The adoption of the platform Preview to Carsite, the online resale partner for Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, has seen a marked acceleration in the process of pre-termination of online vehicle sales and the number of days to disposal drop by almost half.
Preview allows Hitachi Capital to market cars to consumers weeks before de-fleeting, minimising [...]

JB Kind, the Derbyshire based independent high quality door distributor, has taken delivery of three new Renault Midlum 220.14 trucks with Hatcher semi sky cabs; one Renault Midlum 7.5 tonne truck and a Renault Premium 280.18. The vehicles, in service to make deliveries from the the company’s three depots in Swadlincote, Leeds and Bristol, to [...]

The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust has has placed an order of 64 Vauxhall Movanos to add the the existing 60 already in service, which will make up to half of a fleet of 275 emergency ambulances.
Good performance by the Vauxhall Movano has been paramount in the decision [...]

Staffordshire County Council’s Road Safety team in partnership with GreenRoad Technologies Ltd has scooped The Institute of Highways and Transportation Road Safety Award 2009 for its Young Driver Coaching Programme, beating off stiff competition from major national companies in the Reducing All Casualties category.
The programme allows newly qualified drivers to use the GreenRoad service to [...]

Mycompanyfleet, the fleet software specialist, is offering advice to drivers taking their company vehicles abroad during the summer holiday period.
Andrew Leech, Mycompanyfleet business manager, said: “More and more of us are taking are cars abroad and this summer, with its promise of good weather, looks likely to be no different.But there are some definite do’s [...]

A recent case held at Mold Crown Court, in which a company director was heard to have been driving whilst unlicensed and uninsured whilst involved in the hit and run of a 9 year old boy has been found guilty of causing the death of the child and perverting the course of justice and sentenced [...]

Following news of the Retail Motor Industry Federation’s (RMIF) acquisition of the MRVA (story: RMIF completes acquisition of MVRA) the enlarged organisation’s member benefits are currently being reviewed.
New services will be made available to members shortly, as the services offered by the Motor Vehicle Repairers Association (MVRA) are incorporated into the RMIF.
RMIF Chief Executive Rob [...]

Manchester-based Swinton Insurance has found that arguments in the car account for thousands of minor motoring accidents each year.
A survey of 2,000 customers found that arguments, dubbed ‘carguments’, caused 27% of minor bumps and scrapes in UK during 2008 and a further 3% of more serious motoring accidents.
The poll found the top five source of [...]

The recent case of a 61-year old businessman being sentenced to jail for 22months after causing the death of a young boy while driving without insurance or licence has put into focus the need for fleets to regularly check licences of all company drivers, says RAC Risk Management.
Mold Crown Court, Wales heard that company director, [...]

A deal to end the jobs dispute at Lindsey oil refinery, which led to walkouts across the country, has been agreed, unions say.
The agreement follows talks between union leaders and employers of contract staff at the North Lincolnshire site, the BBC reports.
Unions said the deal involved the reinstatement of 647 workers sacked for taking unofficial [...]