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16/04/2018
Lancashire-based office furniture manufacturer Senator has taken delivery of new drawbar trailers and demount bodies from Tiger Trailers, to help boost efficiency for inner city deliveries.
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16/04/2018
DAF dealer Imperial Commercials reopened its Wellsbourne Park, Warwick site last week (9 April) exactly one month after a serious fire at an adjacent business.
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16/04/2018
Road marking business WJ UK has taken delivery of the UK’s first 18-tonne Volvo FL with factory-fitted crew cab, after positive experience with a 16-tonne version.
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13/04/2018
Allison Transmission has expanded its UK service network with the appointment of two new partners.
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13/04/2018
Volvo Trucks has announced that the first vehicles from its new FL Electric range have gone into operation with two customers in Gothenburg.
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13/04/2018
Nottingham-based tipper operator Oakfield Plant & Transport has taken delivery of four new Scania vehicles fitted with Loadmaster Lite bodies, by Thompsons.
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12/04/2018
The government has announced that all electric vans registered before 1 March 2015 will now require an MOT.
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12/04/2018
Hull-based Ashcourt Group is reporting cost savings of 20% after switching to a tyre management contract with Continental.
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12/04/2018
Dumfriesshire-based forestry haulier WD & A Haley has taken delivery of two Range T520 tag axle tractors, its first vehicles of this type.
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11/04/2018
Aberdeen City Council has taken delivery of a hydrogen dual-fuel roadsweeper – said to be the first of its kind in the world.
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11/04/2018
Priden Engineering has been acquired by Elaghmore Partners, a private equity firm, for an undisclosed “multi-million pound” sum.
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11/04/2018
Commercial vehicle leasing business Fraikin has announced that all 74 of its maintenance technicians in the UK have achieved level two of irtec, the technician safety and competence accreditation established by the Institute of Road ...
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10/04/2018
Fleet operator association ACFO has released a five-point action plan to help operators to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect on 25 May.
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10/04/2018
Refuse collection vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle hosted an open day last month (22 March) to mark the official opening of its new Leeds service centre.
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10/04/2018
A Rutherglen-based food and drink supplier has been suspended from running vehicles this month, after it was found to have put business matters ahead of vehicle safety.
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10/04/2018
Flintshire-based Hollingsworth Bros has taken delivery of a new 26-tonne, Volvo FE-320 rigid equipped with Cheesewedge plant body, built by Sterling.
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09/04/2018
Family-owned builders’ merchant Lawsons has taken delivery of its first natural gas-powered truck – a 26-tonne Stralis NP, from IVECO.
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09/04/2018
DAF Trucks unveiled its New CF Construction FAD eight-wheeler dedicated mixer chassis at last month’s UK Concrete Show 2018 (21-22 March; NEC, Birmingham), with the manufacturer declaring the vehicle “hits the bullseye” for construction ...
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09/04/2018
NHS Trust Leeds Teaching Hospitals has deployed the web-based Ctrack telematics solution for its 32-strong van fleet.
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06/04/2018
Falkirk-based Finewood Joinery has taken delivery of two new vehicles for its fleet, supplied on contract hire by Fraikin.
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06/04/2018
Willenhall-based supply chain business Aspray24 has taken delivery of six MAN TGE vans – the operator’s first from the manufacturer – saying the vehicles “rival anything on the market”.
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06/04/2018
The government has announced that operators of volumetric concrete mixers will be subject to the same regulations as HGV operators, starting from September 2018.
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05/04/2018
Imperial Commercials executive Matt Lawrenson has been appointed as its managing director. Lawrenson, 47, joined Imperial Commercials in 2002 as financial controller.
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05/04/2018
News comes in this month from four suppliers of components for commercial vehicle bodybuilding
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05/04/2018
Tarmac subcontractor Heathrow Haulage has become the 250th company to achieve FORS Gold accreditation, increasing its mpg by almost 5% in just six months.
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