VANARAMA is launching short-term leasing for business customers with predominantly high-spec, premium brand cars and vans available to limited companies on 6 to 18-month leases. The company says that it is responding to a growing demand from vehicle leasing customers for short-leasing solutions. Personal leasing customers will be able to take advantage of the short-term leasing offering later in the year. Vanarama is [...]
Benefits of Finesse Poly-line It’s lighter than plywood lining which means you get an increased payload and improved fuel economy and; It can be CNC (computer numerical control) machined meaning the lining will fit your van exactly Read more about Finesse Poly-line here IF you lease a van through award-winning company Fleet Alliance take a look in the back. Because your [...]
CAUGHT short and nowhere to go? Need to wash your grimy hands but there are no facilities? These are just some of the issues faced by construction firms operating in remote locations. But supplying such facilities is exactly what Cartwright Conversions does. The mobile welfare vehicle specialist supports construction firms operating in remote locations with essential amenities such as washing, toilets, [...]
What will it cost? Vauxhall Combo - CDV - Category 1 - £124+VAT Short Wheel Based VW Transporter - Medium Van - Category 2 - £159+VAT Long Wheel Based VW Transporter - Large Van - Category 3 - £190+VAT L1 Movano - Medium Van - Category 2 - £159+VAT L2 Movano - Large Van - Category 3 - £190+VAT L3 [...]
A COMPANY avoided a £16,000 insurance nightmare after the driver’s VisionTrack 3G dashcam video proved he was the innocent victim of a motorist jumping a red light. The footage showed the Ford Transit going through a green light at a junction in Sydenham, South London. Seconds later, the Transit was in collision with a Nissan Note coming from the opposite direction [...]
SMALL van fleet operators in west London now have a new source of daily rental vans: a new commercial vehicle supersite at Heathrow Skyport. The new Europcar west London hub is positioned near the motorway network and Heathrow airport and is set to provide businesses with access to a dedicated van hire service. Operating on a 25,965-square feet site, it [...]
Nissan electric fleet for Royal Navy base 48 all-electric Nissan e-NV200 Combi vans for Portsmouth Naval Base Two-year deal with option to extend Deal with 59 diesel vans renews fleet for BAE Systems on behalf of Royal Navy Fleet deal by Lex Autolease with Nissan 26 charging points and 28 designated parking bays for electric vehicles Cuts CO2 by 40% Contract will [...]
NEW generation racking for commercial vehicles is something that fleets should be exploiting for a variety of benefits, believes Arval. The vehicle leasing and fleet management company says that the latest designs are lighter in weight, safer, more practical and are easier to refit for “second life” use. Eddie Parker: Many fleets treat vans like mobile warehouses Arval [...]
THE Ford Fiesta Van swansong is celebrated as Glass’s Used Van Hero for March - just before production of the "attractive little load lugger" ceases with the all-new Fiesta car range coming online. Each month, Glass’s Commercial Vehicle editors hold a meeting to name the current Used Van Hero in the UK market – the model they believe offers outstanding value [...]
PREMIUM hits are mapped in new data from insurance comparison site The Van Insurer which reveals where van drivers are paying the most - and least - for their van insurance. East London tops the premiums poll at just under £2,000 - five times the cheapest on the Isle of Man and Jersey. The Van Insurer analysed 3.4 million quotes provided through their online [...]
MERCEDES claim that its first premium pick-up will combine the best of two worlds, expressed by these two different cool concepts that whet the appetite for the new Mercedes X-Class pick-up. The Concept X-Class Powerful Adventurer pictured below certainly looks distinctive finished in Lemonax Metallic paint and is designed to show that the coming X-Class will possess all the strengths of a classic [...]
Jaguar Land Rover SVO ‘Project Hero’ Austrian Red Cross to trial new search and rescue drone that can take off and land on Discovery, even when the vehicle is in motion World-first magnetic retention and self-centring drone technology aims to help Red Cross improve communications and cut disaster response times Latest collaborative project in 63-year global relationship between Land Rover and the [...]
THIS looks pretty useful for small van fleet managers: it’s a new app from FleetCheck to carry out essential commercial vehicle safety checks. The new Walkaround Check App will be launched at the CV Show 2017 on 25 April. Designed for vans, the Walkaround Check App creates the means to schedule, carry out, confirm, follow-up and audit all kinds of [...]
SMALL van fleet owners often neglect essential van inspections and should do more to ensure their vans are regularly inspected during their operating life. We already know that heavy vans are the worst for failing the MOT test, and this failure to conduct regular risk assessments is a real duty of care issue, reckons Gain Solutions. A decade on since [...]
CITROEN will offer more choice for electric van buyers, with the addition of the longer L2 550 LX version of the Berlingo Electric van - and you can save more than £5,000 with Plug-in Van Grant. This new longer version of the Citroën Berlingo Electric boasts 250mm more load length than the existing L1 model (2,050mm compared to 1,800mm). The load volume [...]
