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08/11/2011
Solus Coaches has taken delivery of two Volvo B9R coaches with Plaxton Panther bodies.
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08/11/2011
Anglian Home Improvements is keeping its house in order by replacing all 650 of its vans with fuel-efficient, Euro 5 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters.
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07/11/2011
Volvo Trucks and independent dealer group Crossroads have successfully completed a four-month assessment by ASDA – and taken orders for 250 Volvo trucks.
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07/11/2011
The Volkswagen Group has taken a further decisive step towards an integrated commercial vehicles group, consisting of MAN, Scania and Volkswagen.
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04/11/2011
Bath-based Regency Laundry & Dry Cleaning has just replaced its Mercedes-Benz Sprinters with six new Mercedes vans, from Westbury dealer Rygor Commercials.
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04/11/2011
Keltruck's West Bromwich flagship site, at M5 Junction 1, has achieved ISO 9001 accreditation, covering all aspects of its services, from new and used commercial vehicle sales, through service parts, bodyshop and end of life recycling.
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03/11/2011
Transit Connect Electric has found favour with residents of the UK's greenest community at Unity Gardens, in Long Sutton in Lincolnshire, after showing it can cost less than £50 annually to power Ford's light commercial vehicle.
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03/11/2011
The strength, reliability and durability for which Roger Dyson recovery equipment is well known was underscored at a recent auction prompted by the closure of South Wales operator Dragon Rescue.
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02/11/2011
Ellistown, Leicestershire-based car and light commercial vehicle transporters Mobile Services has taken its fourth new Volvo truck, an FM11-330 6x2 rigid.
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02/11/2011
Renault's Kangoo Van ZE range, priced from £16,990, will be available to order in the UK from next month December 2011), but is already proving a hit in the manufacturer's home country.
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02/11/2011
The Megalux LED light may have been developed by Labcraft with the refrigerated vehicle market in mind, but the company is now offering it for all commercial vehicle lighting applications.
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02/11/2011
With production now in full swing at Optare's new Sherburn-in-Elmet factory, a major new chapter in the history of the British bus manufacturing begins – while another ends as the gates at the company's Crossgates works in Leeds are closed.
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01/11/2011
Thanks to their manoeuvrability and payload, two new Volvo FM tridem eight-wheelers that recently joined GLW Feeds' 30-strong fleet are improving the efficiency of delivering bulk feed to farmers.
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01/11/2011
Continental Tyres has promoted Tracey Hyem from brand manager for passenger car tyres to commercial marketing manager.
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31/10/2011
In what is being pitched as a conquest deal for Renault Trucks, one of East Anglia's leading fresh produce merchants, D&F McCarthy, has taken delivery of three Renault Midlums into its Iveco-dominated fleet of 18 trucks and vans.
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31/10/2011
Just-in-time delivery firm GBA Services has completed the first phase of an ambitious fleet replacement programme, with the arrival of 20 new, fuel-efficient Mercedes-Benz vans.
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31/10/2011
Citroën's new Five Star, 'business class' Euro 5 LCV programme includes its e-HDi Airdream micro-hybrid drivetrain for the new diesel-powered vans.
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28/10/2011
Evesham-based Cotswold Roller Hire has taken delivery of a 26 tonne Mercedes-Benz Axor 6x2 rigid, mounted with an Andover Trailers plant body, with single crank beavertail.
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28/10/2011
MID UK Recycling has added two Scania complete skiploaders to its waste and recyclable materials collection fleet.
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28/10/2011
Trials of Continental winter tyres fitted on British Gas's car-derived vans have proved their worth.
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27/10/2011
DAF Trucks has reached the milestone of 500 technicians accredited by irtec (the IRTE's technician accreditation programme) since becoming the first truck manufacturer to adopt the scheme throughout its dealer network.
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27/10/2011
A car transporter manufacturer from Essex is reducing its customer's running costs by decreasing tyre wear and fuel consumption.
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27/10/2011
Bibby Distribution has bought 75 tri-axle curtainsider trailers, from Cartwright, for one of its major retail customers – and is planning for many more.
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26/10/2011
Spalding-based chilled food distributor Freshlinc has taken delivery of 25 new reefers from Schmitz Cargobull.
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26/10/2011
The new Ranger "has been designed to look powerful from every angle, echoing the toughness and capability a pickup is geared to deliver," according to Ford.
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