Estate cars least cool on a first date
Prestige vehicles such as a Mercedes-Benz are the best vehicles for impressing on a first date, according to new research from Europcar. Sadly, practical and sensible estate vehicles are the wors...
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Guernsey plans to reduce traffic by penalising drivers
Guernsey's environment committee has put forward its third transport strategy in a decade, a document in which there are several measures to reduce the number of cars on the island's roads. Free...
Budget 2014: fuel duty freeze until May 2015 & £200m of pothole repairs
Fuel duty will remain frozen until after the General Election in May 2015, George Osborne has confirmed in 2014’s Budget Statement. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also announced that £200m would ...
European registrations increase again
For each of the past six months, European new car registrations have been higher than 12 months ago. February’s ACEA figures showed that 8% more cars were registered than in February 2013 after Jan...
Paris lifts car ban as air pollution eases
Paris has lifted its ban on half the city’s cars after just one day, as a change in weather conditions helped to reduce the French capital’s air pollution problem. Yesterday we reported on how mi...
Skoda appoints new head of operations
Skoda has appointed a new head of operations in the UK. The position, which is responsible for both retail and fleet vehicle sales, will be filled by Martin Barrow-Starkey after Duncan Movassaghi m...
Hitachi Capital completes quartet of fleet outsource contracts
Hitachi Capital has signed up two new clients and renewed deals with a pair of existing clients. The Newbury-based company will oversee fleet management and funding for specialist recruitment agen...
British drivers are enjoying driving again
According to a study by Halfords Autocentres, British motorists are enjoying driving again. The Friend of the Motorist Study is a biennial survey of how people use their cars and the issues surroun...
SmartWitness launches most advanced journey recorder yet
SmartWitness has launched a new vehicle journey recorder that it claims is the most powerful and advanced in the world. Thanks to 3G, 4G and WiFi technology, the KP1 recorder can send a fleet manag...
Specsavers help employers monitor drivers’ vision
Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has surveyed more than 71 employers to find out how effective its Drivers’ Information Pack has been. The pack was launched in 2013 to give employers details of the leg...
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