Veolia, Gasrec and Iveco Announce Conclusion of Commercial Trial
Success of Six Month Trial of Compressed Biomethane Fuel in Camden Cage Street Cleansing VehicleIn October 2008, Veolia Environmental Services, the UK’s largest waste management company, Gasrec, the UK’s first commercial producer of compressed biomethane CBM fuel, full range commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco, and vehicle suppliers Stormont Truck & Van, commenced a trial of a CBM-powered street cleansing vehicle in Camden that could drastically reduce society’s reliance on...

L’Oréal And Certpoint Systems Inc. Partner To Deliver Innovative Learning To Over 60,000 Global Employees
...L'Oréal extends its reputation for creativity, performance and innovation into employee training with its ground breaking “My learning” programme...Monday 11th May 2009, CERTPOINT Systems™, a leading provider of corporate training solutions, announced today that L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company, has chosen CERTPOINTVLS™, a global learning technology solution, to help deliver its new employee learning portal. It will be accessible through...

Cenex to Host UK National Biomethane Conference
From waste to transport fuel, a two-day event to be held in LoughboroughLondon, 11 May 2009 – Cenex, the UK’s Centre of Excellence in Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, will host a two-day conference on biomethane between the 3-4th June 2009 at Loughborough University’s Holywell Park. The conference, sponsored by Chesterfield BioGas and Greenlane Biogas, will showcase expertise covering the production of biomethane from organic waste, management of transport fleets and insights...

I-Spy... A Volkswagen Van: Brits Go Crazy For Driving Holidays And Campervans
The May Bank Holiday is nearly here and the British public are ready to experience the independence, fun and freedom of a motoring holiday, with one in five people saying they will hit the roads and take a driving holiday this year according to a survey by Volkswagen campervans.  The findings also showed that more than half of Brits are planning to stay in so-called ‘no-tels’ – anything other than a hotel or apartment – and are intending to take more spontaneous and...

Volkswagen Wins Biggest Fleet Order Ever For 5,300 Caddy Vans
The durability and competitive whole life costs of the Volkswagen Caddy van, together with the professional support from its Corporate Fleet team, have won Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles its biggest fleet order ever for 5,300 vehicles. Following a formal and rigorous tender process, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is delighted to announce that British Gas, which already has a fleet of one thousand Caddy vans, has ordered an additional 5,300 identical vehicles as part of its fleet replacement...

Pitney Bowes Business Insight Sponsors World Charity Drive
Location intelligence leader sponsors 36,000 mile drive in a 1978 Austin Mini to raise money for charity  Windsor, UK —April 21, 2009—Pitney Bowes Business Insight NYSE:PBI, global providers of location and communication intelligence software, data and services, is to be the lead sponsor for a  charity drive around the world that aims to raise money for Cancer Research UK, Help for Heroes and Great Ormond Street.  Pitney Bowes Business Insight is donating $10,000 towards the...

Royal Mail, CENEX, PostEurop and FuelCellEurope Join Forces To Accelerate Development Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Postal Vans
Loughborough, 27 March 2009Royal Mail, the postal operating authority for the United Kingdom is working with CENEX, PostEurop, the association of European public postal operators, and FuelCellEurope, the European association of fuel cell developers to develop a universal design specification for hydrogen fuel cell postal vans. Once a draft design specification has been developed Royal Mail intends to share the design brief with all the other European postal operators for input in order for it to be...

Limited Edition scale model of The Who Magic Bus-branded VW Transporter Joins Volkswagen Merchandise Range.
A limited edition, 1:43 scale model of a unique 1965, split-screen Volkswagen Transporter van with special The Who Magic Bus branding will be available to order online at www.volkswagenmerchandise.co.uk or from the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles network of dedicated  The Who Magic Bus Volkswagen Transporter van was created for a fundraising competition last year organised by UK charity Teenage Cancer Trust TCT and legendary British rock band, The Who.  Only 1,000 of the 1:43 scale die-cast...

Volkswagen Caddy To Return To The Track For More Success
Following its best-ever track results in 2008, hopes are high that the coming season of the Volkswagen Racing Cup might provide even greater success for the world's only racing van – the VW Caddy TDI. The crowd-pleasing Caddy van will be back in the hands of its regular pilot, Peter Wyhinny, for the 2009 season, and with some fine-tuning in the workshops of Volkswagen Racing UK, he hopes to improve on the three podium finishes the turbodiesel van delivered last year. 'The Caddy is now...

Telmap introduces the world’s first personalised location companion
- Telmap5 will set a new standard in mobile location services - London, 16 February, 2009:  Telmap, the world leader in mobile location services, today unveiled Telmap5, an innovative solution for location based services. Telmap5 addresses a number of key challenges facing the industry today, in as much as personalising the user experience, and providing a service that moves beyond the experience of in-car and pedestrian navigation. Telmap5 becomes the world’s first truly personalised...