C M Downton Ltd has made a significant investment in a new in-cab telematics system for its 500-strong vehicle fleet. The new transport management system, by leading developer Microlise, is being rolled out across Downton’s entire fleet along with a new tablet personal computer for each cab. This new system will allow drivers to be…
Read newsIn an interview in this month’s Transport & Logistics Magazine, Carlsberg’s National Fleet Compliance Manager, Phil Thompson, highlights the effect that Microlise telematics has had on it’s fleet and the knock on effect it’s had on Carlsberg’s CSR programme. Carlsberg have achieved a 4.8% fuel and carbon emissions saving in year 1 of implementing the…
Read newsMicrolise, the leading Transport Management, Telematics and ePOD solution provider, announce the general release of their new SmartPOD Proof of Delivery mobile application. SmartPOD is Microlise’s first POD app for Android smartphone devices, aimed at providing an affordable pay-as-you-go POD solution to 4PLs and sub-contractors alike. The application can be downloaded free of charge from…
Read newsWhen our staff take it upon themselves to get involved in local community projects and youth sports, we do our best to actively encourage it. As a result, Microlise are proud shirt sponsors of Kenilworth Wardens under 16’s football club.
Read newsA stolen JCB fitted with a tracking device has been found eight miles away hidden in woods off the A46 in Market Rasen. The £45,000 to £50,000 JCB loader – which was fitted with a LiveLink satellite tracking device – was stolen from a farm off High Street, Caenby, in the early hours of the…
Read newsWELCOME TO 2013 – and welcome to the good times, at least for some! December’s Trucking Britain highlights operators in a broadly positive frame of mind. Nearly half of the survey respondents (42%) expect volumes to increase in profit, while only 14% expect a decrease in volumes and 21% a decrease in profit. The analysis…
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