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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 MortonJanuary 4, 2023

Jaguar Land Rover Wants Fleet Drivers to Have More Personal Relationships with the Brand

Jaguar Land Rover has moved its key accounts to a direct sales model in preparation for going to the full agency model in 2024.

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Newsby Ralph MortonJanuary 4, 2023

Arval U.K. Expands Medium-Term Rental Fleet with Growing Emphasis on Electrification

The company says fleet demand for its medium-term leasing product exper ienced of 50% during 2022. The average rental lasted between six to seven months.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 22, 2022

Mitie Puts EV #3,000 on the Road

Deploying the 3,000th electric vehicle -- a Vauxhall Vivaro E van -- places the company on course to switch its fleet to zero-emission vehicles by the end of 2025, a transition that began in December 2018.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 16, 2022

Mobilize Financial Services Creates Long-Term Leasing Brand Mobilize Lease&Co

The new subsidiary is part of an ambitious strategy to increase Mobilize Financial Services' fleet size of 350,000 vehicles to 1 million by 2030.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 16, 2022

Ogilvie Fleet Hires New Business Development Manager

Ogilvie Fleet is hoping new business development manager Ranjit Grewal will continue the company's recent expansion -- more than 1,000 vehicles in 2022 -- in the next year.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 16, 2022

Danske Bank Offers Staff Salary Sacrifice Scheme Through Tusker

The fastest-growing funding method in the UK, a salary sacrifice employee benefit plan has been rolled to employees of Danske Bank UK, the largest bank in Northern Ireland.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 9, 2022

New CEO Named for Porsche Cars Great Britain

Krishan Bodhani joins from Mercedes-Benz as the new CEO of Porsche Cars Great Britain, effective February 2023.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 9, 2022

Key Issues Facing Fleets in 2023: AFP

Paul Hollick, chair of the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP), says companies will look to fleet managers to deliver additional value, particularly in the areas of cost control and carbon savings.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 9, 2022

Maxus Moves to New UK Headquarters, Targets 200% Growth

Now in a new headquarters, quadruple the size of the distributor’s previous business center, Harris anticipates bullish sales in 2023, growing from 6000 units in 2022 to 18,000 over the next 12 months.

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Newsby Ralph MortonDecember 2, 2022

Association of Fleet Professionals Appoints Three New Board Members

The UK-based AFP has added three fleet operators as directors to its main board of directors.

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