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▪ Prudential has increased the no-claims bonus available on its PruTruck insurance policy for commercial vehicles by up to 15%.
Current no-claims discounts have been increased by 5% and a fifth year has been added, giving a maximum discount of 55%.
Contact (0707) 384233.
Service centre
• Irving Transport .Services is setting up a new division in Newcastle to service fleet trucks up to 17 tonnes. It will be called Commercial Services and is scheduled to open on Saturday (1 February).
The company has maintained and serviced its own fleet for 10 years and says that it is now "passing on its expertise to the industry".
Irving says its charges will be substantially lower than main dealer networks.
Contact 091-488 5400.
Getting the message
• Securicor Datatrak has enhanced its Datatrak vehicle location service with the launch of an "intelligent status keypad" which can send up to 255 pre-programmed messages.
In addition to automatically generated location data vehicles can now relay more accurate information about their situation such as "refuelling" or "caught in traffic".
Contact (0793) 722549.