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Ralph Morton

U.K. and European Correspondent

Ralph Morton is the European correspondent for Automotive Fleet and Global Fleet, covering the U.K. and European beat.

A highly experienced automotive journalist, Ralph has written for motorsport titles, consumer car magazines, and for the last 20 years, the fleet industry. He is a former editor of What Car? magazine, launched and edited Business Car Manager, and now runs and publishes two titles: Broker News, aimed at the leasing broker sector, and FleetandLeasing.com, which is a website focused on SME fleets. Ralph is married with two adult children and works from an office in Richmond, London. He gained a degree in English literature from the University of London, where he was president of the English Society.

Newsby Ralph MortonApril 20, 2022

Commercial Vehicle Leasing Rises in UK but Fleet Managers Need to Prioritize Safety

Experts say a key focus should be the ADAS collision avoidance systems, which reduce the risk of crashes by 35%.

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Newsby Ralph MortonApril 18, 2022

Residual Values Begin to Weaken

In the United Kingdom, new car sales had its worst month since 1998 as new car registrations fell by over 14%.

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Newsby Ralph MortonApril 18, 2022

Mitsubishi HC Capital Acquires MaaS Provider Mobility Mixx

Mobility Mixx provides integrated mobility to users and provides corporate and government clients with advanced expense management and fleet and mobility sharing solutions to manage mobility budgets.

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Newsby Ralph MortonApril 4, 2022

European Fleets Will Benefit First from Hertz/Polestar Deal for 65,000 Electric Cars

Availability of the Polestar 2 will be spring 2022 in Europe followed by late 2022 in North America and Australia.

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Newsby Ralph MortonMarch 28, 2022

The Global Fleet Market in Africa

From the oil-driven north to the more Euro-supplied tip in the south, the needs, infrastructure, and socio-political climates differ greatly from region to region in Africa.

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Newsby Ralph MortonMarch 28, 2022

ARI Fleet U.K. Rebrands to Holman

Effective March 28, 2022, the name change is part of a global rebrand that will see all retail dealerships, vehicle upfitters, and fleet management services rebrand to Holman.

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Newsby Ralph MortonMarch 23, 2022

AFP's Paul Hollick Named Managing Director of Lightfoot

Lightfood is a telematics and gamification company that uses in-vehicle technology to incentivize safer driving.

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Newsby Ralph MortonMarch 21, 2022

New Solutions for Efficient Last-Mile Logistics

Last mile is a comprehensive suite of tools from Google to ease last-mile deliveries and logistics, while what3words is a service that offers pinpoint laser accuracy for crowded or hard-to-find places.

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Newsby Ralph MortonMarch 14, 2022

Safe Fleet Continues European Expansion With Acquisition Of Labcraft

Other lighting brands within the Safe Fleet portfolio include Durite, FRC (Fire Research Corporation, active in the emergency services), Speciality Manufacturing Inc (school bus and commercial vehicle market), and Pretoria (rail transit and school bus market).

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Newsby Ralph MortonMarch 14, 2022

Novuna Vehicle Solutions Acquires BNP Paribas Rental Business

The acquisition, which includes a contract hire fleet of 1,300 specialist vehicles, is the first since Hitachi rebranded to Novuna in the U.K. in February this year.

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