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Nissan will provide 500 of its electric Nissan LEAF model to NHS Fleet Solutions, which is operated by regional provider of national healthcare, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will enable public sector staff to benefit from zero emission cars and very low rates of benefit in kind taxation under the deal, currently 1%
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Leanne Thames has been appointed operations director at cinch, effective start July 2021. The online used car retailer is owned by Constellation Automotive Group, which includes B2B used-vehicle auction company BCA in its brand portfolio.
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James Davis, customer strategy and insight director (commercial vehicles) for Cox Automotive Europe, passed on July 11, 2021. He was 47 years old. In this position, Davis assumed an industry thought leadership role that involved building, sustaining, and evolving deep long-term open trust relationships with customers, business partners, suppliers, and industry bodies.
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Available for all new TX electric taxis and VN5 electric van orders, LEVC Telematics, Connected by Geotab, can also be retrofitted to LEVC vehicles already on the road. LEVC Telematics, Connected by Geotab, is centered around an easy-to-use online dashboard for ‘at-a-glance’ vehicle management.
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Micromobility took a huge hit during the pandemic. Just as the trend towards the use of shared e-scooters and bicycles was starting to boom, COVID-19 stamped out these gains with an estimated 60% drop in usage. But micromobility is back on the agenda, particularly the use of e-scooters, which are set to play an important role in future fleet provision as part of fleet mobility packages - which would also include train, car rental, bus and shared cycles - in preference to the provision of a comp
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Chris Brownridge has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of BMW Group UK, effective 01 July, 2021. Brownridge, formerly Sales Director of BMW, replaces the retiring Graeme Grieve after a worldwide career spanning more than 30 years with the BMW Group.
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Rob Holdcroft is the new Head of Fleet at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in the UK, effective July 12, 2021.Holdcroft, who moves from his current appointment as National Sales Manager for the brand, replaces Claire English, who is moving to head up the fleet department at Audi UK.
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The increasing integration of mobility apps with OEM software continues as driver requirements and expectations force greater acceleration of interoperability between service providers and car manufacturers. BMW has just announced that it is offering an in-car parking payment solution for 150,000 of its vehicles in the UK that will allow drivers cashless parking transactions.
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Fleet managers were told to prepare for the next world event that could derail fleets - similar in consequence and scale to COVID-19 - as part of essential fleet management for the future. Duncan Webb - the Head of Fleet at ISS World, a facilities management company - explained that having formal documents covering such an eventuality would soon become a prerequisite for winning new business.
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Sarah Simpson is the new chief executive officer of Porsche Cars GB and the Porsche Retail Group, effective September 1, 2021. Simpson joins from within the Volkswagen Group where she has worked for over 20 years, most recently as regional director for Bentley, responsible for the UK, Middle East, India, and Africa.
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