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Renault supplies fleet to Integral

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Renault has handed over the keys to six more vehicles at its
Birmingham site as part of a continuing fleet supply agreement with
property maintenance firm Integral UK Ltd.

Since 2010 Renault has supplied 227 Kangoo vans, 272 Mégane
sport tourers, 205 Trafic vans and six Master vans on a solus basis
to Integral, which services 40,000 property sites utilising a fleet
of 1,200 vehicles.

Keith Abell, fleet manager at Integral UK said: “We selected
Renault for our fleet needs as the vehicles are renowned for style,
comfort, practicality and frugality.”

Darren Payne, director of fleet and commercial vehicle
operations at Renault UK, said: “The Integral fleet is a familiar
sight on the UK’s roads and we’re thrilled at the ongoing
agreement.”

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Zenith to launch one-stop online
analysis tool

Independent UK fleet manager Zenith is set to
launch Pulse, a new web-based diagnostic system, providing users
with online real-time data for any element of their fleet from
early next year.

Zenith claims Pulse will enable customers to
calculate the cost-per-mile of any vehicle or driver in their
fleet, project future costs, and benchmark these against other
fleets.

The system will comprise Zenith’s previous
management intelligence – vehicle orders, maintenance, accident
management, finance and payroll – along with delivery status,
CO2 emissions, terminations, excess mileage, accident
statistics, expenditure, fines and other information from one
single business database.

Every transaction managed by Zenith will be
recorded by Pulse and made available to users for instant
cross-matching and analysis, drawing on information from the 700m
miles of fleet travel that Zenith manages every year.

Pulse was developed in-house by Zenith over
the past six months and will be available in a choice of tabular
and graphic formats, also accessible from tablet devices and
smartphones.

 

ALD and Ford win ACFO
awards

The annual Association of Car Fleet Operators
(ACFO) awards saw Ford of Britain walk away with four wins from the
seven categories, but ALD Automotive crowned Fleet Service Company
of the Year.

The Ford Focus was named Fleet Car of the Year
for the first time since 2004, the Ford Transit Connect van
retained the Small Van of the Year title for the ninth time in
succession, and the Ford Transit won the Large Van of the Year
award for the 15th time, which it last won in 2008.

The Focus Driver Assistance Pack, an optional
bundle of high-tech safety features, completed Ford’s good night,
taking home the Fleet Safety Initiative award.

BMW’s EfficientDynamics systems, designed to
give drivers greater efficiency, won the Environmental Initiative
award for the second year running, while the Volkswagen Golf 1.6
TDI BlueMotion was named Green Vehicle of the Year with a fuel
economy of 74.3mpg and CO2 emissions of 99g/km.

Full results:

Fleet Safety Initiative of the
Year
Winner – Ford
Focus Driver Assistance Pack
Shortlist – DVLA Licence Checking, Mercedes-Benz for in-car safety
systems, ALD Automotive ProFleet2

Fleet Service Company of the
Year
Winner – ALD
Automotive
Shortlist – Marshall Leasing, Lex Autolease, LeasePlan

Environmental Initiative of the
Year
Winner – BMW
EfficientDynamics
Shortlist – ‘From A to B: The ACFO Guide to UK Journey Planning’,
Bosch Stop-Start systems, ALD Automotive ProFleet2

Small Van of the Year
Winner – Ford Transit Connect
Shortlist – Volkswagen Caddy, Citroen Berlingo, Mercedes Vito,
Peugeot Bipper

Large Van of the
Year
Winner – Ford
Transit
Shortlist – Mercedes Sprinter, Vauxhall Movano, Vauxhall Vivaro,
Fiat Ducato

Green Vehicle of the
Year
Winner –
Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion
Shortlist – BMW 3 Series, Nissan Leaf, Volvo V50 DRIVe, Vauxhall
EcoFlex range 

Fleet Car of the Year
Winner – Ford Focus
Shortlist – BMW 3 Series, Volkswagen Passat, Volkswagen Golf, Skoda
Octavia

richard.brown@vrlfinancialnews.com