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11/02/2013
Ready mix concrete supplier Free Flow Concrete has taken delivery of its first Renault truck: a Kerax 430.32 8x4, with the Optidriver+ automated transmission.
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11/02/2013
Mercedes-Benz's new Atego truck, which caters for the 6.5 to 16-tonne gvw short-radius distribution sector, has now been launched with a new drive system.
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11/02/2013
Cummins Turbo Technologies has developed virtual turbocompound simulation system capable of reducing the complexity of engine turbocompound matching from months to weeks.
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08/02/2013
More than three quarters of vans will avoid Type Approval on modifications, and the associated costs, after the SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) highlighted issues to the DfT (Department for Transport).
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08/02/2013
A licence-holder who did not fulfil his role as transport manager has been told by deputy traffic commissioner Mary Kane that his repute is "very badly damaged".
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08/02/2013
Construction, infrastructure and facilities management group Morgan Sindall, which signed a deal for more than 550 rental vehicles from Northgate Vehicle Hire, says it is also seeing significant operational benefits since going live with ...
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07/02/2013
Bus and coach technicians wanting to enter the IRTE Skills Challenge 2013 have until the end of February 2013 to enter.
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07/02/2013
The local authority for the Suffolk towns of Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill has stood down a Mercedes-Benz Econic that dates back to 2000.
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07/02/2013
Vacu-Lug has extended its products and services with the acquisition of the Tyre Equipment Company, which provides equipment from air tools and impact wrenches to valves and accessories.
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07/02/2013
Trakm8 has completed what it calls "a comprehensive feature update" on its ECOn fuel saver range, which now provides more information, such as driving behaviour feedback.
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06/02/2013
BT Fleet has won a new deal with Network Rail to provide fleet management for one of the UK's biggest and most complex commercial vehicle fleets.
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06/02/2013
Volvo Trucks is reporting that nine out of 10 accidents involving trucks are a result of human failings.
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06/02/2013
First Scotland East has been certified to ISO 9001, the management system accreditation, with a focus on customer service.
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06/02/2013
Arriva Southern Counties has added to its door-forward Wrightbus StreetLites by taking an 11.5-metre StreetLite Max into the fleet for use initially at its Tunbridge Wells, Kent, depot.
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05/02/2013
Remanufactured Systems – which recently introduced what are believed to be the first two-year warranty brake callipers for trucks and buses – says that joining the Federation of Automotive Remanufacturers (FAR) has helped open doors.
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05/02/2013
This year's Commercial Vehicle Show (9—11 April at the NEC in Birmingham) will see the return of the Cool Pavilion.
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05/02/2013
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles says it is helping to make customers' lives easier this year, but protecting them against maintenance price rises.
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05/02/2013
Plastows Coaches has added to its growing fleet by investing in a third new Volvo B9R Jonckheere coach.
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04/02/2013
Motor Wheel Service Distribution has taken the issue of commercial vehicle wheel safety to the European Parliament.
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04/02/2013
Continental Tyres is to unveil the company's first ever dedicated bus and coach tyres at the CV Show in Birmingham (9—11 April 2013), as well as its ContiVanContact van tyres and new tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), ...
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04/02/2013
MAN Truck & Bus UK's main truck centre in Sheffield (HRVS) has become the first commercial vehicle dealer workshop in the UK to attain A+ status as part of the IRTE's new Workshop Accreditation.
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04/02/2013
West Yorkshire-based Dyson Energy Services has grown its domestic heating division with the addition of 20 new Iveco Daily 35S11 vans.
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04/02/2013
A 'Phase 2' version of Renault's second-generation Kangoo van has been launched by the French manufacturer, covering from Kangoo Van and Maxi, to Kangoo Van ZE and Kangoo Maxi ZE.
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01/02/2013
Farid European Group, one of Europe's fastest growing RCV (refuse collection vehicle) and tanker producers, has acquired Heil Europe.
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01/02/2013
Pharmaceutical company Thornton & Ross has purchased a pair of DAF CF rigids, citing dealer support, as much as the vehicles, as a key factor in its choice.
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