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As Petrol Prices Soar, Transport Companies Suffer

Being forced to heavily reevaluate their business models is something that UK and American companies are accustomed to, after the price of petrol shot up last year. Many who relied on large fleets of vans to transport goods all over the country were forced to slash employee pay and take a number of their vehicles off the roads.

Now, after it was announced that petrol prices are set to rise again in the coming months, some businesses are on the edge and a large percentage of them are having to cut their fleet even further. Continue Reading

MPs Look To Extend Life Of Car Scrappage Scheme

Back in May this year, the UK government launched a scheme that would reward car buyers when they scrapped their old cars. Oddly enough it was called the ‘Car Scrappage Scheme’ and it gave car buyers 2000 towards a new car when they scrapped a car that’s more than 10 years old.

The cost to run the scheme cost a total of 600 million pounds. Continue Reading

General Motors Look For New Ways To Sell Cars

pEarlier this year the owner of car brands like Pontiac and Chevrolet, General Motors, filed for bankruptcy. However, they have now been able to turn things around and have stopped receiving protection from bankruptcy./pp/ppAfter sorting themselves out, they are now trying some new methods in an attempt to bring more sales to the business.!–more– They are currently looking into 2 new methods to selling their cars. The first method they have already tried but pulled out of last year, and thats car leasing. They have put together plans to once again return to the a href=http://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/ target=_blankcontract hire/a market this … Continue Reading

Renault See Van and Light Truck Sales Rise

pMore sales figures from the motoring industry have been released, this time for van and truck sales. June figures for truck registrations are still showing falling numbers, however, the amount of vans being registered is starting to level out./pp/ppThe number of trucks being registered has been declining month on month and the figures released for June show the greatest fall so far.!–more– With 2,761 trucks registered in June, this is a 47% decline in registrations from June last year./pp/ppAs for the other part of the sector, the amount of van registrations has seen slight improvement. The amount of vans being … Continue Reading

Choosing Vans for your Business

pFind the most ideal vans for your business that are within your price range and come with all the features you need is no easy task./pp/ppHowever, this decision is easily solved with the Renault Trafic. The Renault Trafic, which has recently won the 2009 Security Award, is the best selling van created by Renault.!–more– The van won the award at the 2009 British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards and this was the first year that vans were included in the awards./pp/ppThe van was given the award due to the large number of security features that the van contains. Some features that … Continue Reading