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Heather Waters

How Many 15 Hour Days Can A HGV Driver Do?

It can be challenging to get your head around HGV driver hours regulations.The intricacies of these regulations, can be very difficult to get to grips...

A Q&A with Santa, and Fleet Manager Mrs Claus, of North Pole Inc

North Pole Inc has embraced modern technology to transform the business into a lean, efficient, and highly reliable Christmas present delivery operati...

Heather Waters

How Digitising Fleet Maintenance Programs can Extend Vehicle Life and Improve Road Safety

In order to respond quickly and accurately to a fleet’s maintenance needs, it’s helpful to select a tool that provides...

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Fleet Managers Warned Of Harsher M1 Speeding Fines

A proposal by the Bedfordshire police has announced plans to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to speeding in order to raise funds for police forces facing Government cuts. The Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, Olly Martin,...

Adam Partington

FORS Accreditation Makes Dafcon Stand Out From The Crowd

Introduced in 2008, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) is a voluntary system operated by Transport for London.It advocates and encourages safe working practices, legal compliance and care on the road. For Fleet Managers, FORS can help a bu...

Adam Partington

Get The Inside Track On Current Fleet Data Challenges

Managing a commercial vehicle fleet is growing ever more challenging.Fleet managers must grapple with costs, maintenance cycles, and the balance between driver performance and driver safety, all while being bombarded with more data. According to our...

Adam Partington

Haulage Insight – turning the industry's biggest challenges into BIG opportunities

We recently spoke to our customers in the haulage industry to discover the challenges they are facing today. Feedback revealed that rising maintenance costs, sky high insurance premiums and the driver shortage are becoming real concerns.Questions ...

Adam Partington

Hauliers to face fuel duty price rises in 2016

Fuel duty is set to increase by April next year after a freeze of 5 years comes to an end.Hauliers will feel the brunt of the price hikes with the Spending Review forecasting an increase of £2.3bn from the 2015/16 period. The review states f...

Adam Partington

How Can Dash Cams Benefit Your Fleet?

Dash cams (or in-cab cameras as they're also known) are nothing new, they've now been around for over 10 years.However, the technology behind them has progressed in leaps and bounds and thankfully the market offers some of th...