Search for News

Polls

Which of the following would you rate as the worst bad habit among your fleet drivers:

View Results

Newsletter

Receive the latest news direct to your Inbox! Simply enter your email address below to sign up for our weekly newsletter.

News Categories

Show categories | Hide categories

Archive

Show archives | Hide archives

Pages

Show pages | Hide pages

Meta

1000s of fleet industry links
Essential for fleet managers and company car drivers

Bluecycle Moves With Motability Into Fleet

Bluecycle, the leading online auction business and wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer, has announced a major new contract with Motability Operations.
This new contract heralds the UK’s largest fleet of new vehicles, following a successful pilot programme over the past six months and sees Bluecycle entering the fleet sector for the first [...]

Author: Amanda White, April 27, 2009
Filed under: Bluecycle, Fleet news

Bluecycle to Reduce "Salvage Miles" by Three-Quarters of a Million

Bluecycle, the UK’s online marketplace for salvage, could save salvage companies thousands of pounds with a planned restructure of its logistics network.
The new network, set to become operational next month, could save fuel costs totalling more than £325,000*and nearly 3,500 working days by cutting miles driven from 2 million to 1.29m.
It will also [...]

Author: Lee Sibbald, March 17, 2008
Filed under: Bluecycle

Bluecycle Reveals Dynamics Behind Online Auctions

Auctioning salvage a day longer than the norm can bring double the revenue, according to a report by Bluecycle.
This is just one of the findings from the company’s study of over 75,000 online auctions, which reveals the psychology behind maximising the value of salvage.
Although only 24% of Bluecycle’s auctions happen over a three-day [...]

Author: Lee Sibbald, March 15, 2008
Filed under: Bluecycle

Bluecycle Launches New Recycled Parts Service

Bluecycle is helping customers cut costs and be more environmentally friendly by answering the need for a one-stop shop for motor salvage.
Following a survey of Bluecycle customers, 60% said that salvage repair was at the core of their business and they would welcome a recycled parts service from Bluecycle.
A recycled parts pilot was [...]

Author: Lee Sibbald, March 8, 2008
Filed under: Bluecycle

Bentley Breaks Bluecycle Record

A total loss Bentley GTC with a pre-auction value of £126,000 received huge interest in a Bluecycle auction and well exceeded the expected return.
With high market demand for this model and less than 300 miles on the clock, Bluecycle weren’t surprised when in just two hours, bids reached the estimated auction sale price of [...]

Author: Lee Sibbald, February 8, 2008
Filed under: Bluecycle

Latest road tests

Latest traffic information

An image of the 2008 Ford Focus.