The EV Network provides the UK’s most comprehensive listing of charge points available for electric vehicles. By building a database the EV Network hopes to encourage the wider adoption of electric vehicles which provide zero pollution at the point of [...]

Wednesday 30 June 2010: Fleet Voice Column. Tyres: round, black and what keeps your car from scraping its belly on the road, right? Well, if you’re the European Union’s Parliament tyres are a hot topic, and we don’t mean the [...]

The road safety charity Brake has welcomed falls in the number of casualties on roads, announced by the Department for Transport (DfT), but warned that the good news is tempered by flawed reporting and uncertainty about the future of road [...]

The launch of the UK’s first web-based parking appeal management system for commercial operators is set to balance the scales against the daily barrage of parking fines some have to endure. Around half of all tickets issued are to vehicle [...]

The North Review of drink and drug driving law recommends that the current blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for driving of 80mg per 100ml of blood should be reduced to 50mg.  The ABD position, based on sound science, is that [...]

Car sales statistics in the UK for the first quarter of 2010 reveal that used car sales were 7.6 per cent lower than Q1 2009. The fall in sales was led by the upper medium segment which was down by [...]

A new service called Giveacar, which raises money for charity by disposing of scrap cars, will be supporting Recycle Week 2010 promoted by Recycle Now. Having already raised more than £40,000 for charities, Giveacar brings to the UK a concept [...]

The Association of Car Fleet Owners (ACFO), the not-for-profit organisation, has released its reaction to the recent Emergency Budget. ACFO chairman Julie Jenner said: “The increase in the rate of VAT from 17.5% to 20% from January 4, 2011 will [...]

Mycompanyfleet, NorthgateArinso’s automotive software division, has warned that the Chancellor’s Emergency Budget means additional cost pressures thanks to increases in VAT, fuel duty, National Insurance Contributions and a reduction in capital allowances. Andrew Leech, business manager at Mycompanyfleet, said that [...]

Until recently the Bentley Continental GTC Speed was the most powerful convertible Bentley had ever produced and only lost the tag when the range-topping “Supersports” Continental was let off the leash in mid-2010. Building on the success of the Continental [...]