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Advice: Money-saving tips for business van drivers
By Lee Grandin, managing director, VanInsurance.co.uk
EVER-increasing fuel prices, continuous parking restrictions and rising congestion charges can seriously drain the pockets of everyone that drives a van for their business. But Lee Grandin from VanInsurance.co.uk has these tips to make your money go further.
Advice: Don't let back pain ruin your day
By Ralph Morton, publisher, Business Van Manager
DO YOU suffer from back pain? Is your back sore when you drive your van? The effects of back pain can be literally crippling. So what can you do to avoid it? Business Van Manager's Ralph Morton provides this advice.
Advice: Safety benefits of cold weather tyres
By Stuart Jackson, chairman, TyreSafe
DON'T slip slide around in your van during the winter - fit cold weather tyres for extra grip and extra safety says TyreSafe chairman, Stuart Jackson.
How we run our business vans
By Jim McIlroy, Transport Officer for NHS Fife
WHEN people rely on your services, you need something that's up to the task – particularly in the winter months. Jim McIlroy explains why the new Iveco Daily 4x4 was just the job.
How we run our business vans
By Stuart Hall, founder, Sands TV Services
TV service firm Sands has just acquired two Mercedes Sprinters. Sands' fonder, Stuart Hall, tells us why.
Top Tips: Designated driver advice
By Steve Johnson on behalf of AA DriveTech
CHRISTMAS and the New Year are great opportunities to celebrate and have a drink. However, drinking and driving is a lethal cocktail. So what advice is there for designated drivers offering to ferry festive friends? Steve Johnson from AA DriveTech has this advice for drivers swapping their vans for the family car.
Top Tips: Winter weather driving tips for van drivers
By Simon Elstow, IAM Head of Training, IAM Fleet and Drive & Survive
SEVERE snow and ice is hampering van drivers making final Christmas deliveries, and tradesmen supplying vital services. Simon Elstow from the driver training company IAM Fleet and Drive & Survive, has this advice for business van operators and van drivers.
Top Tips: Ten top tips to run your vans efficiently
By Larry Martindale, programme manager, Van Best Practice
LARRY MARTINDALE, programme manager for Van Best Practice, provides some top tips on how the van sector can improve efficiency.
How we run our business van
By Dave Quick, owner, Quick Electrical Services
FORD had just the right spark for electrician Dave Quick and his family firm when they needed a new van – and used the scrappage scheme to help them.
Advice: Do I need to pay van tax?
By Ralph Morton, publisher, Business Van Manager
DO you drive any private miles in your business van? Should you be paying company van tax? What mileage counts as private? Business Van Manager's Ralph Morton provides the answers.
Advice: How to take advantage of the van scrappage scheme – UPDATED
Details on the government van scrappage grant
THERE'S still time to qualify for the government's van scrappage schene, which is now due to end at the end of March 2010 following a further extension. But you'll have to get your skates on.
