Stephen Briers
Editor-in-Chief at Fleet News
Group editor of Fleet News, Automotive Management and Smart Transport, follower of Bristol Rovers, Bristol Rugby and Deepings Swimming Club
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2 weeks ago |
fleetnews.co.uk | Stephen Briers
Physical, mental and skill-based challenges await teams taking part in The Big Logistics Diversity Challenge 2025. Back for its sixth year, The Big Logistics Diversity Challenge (BLDC) is designed to promote the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion across the logistics industry and the business benefits attained when companies improve diversity. The event takes place on June 26 at Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire, and is supported by Fleet News as a media partner.
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2 weeks ago |
fleetnews.co.uk | Stephen Briers
Tony Stevens has been appointed as interim director at Defra Group Fleet Services, the Government body which manages the fleet for several non-departmental public bodies, including Environment Agency, Natural England, Animal and Plant Health Agency and Rural Payments Agency.
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2 weeks ago |
fleetnews.co.uk | Stephen Briers
Openreach has reached the midpoint in its net zero transition timetable with around 4,200 of its light commercial vehicle now fully electric, rising to 7,000 by the end of the 2025/26 financial year. While 7,000 represents just under 30% of the 25,000-strong van fleet, the BT subsidiary, which manages the copper wires and fibre cables that connect homes and businesses to phone and broadband, has fixed its completion date at March 2031, in consultation with the Science-Based Targets Initiative.
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3 weeks ago |
fleetnews.co.uk | Stephen Briers
Truck technology supplier Microlise could return to the acquisition trail as it seeks to broaden its appeal in the van sector for its route planning and journey management software. Already dominant in the truck sector, monitoring data from more than 230,000 drivers, three-quarters of the UK’s HGV drivers, Microlise boosted its penetration in the van delivery and logistics sectors following the triple purchase of Vita Software in 2023 and Enterprise Software Systems and K-Safe in 2024.
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3 weeks ago |
fleetnews.co.uk | Stephen Briers
Almost six out of 10 van and truck operators at last month’s Microlise transport conference have been impacted by a cybersecurity incident in the past couple of years, according to a snap survey. The implications can be far-reaching and time-consuming to resolve. Paul Crichard, chief information security officer at Serco, pointed to a case he’d been involved in that took a year to settle.
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Big Logistics Diversity Challenge 2025 promotes benefits of diversity and inclusion https://t.co/FfVacTC4TZ
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Hugely enjoyable evening at the @Microlise driver of the year awards. Of 300k HGV drivers in the UK, Microlise monitors >230k - pretty amazing https://t.co/8pD3mL7n2r