• The future of the UK’s courier sector

    Published On: Wednesday 28 March 2018

    Northgate Vehicle Hire, the long-term van hire specialist, takes a look at the contributing factors to the courier market’s success – whilst also touching upon the issues that could hold [...]

  • Grafter goes green and lean

    Published On: Monday 26 March 2018

    Isuzu Truck UK has revamped its 3.5-tonne offering, with the Grafter Green: a chassis-cab truck with twin or single-wheel drive-axle, and a new down-sized engine that features unusual lean-NOx trap [...]

  • Verizon Connect debunks tracking ‘misconceptions’

    Published On: Wednesday 21 March 2018

    GPS fleet tracking provider Verizon Connect has sought to challenge what it says are some of the common misconceptions it encounters regarding vehicle tracking systems. For companies that choose to [...]

  • How weather telematics can drive safety and productivity

    Published On: Monday 12 March 2018

    US weather technology provider Baron Services has highlighted some of the ways in which integration of real-time data on road weather into telematics systems can help yield advantages for fleet [...]

  • Top telematics tips from Seven

    Published On: Wednesday 7 March 2018

    Vehicle tracking and temperature monitoring specialist Seven Telematics has outlined a range of factors that it says fleet operators should consider when preparing to adopt a telematics system. “Gone are [...]

  • DfT and industry prepare for ‘worst-case’ Brexit

    Published On: Wednesday 7 March 2018

    The government is progressing new laws through Parliament which it says will allow UK truck operators to continue to run vehicles throughout Europe after Brexit in the event that withdrawal [...]

  • Driving up standards

    Published On: Tuesday 6 March 2018

    Stephen Watson, director of product at Microlise, offers his take on the key factors fleets should consider when designing driver incentivisation schemes You’ve got to measure it to manage it: [...]

  • Local policymaking ‘threatens to crash used truck market’

    Published On: Monday 5 March 2018

    The UK truck market faces a potential perfect storm with a collapse in residual values for non-Euro 6 trucks predicted in 2020. That’s the warning from Martin Flach, alternative fuels [...]

  • Gas power blowing hot for Iveco

    Published On: Tuesday 27 February 2018

    Iveco is staking its future in the UK on gas-powered vehicles, from vans to 40-tonne tractor units. Speaking to journalists at the manufacturer’s annual State of the Nation conference, managing [...]