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Carillion launch fuel trial

Carillion has launched a six-month trial to recycle waste cooking oil into vehicle fuel at Catterick Garrison.

£30m for Green Buses

England's bus fleet will be helped to go green thanks to a new £30 million fund to encourage the purchase of low carbon buses.

Fleet managers warned on insurance

Finance and fleet managers must be aware of the hidden dangers in the procurement of motor fleet insurance, warns insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT).

Four win electric car contracts

Transport secretary Andrew Adonis has announced the four companies who will begin supplying low carbon and all-electric vans to selected public sector organisations later in the year.

Ove Arup to lead low carbon car research

Consultant Ove Arup has been appointed to lead a low-carbon car project in Birmingham and Coventry.

Tees Valley to get £62m bus upgrade

Tees Valley is to benefit from a £62m upgrade to help improve its local bus network, Transport Minister Sadiq Khan announced today.

Abnormal load site goes live

Phase Three of the Highways Agency’s Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads (ESDAL) service went live today(23 June).

New smart ambulance developed

Smart Pod’, ideas for the ambulance of the future - was unveiled to the NHS and the healthcare industry at the NHS Innovation Expo in London.

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Porsche feels the recession

Hopes that the world's richest car company Porsche (it made more last year from stock trading than making cars) could avoid the recession have been dashed.

UK car production continues to drop

Car production in Britain fell 43% in May from a year earlier, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has shown.

Consultation on lorry and trailer testing

The Driving Standards Agency today unveiled plans to improve the test for drivers of lorries and other large vehicles which tow trailers.

van buyers can go go green

Van buyers will find it easier to cut emissions and save money due to a new van CO2 data base launched by Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis today.