One of the new Mercedes Sprinter versions added to the King Foods fleet ABERDEEN-based family firm King Foods has for two decades put its trust in Mercedes-Benz and it runs 18 of their vans. The latest additions to the fleet were supplied, like their predecessors, by Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Aberdeen. One is a Mercedes-Benz 5.0-tonne Sprinter 513 CDI [...]
The award-winning, all-electric Nissan e-NV200 THE Greenfleet Awards recognised the forward thinking and application of technology in the fleet sector and singled out Nissan, British Gas and Hitachi Capital Solutions for their tri-party initiative with electric vans. The first success came as the trailblazing Nissan e-NV200 100 per cent electric van – a vehicle capable of helping fleet [...]
Jolly Good Van Hire helps out Wales Rally GB THE World Rally Championship might be for cars, but that hasn’t held back local van hire business Jolly Good Van Hire from getting involved. Jolly Good Van Hire is donating and hiring out panel vans and minibuses from its new centre in Colwyn Bay to keep this top FIA [...]
Lightfoot in-cab driver efficiency system details VOSPERS has signed a new three-year deal to use Lightfoot, the in-cab driver efficiency system, across its delivery fleet after a 12-month trial period which produced fuel savings of 12-14%. Their fleet of 22 vans in Devon and Cornwall make deliveries from three to forty miles, with little motorway in the area [...]
Chivas Borthers have gone for the Combo again, after being very happy with the last ones THE new Vauxhall Combo Crew vans will be used by Chivas’ warehousing teams as site vehicles for the next five-years, covering an average of 2,000 miles per year, travelling between warehouses to load and unload casks at the beginning and end of [...]
The new Vauxhall Vivaaro has arrived just in time for the refreshed Premier Van Centres VAUXHALL's refreshed Premier Van Centres are set to shake-up the van fleet aftersales sector, with over 90 per cent of all UK businesses covered with a 30-minute drive. Designed to maximise mobility and minimise downtime, Premier Van centres will offer Vauxhall van fleet [...]
Future TomTom sat-navs will take account of the weather conditions IN FUTURE, TomTom will take account of actual weather conditions prevailing over a route, its impact on traffic and any possible alternative routes to get around the problems. By being better informed about the weather situation up ahead, drivers can now make smarter decisions about how to [...]
Nissan e-NV200 - working in London and the South East with The Ergro Group THE Ergro Group, which operates a 35-strong fleet from its Dartford HQ, has put a Nissan e-NV200 into service with its air conditioning service division engineers operating across London and the South East. Undertaking the £2 Challenge from Nissan, Ergro engineer Charlie Morgan drove the [...]
Fortis Property Care now operates almost 150 Citroen Commercials FOLLOWING the recent delivery of 42 Nemo, Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay vans, Fortis Property Care (FPC) now operates almost 150 Citroën LCVs working for social housing residents across Worcestershire and Herefordshire. FPC, formerly Festival Property Care, started operating Citroën LCVs in 2001. A further order for 15 Relay vans [...]
Isuzu D-Max Blade is the star of a ghoulish new on-line video campaign THE Isuzu D-Max Blade takes a slice at the walking-dead phenomenon in a short on-line video set on zombie-infested post-apocalyptic streets we are probably all familiar with from popular video games and films. The goulish goings-on see our hero in a white tee-shirt rescue a [...]
The Austin A35 van based Wallace and Gromit Anti-Pesto Van - on show at Beaulieu “OH come on lad! Let's get down to Beaulieu.” It’s true. Those cheese-loving film characters Wallace and Gromit have found themselves in the spotlight again at Beaulieu’s On Screen Cars display. An Austin A35 Anti-Pesto Van is the latest exhibit to arrive down at the [...]
