Experts at the weather centres are expecting the UK to be hit with a big freeze between New Year’s Day and Jan 5 and motorists are expected to be left stranded as cars fail to start.According to a research, Carparts-direct [...]

Motorists are increasingly putting their insurance cover at risk by cheating to get a better deal, the ABI (Association of British Insurers) has warned. Insurers are uncovering a growing number of cases of ‘front end fraud’, where the customer has [...]

Kwik-Fit has unveiled its 2009 calendar with a difference. You may have heard of the Pirelli calendar which features some of the most glamourous models in the world in striking poses well Kwik-Fit has unveiled its tyre calendar as a [...]

Ford has given the Transit a host of new options for 2009 to make fleet drivers lives more comfortable. The blue oval has introduced the Transit Double Cab Utility Chassis as a Special Vehicle Option (SVO) featuring unglazed second row [...]

Clive Forsythe, head of marketing and sales at Masterlease, looks at sat nav as both a help and hindrance to drivers and asks whether people are using their GPS system before using their common sense. Top of gadget-lovers Christmas lists [...]

One of Europe’s leading logistic companies has seen a huge reduction in accidents at one depot of more than 80 per cent. Eighteen months ago they invested in the latest fleet driver behaviour, RoadScan technology VEDRs. These small devices attach [...]

Drivers will have to declare every 10 years whether still medically fit to drive according to new proposals to be outlined in the New Year. In a reform of current vehicle licensing laws, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) [...]

While most of us are planning to spend January recovering from the festive season, Bill Howard of Northampton is gearing up to follow in his son’s footsteps and become a Highways Agency Traffic Officer. Bill (52) has just completed his [...]

The head of the trade union, TUC has warned that 2009 will be a year of mass unemployment. In his new year message to trade union members published today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “This is going to [...]

Direct insurance firm, MORE TH>N, has undergone a major brand overhaul with a new series of advertisements featuring classic tunes from the likes of Barry White and Lionel Richie, while Julian Barratt of the Mighty Boosh lends his distinctive voice [...]