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Mark Sinclair's blog: 28 July 2010 - The efficiency paradox

28 July, 2010

There’s unspoken assumption these days that lower-carbon cars are cutting fleets' fuel and tax bills.

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FLEET SPEAK: A straightforward case of insuring clarity

27 July, 2010

It seems so obvious, but why on earth isn’t there a standard industry-wide wording among insurance companies for business insurance cover?

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Mike Waters' blog: 27 July 2010 - Share and share alike

27 July, 2010

According to the latest research from the Corporate Vehicle Observatory, over the next three years we are likely to see an increasing appetite for car sharing emerging. The report, which surveyed almost 3500 fleet decision makers ...

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Roddy Graham's blog: 23 July 2010 - Passionate about the fleet industry

23 July, 2010

Life is not a dress rehearsal. It’s the real thing and you have to make the most of the opportunities presented to you and those that you create for yourself. And since the majority of our lives is spent working, it is only natural ...

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Guest blog: SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt - Fleet focus for industry recovery

21 July, 2010

Industry always places a high importance on fleet vehicle registrations as each month they make up around half of the total market. This year, even more attention is focused on business purchases as, post-scrappage, the private market ...

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Damian James' blog: 19 July 2010 - All vehicles should have esafety systems

19 July, 2010

Have you ever witnessed a motorbike coming hurtling towards you at 30 miles per hour with the rider to then suddenly jam on the brakes? In this critical scenario the rider then loses control as the brakes lock up and the bike topples ...

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FLEET SPEAK: Can't keep electric vehicles out of the news

14 July, 2010

I’d vowed to myself to take a break from writing about electric vehicles after writing in this very column two issues ago about how uncertainty over things such as recharging networks and RVs were threatening to handicap their uptake ...

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Roddy Graham's Blog: 8 July 2010 - Road safety budgets get the chop

8 July, 2010

It seems we are all being fattened up for the big chop. Talk of 25% cuts in government budgets on public spending have given way to news that departments are also being asked to prepare budgets for a second potential scenario, that ...

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Damian James' Blog: 6 July 2010 - Licence Dinosaurs

6 July, 2010

We all know about how important it is to be regularly checking licences of our drivers. ACFO and Business Car have just launched an excellent guide which tells you everything you need to know about the hows and whys. Apparently some ...

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Mark Sinclair's Blog: 2 July 2010 - Winning on Osborne's swings and roundabouts

2 July, 2010

Accountants everywhere must be feeling grateful to George Osborne for delivering a good old fashioned swings and roundabouts Budget on Tuesday.

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FLEET SPEAK: The devil could yet be in the detail

30 June, 2010

Talking to people far wiser than myself in the wake of last week’s Emergency Budget, the general feeling is that the business car sector was left alone for now because the Government had much bigger fish to batter in an attempt to ...

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Mike Waters' Blog: 29 June 2010 - Invest the time before you drive

29 June 2010

Reports suggest that increasing numbers of people are planning to drive to their destination this summer rather than fly due to the disruption and uncertainty caused by the volcanic ash cloud. Both EuroTunnel and ferry operators ...

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Roddy Graham's blog: 25 June 2010 - In deep water

25 June, 2010

Deepwater Horizon are two words BP, its employees, shareholders and more importantly still, the people living along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, wished they had never heard of. Deepwater is the polite term for what BP currently ...

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Mike Waters' Blog: 22 June 2010 - With great technology comes great responsibility

22 June, 2010

I read recently in BusinessCar that Volvo could introduce in-car technology to stop drivers starting the engine if they are over a certain alcohol limit. The product is called Alcoguard and may arrive in the UK by the end of this ...

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Damian James' Blog: 21 June 2010 - Salary sacrifice and EVs are hot topics

21 June, 2010

It was good value this week at the regional ACFO meeting that I attended. There were presentations on two hot topics which generated a lively debate amongst the attendees.

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Roddy Graham's Blog: 18th June 2010 - We need to protect the environment

18 June, 2010

Eyjafjallajokull is a word that became quite familiar a few weeks back even though probably people got a little tongue-tied pronouncing it. However, with planes flying freely once again, Eyjafjallajokull has fallen off the radar! ...

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FLEET SPEAK: Electric vehicle questions threaten the solution

15 June, 2010

There are a couple of stories raising concerns about electric vehicles and how they might find a home as part of the fleet transport mix.

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Damian James' Blog: 14th June 2010 - Greener tyres

14 June, 2010

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a friend who works in the tyre industry. As most of us know from 1st November 2012 there will be new regulations coming into force which mean all tyres will have to display a sticker ...

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Roddy Graham's Blog: 11 June 2010 - Stolen gulley covers in Surrey puts the tin lid on it!

11 June, 2010

According to Surrey County Council, 536 gulley and drain covers have been stolen so far this year, creating even bigger hazards than the much-publicised potholes for drivers, motorcyclists and cyclists.

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Mark Sinclair's Blog: 9 June 2010 - Rebalancing act

9 June, 2010

A visitor from Mars landing in England this week, seeing the number of national flags fluttering from car windows, would probably conclude that this was a country with something to celebrate.

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