Jaama set for contract success following the Executive Hire Show

Jaama’s industry-leading Key2 Rental Management software enjoyed a lot of interest from plant and tool hire businesses at this year’s Executive Hire Show.

The company exhibited for the third consecutive year at the Show, held last month at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Throughout the two-day event, Jaama demonstrated the capability of its functionally rich Key2 Rental Management software which provides plant and tool hire operators with the right tools to successfully manage their business.

Jaama managing director Martin Evans said: “With constantly squeezed margins, an increasing number of plant and tool hire companies are realising that good software can bring real benefits.

New CO2 emission targets approved and delayed

Tough new carbon dioxide (CO2) emission targets have been approved by the European Parliament, but their introduction has been delayed by a year amid pressure from German vehicle manufacturers. The European Commission has welcomed the European Parliament’s endorsement of the new target of 95 g/km of CO2 in 2021 following lobbying by German car manufacturers. […]

Demand for defleeted vans rockets

Demand for defleeted vans is currently so high that models at even seven years old are proving to be hugely sought after, according to Manheim. It is, says the auction giant, evidence of the most sizeable shift towards older vans seen in the used market since the company started reporting data in 2006. Matthew Davock, […]

Building firm fined following fatal vehicle accident

A Preston-based building firm has been fined £130,000 following the death of a worker after he was involved in a crash with a reversing van outside a cinema.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted EMC Contracts Ltd after father-of-one Carl Green was struck by a reversing van in a paved area outside the entrance to the Odeon Cinema in Ashton-on-Ribble in July 2010.

The 45-year-old painter from Chorley had been working on a project to fit out a new coffee shop in the cinema when the incident happened.

BIK on electric vehicles to rise by 500%

Ambitious Government plans to make the UK the world leader in electric car adoption could be hampered by its decision to increase company car benefit-in-kind tax on those vehicles by 500% in 2015/16 with a further rise due in 2016/17. Zero emission electric vehicles are currently 0% rated for company car benefit-in-kind tax, but fleet-decision-makers’ […]

Salary sacrifice schemes help reduce carbon footprint

Employees driving vehicles provided through a salary sacrifice scheme have reduced their motoring carbon footprint by up to 42%, it is claimed.  UK salary sacrifice car provider Fleet Evolution conducted research amongst its client base to arrive at the figure, comparing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of a customer’s car it provided with the one […]

Jaama expansion continues with two new recruits

Fleet and asset management software company Jaama’s New Year pledge to deliver further customer service improvements and product enhancements has been underlined with two new appointments. Sam Gear has joined Jaama, the UK’s number one fleet and asset management software company, as a software tester with a brief to further improve quality processes, and Debra […]

The Red Tape Challenge helps fleet & leasing companies save

Fleets and leasing companies are collectively expected to save an estimated £6.5 million – and motorists £54 million – as a result of the Government cutting red tape. The Government’s commitment to cutting unnecessary rules and regulations as a result of establishing the Red Tape Challenge in 2011 will see: • By 2015, fleet companies able […]

New Jaama Website Provides Gateway to Sophisticated Fleet Management Software Solutions

 

Fleet management software industry leader Jaama has launched a new and improved website featuring a brand new look and feel and a raft of additional features.

The corporate website has been launched at the start of Jaama’s 10th anniversary year.

Easy to navigate and including a software finder to help fleet decision-makers discover critical information on Jaama’s award-winning web-based Key2 system, the site details comprehensive information on the company’s suite of products, training seminars and industry information as well as giving users the ability to quickly book a demonstration of the system.