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Road safety and the ability to check the performance and health of vehicles in real-time will be the biggest benefits of connected cars, say company car and private drivers.

Britain has been revealed as a nation of hidden business fleets, with one third of British drivers who drive as part of their job uninsured for business miles, according to research from telematics company Masternaut.

Leeds-based Ctrack helped deliver a successful Grand Départ of the Tour de France by providing an advanced vehicle tracking solution over the race weekend.

TomTom Telematics has revealed that at the end of the second quarter it had 395,000 subscriptions, a 47% year-on-year growth, and as of this week, it now has more than 30,000 customers and 400,000 vehicles subscribed to its Software as a Service.

Tracker is launching ‘Tracker Vision Sprint’, adding to the Tracker Vision product by enabling fleets that do not require every vehicle to be constantly monitored to switch their Garmin-Supported Tracker units between vehicles.

Development at vehicle-tracking specialist Quartix continues with the launch of its new UK website, now live at www.quartix.net.

Ashwoods Lightfoot has signed a new deal with Disvent Ingenieros, a well-established supplier of satellite communication systems and other electronic equipment to the Spanish marine industry.

North West Media Services (NWMS) has fitted a Touchstar a tracking and telematics solution, to help the organisation to monitor and manage its entire fleet of commercial vehicles.

Self-employed neighbourhood couriers at Yodel are reporting fuel and time savings thanks to a trial of web-based scheduling technology from Route Monkey.

Event data recorders (EDRs), often known as ‘black boxes’, could become critical in further improving work-related road safety.

Mike Rees, managing director, Drive Alive UK, looks at road training.

Masternaut has launched the MT400 telematics hub which has been designed for Masternaut’s Connect platform.

Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) has downsized its fleet by 15%, and reduced insurance claims by 25%, since introducing Tracker Fleet.

TomTom Telematics’ technology has been chosen by Alllianz France to underpin its new motor insurance offer.

Express courier Crossflight has improved its customer service delivery through the development of a logistics system underpinned by TomTom Telematics technology.

Enigma Telematics has confirmed it has merged with Viasat Group, the largest independently-owned Italian telematics provider.

O’Donovan Waste Disposal, a waste management company, is investing £80,000 in telematics monitoring equipment for its vehicles to help deliver improved driver performance in terms of safety and the environment.

BJB Lift Trucks is using Masternaut’s fleet management solution to monitor the location of its fleet and distribute workloads accordingly.

Kwik Fit has installed telematics devices in its entire 200-strong fleet of mobile vans with the dual aim of further improving driver behaviour on the road and boosting customer service to even higher levels via operating efficiency improvements.

Fleets operating in London face a 15% price hike from today as the congestion charge increases from £10 to £11.50 a day.

Trakm8 will be exhibiting its operational service tool, Trakm8 Logistics at the Service Management Expo which runs from June 17-19 at London’s ExCel.

A Berlingo van has just become the 100,000th Citroën LCV to be fitted with the Teletrac telematics package.

Ashwoods Lightfoot has launched a new option to its in-cab driver efficiency product, Lightfoot.

Microlise has launched a real time driver performance management app, that presents information from the company's telematics system.

Growth equity investor Summit Partners and FleetCor Technologies has acquired Masternaut Group Holdings from Francisco Partners for an undisclosed sum.

How a company manages its mobile workforce and resources is critical to its performance and ultimately its profitability, experts suggest.

A growing number of small to medium-sized businesses are beginning to appreciate the benefits telematics can bring.

Tracker has partnered with Redcaps Security Solutions to launch Road Guardian, for fleet and corporate clients.

HBE Risk Management has invested in the latest fleet tracking technology by Tracker, with the aim of enhancing fleet efficiency, meeting duty of care obligations and improving customer service.

A free forum organised by Cardinus Risk Management aims to provide valuable advice and information for anybody with responsibility for at-work drivers and managing vehicle fleet risk.

Trakm8 have exhibited their EcoN product at the Private Hire and Taxi Exhibition.

Blu3, a London-based civil engineering company, is to introduce TomTom Telematics' Webfleet system as part of measures in place to achieve Freight Operator Recognition Scheme silver status.

TomTom Telematics will power a new fleet management service in Spain for leasing company Northgate Flexible Renting to help its customers cut fleet running costs.

Opel is developing technology aimed at increasing efficiency and safety in urban transport, while will appear in future Vauxhall cars.

Berkshire-based Rabbits Vehicle Hire says it has witnessed a dramatic decline in ‘dubious rentals and unsavoury clientele’ after publically displaying its vehicle tracking system.

Vehicle telematics provider Risk Technology has partnered with Chipin, a new insurance company, to launch a Usage Based Insurance (UBI) and telematics service in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

DriverConnex has secured ERDF funding for a new telematics app.

Trakm8 has been appointed the sole telematics supplier of self-install devices to Direct Line Group for the recently launched Direct Line DrivePlus Plug-in device.

Tracker has appointed Andrew Barrs as its new police relationship officer.

Most fleet operators are convinced technology will bring an end to speeding, a poll on the comparison website TrackCompare.co.uk has revealed.