bluelight
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Fleet industry news 22 Oct 2020BlueLight Commercial to buy 8,000-plus police vehicles
Procurement company BlueLight Commercial is looking to buy more than 8,000 vehicles for police forces across England and Wales.
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Manufacturer news 22 May 2020Coronavirus: Ford keeps specialist blue-light fleets moving
Ford Special Vehicle Projects (SVP) is providing essential support to the nation’s blue-light fleets as they battle the Coronavirus.
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Manufacturer news 6 May 2020Coronavirus: Skoda supports blue-light fleets
Skoda UK has, where possible, loaned vehicles from its own blue-light fleet at no cost, to help plug gaps during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Fleet industry news 26 Feb 2020Blue-light fleet sales at Skoda up 75%
Emergency services sales increased by 75% in 2019 compared to the previous year at Skoda, with nearly 800 models sold.
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Manufacturer news 16 Jul 2018Volvo XC90 chosen as response cars by Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Service
Two blue-light-converted Volvo XC90s have been chosen to provide the ground response for Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Service.
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Fleet News Award Winners 31 Jan 2017South East Coast Ambulance Service: ‘Telematics will change the culture of the organisation’
Secamb has stripped a lot of cost from the fleet and improved efficiencies. Now its focus is on driver culture, says John Griffiths
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Environment news 20 Dec 2016Avon and Somerset Police adds Nissan Leafs to fleet
Avon and Somerset Constabulary have added two Nissan Leafs to its general purpose fleet.
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Manufacturer news 18 Nov 2016Vauxhall moves its bluelight conversion factory in-house
More than 2,000 turnkey cars and vans will now be produced at Luton plant
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Fleet Profiles 26 Oct 2016Gwent Police: You don’t need a technical background
The force is with Julie Reynolds in more ways than one. Some 13 years ago she became the UK’s first female police fleet manager.
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Fleet Profiles 17 Aug 2016London Fire Brigade: Car fleet goes electric
What started with a Plugged-in Fleets Initiative led to a roll-out of electric vehicles to all frontline cars. And vans are next.
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Telematics 5 Aug 2016Public sector: ‘Telematics helped us cut our fuel use by 27% a year’
Police fleets are increasingly adopting telematics to cut costs in the face of austerity. Andrew Ryan asks two police fleet operators how the technology has helped them
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Fleet News Award Winners 14 Jul 2016Better together: combining two police fleets is a winner
Amalgamating has enabled better vehicle utilisation, a telematics roll-out and the sharing of good practice
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Fleet industry news 6 Jun 2016NAPFM bluelight exhibition opens
The National Association of Police Fleet Managers' Emergency Fleet Exhibition is to take place again this week.
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Manufacturer news 3 Jun 2016Škoda creates flexible finance solution for 'bluelight' fleets
Škoda UK has created a ‘flexible solution’ for emergency services fleets, which allows vehicles to be financed rather than being bought outright.
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Fleet industry news 12 May 2016West Midlands Ambulance uses Terraclean
West Midlands Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust has introduced Terraclean engine cleaning technology as a preventative maintenance measure across its fleet.
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Industry Profiles 24 Mar 2016Vauxhall: Procurement ‘super deal’ to save police fleets up to £7m
Vauxhall Special Vehicle Operations will handle 2,000 bluelight conversions over two years as part of an overall contract worth £100m. Christopher Smith reports
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Manufacturer news 13 Jan 20161,100 Ford vehicles in police fleet deal
Ford is to supply 1,100 vehicles to UK police fleets from this year as part of wins in two group buying tenders.
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Fleet industry news 17 Aug 2015North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust to purchase more than 60 new vehicles
Commissioners have approved the provision of funds for North West Ambulance Service to purchase new ambulances, rapid response vehicles and emergency vehicles.
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Fleet industry news 21 Jul 2015Skoda secures fleet contract with South East Coast Ambulance Service
South East Coast Ambulance Service will deploy Skoda Octavias as front-line rapid response vehicles across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North-East Hampshire.
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Manufacturer news 15 Jun 2015New Skoda Fabia kitted out in police livery
The new Skoda Fabia has been seen in police livery for the first time at the NAPFM conference.
