A shocking 55,000 work-related car accidents a year could be avoided if drivers were better trained, warns Mercedes-Benz World. According to the latest statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT), 27 per cent of all crashes in the UK involve [...]

Newly-launched commercial vehicle fleet management specialist iFleet Ltd has chosen Jaama’s sophisticated Key2 internet-based software system to manage its operation. The Luton-based company has a strategy to have in excess of 4,000 vehicles ranging from light commercial vehicles to HGVs [...]

A Fleet Safety Forum campaign is asking organisations to use incentive schemes wisely to ensure safer driving behaviour. The campaign is being launched with an information pack providing fleet managers with guidance on implementing and managing incentive schemes to best [...]

President of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and senior vice-president Toyota Motor Europe, Graham Smith OBE, addressed government ministers and senior executives from across the sector at the motor industry’s annual dinner. In the midst of one [...]

Joe Greenwell, Ford of Europe’s vice president, governmental affairs will be the next president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). This will take effect from 1 January 2009. Joe Greenwell will succeed Graham Smith OBE, senior vice-president [...]

Vehicle tracking specialist Masternaut Three X has seen a significant upturn in its business as fleet operators look to save costs.  Interest in the firm’s cost-saving telematics solutions has grown dramatically in recent months as the economy weakens. Masternaut has [...]

From research carried out, road safety charity Brake and recovery giant Green Flag has reveled that one in seven people who drive for work (15%) eat a meal at least once a week while driving, This is far higher than [...]

The Road Haulage Association has said it is both bitterly disappointed and angry that despite putting forward a strong case for UK hauliers who seemingly received a sympathetic response from Government, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alastair Darling has announced as [...]

Lloyds TSB Autolease, one of the UK’s largest experienced fleet management and funding specialists, has appointed Mark Robbins to its Public Sector team. Mark has been appointed as the Business Development Manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Mark joins Lloyds [...]

Car use reduction polices could have unforeseen economic and social consequences according to Elizabeth Dainton, Research Development Manager for the Royal Automobile Club Foundation. Ms Dainton has announced that the vast majority of UK car users are not wasteful or [...]