Fleet department grows to meet customer demand
Based at Knutsford, Cheshire, Mangoletsi, which is the country’s largest and longest established Alfa Romeo dealership, has expanded the department to meet a massive rise in customer demand.
Fleet sales for Alfa Romeo have jumped by a huge 103 per cent since last year, with Fiat also up an impressive […]
Fleet Heroes are organisations that have implemented innovative solutions to reducing carbon emissions from business travel. They go the extra mile to ensure their car and van fleets are efficient and environmentally friendly.
The third annual Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero Awards was launched at the end of March in partnership with the Guardian, The Observer […]
Check that all grey fleet vehicles are road-worthy, insured and fit for purpose. Just doing this will put the lid on some grey travel.
Do calculations to work out at what stage it saves money for the company to require staff to rent cars rather than drive their own - and introduce rules to enforce this. […]
Hundreds of companies have failed to implement fleet safety initiatives, are ignoring technology that could help cut operating costs and are leaving the door open for their van drivers to receive huge tax bills from HM Revenue & Customs.
The worrying picture of inaction comes from a survey undertaken in March 2008 of 504 fleet decision-makers […]
The Department for Transport will shortly be launching a new campaign to remind businesses of the dangers of their drivers driving when tired. A recent report showed that 20% of all crashes are caused by driver tiredness.
Over the past twelve months one in ten business drivers has fallen asleep whilst driving. A survey run by Green Flag and Brake showed that motorists who drive for work are twice as likely to fall asleep at the wheel. Brake also estimates that this leads to as many as six deaths a week on […]
Really Good Domains Ltd has launched the re-design of TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk at a time when interest in green cars is hitting an all-time high. Alistair Darling’s first budget announced that there will be no car tax in the first year for cars with CO2 emissions of less than 130 g/km. There is also the prospect of […]
Following the announcement concerning Carter and Carter PLC going into administration, Sarah Sillars, Chief Executive of The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has made the following statement to reassure all those currently involved in learning programmes with the automotive training provider:
“The IMI is currently working with the national Learning and Skills Council, awarding bodies […]
Skoda have made significant strides in the contract hire and leasing and fleet business now makes up half of its sales compared to a quarter only five years ago. The major increase in the leasing of Skoda’s can be attributed to the increased use of their vehicles by taxi drivers and the emergency services.
The Skoda […]
Professor Julia King has highlighted the need for companies – and those in the public sector in particular - to adopt less polluting vehicles in her second report on decarbonising road transport.
The report contains recommendations that will shape future Government transport policy and, through a carrot and stick approach, force us all into less polluting […]