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FSG say cost cutting is a false economy

Fleet Support Group has revealed how some businesses are ‘losing’ hundreds of thousands of pounds by putting cost cutting before effectively managing occupational road safety. A comprehensive road risk management strategy for those who drive for work is one of [...]

WEST MIDLANDS MOTORWAY AND TRUNK ROADS MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2010

To make journeys easier for travellers this Spring Bank Holiday, roadworks are being removed from England’s motorways and trunk roads wherever it is safe to do so. Roadworks and lane restrictions will be removed between Friday 28 May and Tuesday [...]

Irish Government under Pressure to Abandon Vehicle Registration Tax

A campaign on Facebook set up in protest against Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) in Ireland has been backed by the support of nearly 6,000 people who want the Irish government to scrap the VRT, introduced in the country as part [...]

The British Library achieve Driving for Better Business champion status

It is home to 14 million books and 920,000 journal and newspaper titles and runs a vehicle fleet that is driven so safely that there are no official crash statistics. But, despite that enviable record, safety initiatives are to the [...]

Vehicle Health Checks are key tool in fighting servicing downturn, says Pinewood

Vehicle Health Checks will be increasingly important to dealers as they seek to maintain profitability in the face of falling maintenance spending, says Pinewood. This week, Trend Tracker reported that the real terms value of the car SMR market had [...]

Uproar from French Motorists as Government Changes Number Plate System

Following a decision by the French government in 2009 to change the number plate system in France to one that seems much simpler, there has been fierce disgruntlement amongst French motorists. The old system required car owners to change their [...]

BMW M5 Touring road test

All the fun of an M5 wrapped up in the practical estate body of the 5-Series Touring makes BMW’s super estate one of the most complete performance cars money can buy. It doesn’t come cheap, though, and some may find [...]

Lack of jobs and poor quality work will test Duncan Smith’s welfare reform vision, says CIPD

Dr John Philpott, Chief Economic Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) comments as follows on this morning’s speech on welfare reform by the Rt. Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: “Mr [...]

RNLI award three-year service contract to Leasedrive Velo

Leasedrive Velo’s rental management division has won a three-year contract to service the vehicle rental requirements of all eligible crew working for the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea. Roddy Graham, commercial director, Leasedrive Velo said: “Our ability [...]

New ministers can avoid ‘scars on their backs

New ministers can avoid ‘scars on their backs’ by following new CIPD guide to their first 100 days as leaders of public sector workforce With the government’s first Queen’s Speech now delivered and the coalition able to get down to [...]

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