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News
02/12/2020

Hitachi Capital implements Key2 vehicle management system

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has rolled out a Jaama Key2 asset and fleet management platform featuring commercial vehicle compliance scheduling functionality.

Key2 now manages HCVS’s full fleet of approximately 70,000 funded and 14,000 fleet managed vans, trucks, cars and plant assets. As fleet compliance is a major priority for both HCVS ... » Read More

02/12/2020

Guest Truck takes on LEVC

IVECO dealer Guest Truck and Van has been named a sales and servicing ...
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01/12/2020

Bevan Group's special NHS body

Highly-trained hazardous area response team (HART) paramedics in the South ...
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01/12/2020

VMS Iceland delivery vehicles

VMS Fleet Management is supplying 250 newly converted Mercedes Sprinter ...
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30/11/2020

4-wheelchair Plaxton Leopard

Three Plaxton Leopard coaches supplied to the London Borough of Havering ...
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30/11/2020

Three Volvo 4x2s for Unisurge

Medical supplies manufacturer Unisurge has added three more Volvo ...
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27/11/2020

Go-Ahead's North East e-buses

Go-Ahead is launching the first fully electric bus fleet in the North East ...
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27/11/2020

New DVSA MOT digital resources

Vehicle inspections restarted four months ago after being halted during ...
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26/11/2020

IVECO shows off RHD S-WAY

At a digital event held at IVECO UK’s headquarters in Basildon, Essex ...
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Features
05/11/2020

Life in the ATF lane

Opening a DVSA-approved facility to conduct MOT testing demands a great deal of investment. Brian Wall speaks to authorised testing facility (ATF) operators to find out what it takes and why they went down this path

The primary role of a DVSA authorised testing facility (ATF) is to ensure that heavy goods vehicles, trailers and public service ... » Read More

05/11/2020

Rolling road brake testing

The brake testing of trailers on a rolling road comes with its own procedures and pitfalls, some of which could easily catch the unwary operator out. Lucy Radley looks at the best way to prepare and present these vehicles, in order to ...
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05/11/2020

Planning for the worst

During the first COVID lockdown, I had to adopt new ways of providing a critical support function to my organisation. I am the head of fleet and transport services for a large blue light emergency service.
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05/11/2020

Rollover safety

Having spent a career in the construction products industry, Nick Elliott was seen as the ideal choice to lead the updating of IRTE’s best practice guide on vehicle roll-over. He speaks to Will Dalrymple
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