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21/09/2011
Stanley Brothers Tippers of Great Harwood has bought four top-spec Thompsons-bodied Scania tipper trucks.
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20/09/2011
MC Truck Rental has added an initial 10 Isuzu commercial vehicles to its existing fleet – a mix of GRP boxes and curtainsiders with tail lifts – to be used primarily in the daily rental market.
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20/09/2011
Heavy duty mobile vehicle lifting equipment supplier Somerstotalkare is investing in an undergraduate who will join the commercial vehicles team in 2015.
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20/09/2011
Take a test drive in a Mercedes-Benz Vito van an as well as helping to support a local charity, you could net a cash prize.
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19/09/2011
Half a million Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro vans have now been built at the Luton assembly line since the first vehicles rolled out 10 years ago.
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19/09/2011
Plymouth-based South West Boat Transport has taken delivery of a custom-built, hi-spec Iveco Eurocargo 230E25T/P artic.
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19/09/2011
The 100,000th DAF LF truck has rolled off the production line, with due celebration by Leyland Trucks.
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16/09/2011
Commercial vehicle fleet services company Fraikin is celebrating a successful first year for its flagship workshop and rental facility in Coventry.
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16/09/2011
Multipart says it is continuing to search for innovative solutions to parts supply problems experienced by owners of the 100,000 LDV vans and minibuses running on Britain's roads.
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15/09/2011
For the first time, David Fox Transport has introduced MAN trucks into its mixed haulage fleet, with two TGX 26.440BLS 6x2 midlift 'Lite' tractors with XLX cabs.
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15/09/2011
Staffordshire-based haulage company Partridge Transport Services is now running its first five low-emission Euro 5 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans.
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15/09/2011
A new report to ensure maintenance compliance for vans and company cars that have dramatically increased or decreased their mileage has been added by CFC Solutions to its fleet management software.
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14/09/2011
Fiat-owned Iveco is to work with BAE Systems on a tender for the supply of 600 marine personnel carrier (MPC) vehicles for the US Marine Corps.
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14/09/2011
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has unveiled new models in each of its three commercial vehicle ranges – Multivan, Amarok and Caddy – at IAA in Frankfurt, Germany.
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14/09/2011
A group of 16 new recruits have embarked on the 2011 graduate training scheme at FirstGroup, more than the Aberdeen-based company has taken on in any other year.
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14/09/2011
Halfords Autocentres has signed up to the 1link Service Network, as a supplier of service and maintenance for light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes.
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13/09/2011
Electric commercial vehicles supplier ePower Trucks launched two new low cost units last week at the grounds man show, IOG Saltex.
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13/09/2011
Following granting of type approval two months ago and technical support from DAF trucks in the UK, Smart-Hitch has launched a system that safely immobilises incorrectly coupled trailers.
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13/09/2011
MAN Lion's City Hybrid has been named best bus in the international OekoGlobe 2011 environmental awards, Vehicle Innovations in Public Transport category.
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12/09/2011
Despite figures showing a sharp spike in the numbers of drivers embarking on Driver CPC training in the first half of 2011, operators are finding it hard to justify the cost of training against the fact that many drivers won't be working ...
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12/09/2011
A retail and fashion logistics provider is deploying an all-electric truck for one of its most important delivery routes in the UK.
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12/09/2011
Stagecoach Group is in the running for a top environmental honour, having being shortlisted in the 2011 Scottish Green awards.
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09/09/2011
Iveco's hybrid Eurocargo truck made its UK debut at the LCV 2011 event this week (7 and 8 September 2011).
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09/09/2011
Volvo has unveiled a mighty 750hp, 3,550Nm version of the FH16 truck to handle the toughest transport tasks – and operators can see it today (Friday 9 September) at Hilton Park and Charnock Richard motorway service areas, and the Lymm and ...
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09/09/2011
Ten 15m-long Plaxton Panthers have joined the coach fleet of Parks of Hamilton, for operation on Parks' own City to City express services.
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