All cars, vans and motorcycles which usually would require an MoT test will be exempted from needing a test from Monday, March 30 2020 for six months, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has announced.
Garages, fuel stations and car rental outlets are among the ‘essential businesses’ the Government is allowing to stay open as the UK moves into lockdown as a consequence of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
ACFO and ICFM have announced that they have merged their operations to create the Association of Fleet Professionals.
Calls have been made to the Government to ensure that “essential repair and maintenance services for all vehicles” are not closed as the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic deepens.
The Government has fuelled a green vehicle drive with a range of Budget 2020 announcements designed to increase the corporate take-up of zero emission vehicles.
Company car demand is predicted to accelerate after benefit-in-kind tax clarity for the next five years was provided by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in this week’s Budget.
Fleets are benefiting from fuel price cuts resulting in some of the biggest monthly reductions seen since the start of 2000 and the impact of the coronavirus on the wholesale cost of oil could lead to further falls.
Greener, lower emission petrol is set to go on sale at forecourts across the UK during 2021, the Government has announced.
Identifying five ‘high-risk’ driver behaviours to cut work-related road crashes is critical to improving safety.