Jun
22
Police forces throughout the UK may soon follow the lead of Hampshire’s police force, and stop recruiting as their fuel bill have increased so much, they have to make cuts somewhere.
John Gorton, transport manager for Essex Police, said: ‘The majority of forces have been going over to diesel because it is more environmentally efficient.
‘But diesel [...]
Jun
22
Fuel cell future with Honda
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Good news from Honda, they have begun production on the fuel cell powered car, FCX Clairty, and the well designed car will be available for lease in California later on this year.
There has been so much interest, there is a ballot to see who has the first cars straight off the production line. Jamie Lee [...]
Jun
21
Doing business in Germany?
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What do you you think of the German reputation management / Social Network Yasni?
http://www.yasni.de/
My partner, Sarah Arrow is slowly working her way around it with help form the legendary Pull Marketeer, Andreas Wiedow
Well worth a try if you are going to business in Germany, soon to go international. I’ll keep you updated.
Kevin
Jun
14
Fuel Protest: Going slow on the M6
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100 trucks and lorries are expected to take part in the “go slow” on the M6 today, causing traffic chaos and potential gridlocks everywhere.
The protest will start at 9am in Lymm truck stop in Cheshire, with the lorries traveling in convey northbound up the M6 at 40mph.
When they reach junction 35 at Carnforth, Lancashire, they [...]
Jun
10
White Van Man -Man or Myth?
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Ever since Sarah Kennedy thought and uttered the phrase ‘White Van Man’ there has been much speculation about the driving skills of this stereotypical person that Renault have wrote a report on him.
According to the Renault report “In the media, WVM is variously described as “aggressive”, “tattooed”, and a “tailgater”. He is the “white male” [...]
Jun
8
The lowlights of the Manchester Fuel protest
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Andrew Grieg from Bennet’s Haulage has spoke to the Manchester Evening News about what really happened on the protest. Mr Greig said: “Our vehicles were marshalled by police at the front and back. They could only travel as fast as the police allowed.
“When they came to the end of the M602 in Salford they were [...]
Jun
1
Foreign Trucks set to flood the UK?
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New competition laws have been passed in Europe which means foreign drivers can now take work back with them.
European hauliers will be able to take three Bristish jobs before returning home within a week. This increases to 7 jobs per week in in 2010 and by 2014 they will be allowed unlimited access.
As European hauliers [...]