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Players and staff at Durham County Cricket Club have acquired a new fleet of Jeep and Dodge models, through Daimler Fleet Management (DFM).
DFM is one of the UK’s leading fleet management companies, operating a UK fleet of over 49,000 vehicles from all leading manufacturers, which forms part of a pan-European fleet approaching 470,000 vehicles.
The vehicles […]
Pendragon, Europe’s largest automotive retail network is rumoured to be instigating redundancies to deal with difficult market conditions.
The recent economic downturn is reflected in other big industry players such as GM Motors who have already laid-off some 3550 workers. BMW and Damiler have both recently reported falling profits in the first quarter.
International financial crisis, a […]
Western Power Distribution has renewed its contract with Ford to supply all its light commercial vehicles and small business cars. The new agreement is for two years, with an option to extend.
The electricity distribution company for South-West England and South and West Wales, based in Bristol, runs 600 diesel-powered Ford Transit T300s and T350s, Transit […]
Audio sketch show to provide comic relief to Bank Holiday / M6 motorists
Being stuck in traffic is no laughing matter but that’s all set to change thanks to a new audio comedy sketch show.
230 Miles of Love, the world’s first ’satcom’, launches on Thursday 1st May and promises to take comedy to places it’s never […]
The rise of ‘White Vin’ Man (and ‘White Vin’ Woman) Swinton identifies new generation of upmarket van drivers.
The stereotypical ‘white van man’ has a new, more upmarket rival according to leading high street insurance retailer Swinton. It has identified a new generation of self-employed professionals, both male and female, who are investing in top of […]
Nissan’s commercial vehicle boss, Mark Lovett has left to join leasing giant Lex. It is understood that he will be running Lex’s van operations.
Lovett has established a good reputation and is recognised as with vastly improving Nissan’s commercial vehicle sales.
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John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business and Regulatory Reform, has told drivers not to panic over possible fuel shortages.
A 48-hour walkout this weekend at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland could lead to a shortage of fuel supply. The action comes after workers union, Unite called the two-day strike following a bitter row over workers […]
The Sheffield division of Stirling based Ogilvie Fleet is delighted to announce their sponsorship of the 2008 Play-Off Champion Sheffield Steelers with the provision of a “special car” to none other than team captain, Jonathon Phillips.
The Sheffield Steelers are the UK’s premier professional Ice Hockey club, playing out of the Sheffield Arena in front of […]
ContractHireAndLeasing.com announced its most popular car searches on Friday, April18.
Audi cars had a run-away success, occupying five out of the ten, top searches for cars on ContractHireAndLeasing.com in the previous 30 days. The Audi A5 was the most popular new car search and the most popular large coupe search, taking the number two overall. A3, […]
Lookers have announced they are to acquire Bramall and Jones VW Ltd. The deal rumoured to be worth £2million, strengthens Lookers representation of Volkswagen cars and allows them to make a more substantial impact on the contract hire market.
The deal is expected to be completed on May 1. Tony Bramall, director of Lookers already owns 51% […]
