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NHS Property Services, the owners and managers of more than 3,000 NHS facilities, has taken delivery of 70 new Citroën commercial vehicles that are being deployed across the UK to provide critical maintenance and repair to premises during these unprecedented times. The supplying dealer, John Grose in Ipswich, prepared the vehicles rapidly, in spite of reduced staffing...

SsangYong Motors UK is delighted to confirm its partnership with North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the supply of three award-winning SsangYong Musso pick-up trucks. North Wales Fire and Rescue Service helps to protect an estimated population of 678,461 people over an area of 2,400 square miles as well as hundreds of thousands of tourists and visitors...

Only a matter of weeks ago, few of us had heard of COVID-19. Now, the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting hundreds of thousands of people, causing chaos to economies and testing health-care systems worldwide to their limits. Thankfully measures have been put in place to limit the peak of the pandemic in the UK but...

As fleet operators welcome the DVSA’s decision to suspend classroom courses and embrace distance learning – Fleet Source, the UK’s largest independent Driver CPC training provider has gone live with a TV-based training solution across its Driver CPC classroom course offering. Now fully approved by DVSA, the Fleet Source Live training is ‘Livecast’ to delegates and includes dynamic,...

The current national emergency is the biggest challenge many businesses have ever faced. At Rivus Fleet Solutions, the challenge and sense of responsibility is profound because a massive 80% of the 85,000 vehicles the company manages are for essential front-line sectors such as telecommunications, water, gas, electricity, highways management and environmental management. With the central role these sectors...

Award-winning flexible vehicle hire provider Reflex Vehicle Hire has been working in partnership with businesses throughout the UK to support their response to the Covid-19 crisis through its flexible fleet services. The company is playing two vital roles in helping businesses to manage their response to the outbreak in the UK. It is ensuring uninterrupted vehicle supplies and support...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has asked for this move to ensure London's critical workers, particularly those in the NHS, are able to travel round London as easily as possible during this national emergency. It also supports the supply chain, the effort to keep supermarkets fully stocked and the city's continued operation. Government advice is that people...

Murphy Plant is bolstering its fleet with 134 Volkswagen Crafters, bringing its total fleet to over 1,000 vans. Each Volkswagen Crafter will feature bespoke conversions including new racking systems. The vans will all be supplied by Alan Day Volkswagen Van Centre. Murphy Plant is one of the leading suppliers of plant, transport and equipment in the UK, providing...

Award-winning flexible vehicle hire provider Reflex Vehicle Hire has introduced hybrid power to its welfare van range. Reflex is leading the industry in expanding its hire range to include alternative fuels, with the latest innovation following the provision and testing of fully-electric commercial vehicles for some clients. The welfare van is based on the robust Ford Transit 350 L3...

The Ctrack solution will be used to monitor North Yorkshire County Council’s vehicles to help ensure the safety and well-being of drivers, passengers and other road users, as well as operate in the most efficient manner possible. “Our aim is to continually improve our fleet safety and efficiency, so we needed an advanced telematics system that would support...