000, the industry remains in crisis.

Fraser Longmuir from Hamilton has been named 'top salesperson of the year' out of 25 salespeople at Glasgow-based finance broker First Vehicle Leasing (FVL) after having posted his best ever sales figures last month.

Audi's new Q7 will become available to order in the UK next month priced from £50,340.

Close Brothers Motor Finance, part of Close Brothers Group, has announced the appointment of Liam Quegan as chief operating officer.

Auto Windscreens has appointed Marc Lafferty as Sales Director and Phil Kemp as operations director.

British and French brands produce Europe’s most reliable cars, according to research by Warranty Direct’s Reliability Index.

Inspired Gaming Group has outsourced its vehicle fleet to Sandicliffe Motor Contracts.

The new headquarters of Highways England - the company that will run motorways and major A roads – has been opened today by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has revealed a sketch of the sixth-generation Transporter.

Fleet News is launching a new magazine promising to provide insight, analysis and best practice to commercial vehicle operators.

The vast majority (95%) of drivers are unaware that some prescription drugs fall under the scope of the new drug-driving regulations which came into force on March 2, according to a recent survey.

Fleet decision-makers’ trade body ACFO has voiced its disappointment about changes to company car tax announced in the Budget.

A fleet of 30 pure-electric Nissan Leafs has been launched in the city of Dundee.