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European residual values ease after positive twelve months
27 Jan 2012 10:12
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Norfolk-based NHS trust brings in services of Enterprise Rent-A-Car
27 Jan 2012 10:03
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National Mobile Windscreens opens £1m distribution centre in Bristol
26 Jan 2012 10:06
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Used-car and LCV market round-up - VIP Data
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Osborne chooses GreenRoad, to improve driver safety of nationwide fleet
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Toyota delivers 400,000th hybrid in Europe
27 Jan 2012 15:30
Toyota delivered its 400,000th hybrid in Europe yesterday (26 January), a British-built Auris Hybrid from its Burnaston factory in Derbyshire. The vehicle was handed over to Valentine Nkwocha, a company car driver for CTG, an IT company in Belgium.
Auris Hybrid, the first full hybrid power Toyota to be built in Europe, has been manufactured at Burnaston since 2010 and has helped build the popularity of hybrid with European customers, together with three generations of Prius.
Tony Walker, Deputy managing director of Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK, said: 'We are proud that Toyota selected the UK for its first European hybrid production centre and are equally pleased that it is an Auris Hybrid from Burnaston that has taken the company to this landmark total.
'It is more good news for TMUK, following on from the re... read full article >
Tusker announces 8.5% carbon footprint improvement for 2010/11
27 Jan 2012 14:52
Innovative contract hire and salary sacrifice provider, Tusker, saw an 8.5% improvement in its carbon footprint in 2010/11 through reduced business travel and greater car sharing and web conferencing, as it maintained its carbon neutral status.
Tusker worked with leading carbon management consultants, Carbon Footprint, to calculate that its carbon emissions over a 12-month period from April 2010 to March 2011 had fallen to 103.67 tonnes from 113.32 tonnes in the previous year.
The reduction achieved meant that Tusker’s carbon footprint reduced from 7.98 tonnes per million pounds of turnover to 4.71 tonnes per million.
Company car journeys contributed 34.7% of the company’s carbon emissions in 2010/11, down from 37% in the previous year as the company increased car sharing and web conferencing, while electricity usage at the Watford head office c... read full article >
FM Conway hope for incident reduction with ICCM's e-Service Desk
27 Jan 2012 10:31
Integrated highways services provider, FM Conway, is to transform the way it records, tracks and reports incidents and service events. The business has selected ICCM’s e-Service Desk to target reductions of up to 30% in incidents.
Currently, processes are spread across a range of platforms, with some incidents requiring the completion of paper forms. e-Service Desk will automate all processes, which will allow FM Conway to better manage live calls and also provide a data source to help identify trends and root causes.
Mark Dyson, business analyst at FM Conway, said: 'Through our ongoing IT development programme we continuously seek to improve performance, efficiency and transparency. We had identified several areas where investment in technology could deliver these results.
'ICCM provided us with a solution that enables the business to automate and manage a wealth of event types; including complaints, property damage, ... read full article >