Agricultural retailer and crop marketing firm Wynnstay has taken delivery of three new Renault Premium Lander trucks, fitted with bulk blowing bodies through Renault Trucks distributor Border Trucks.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Sandwich and salad maker Shaw & Lisle says it has found the perfect ingredient in the shape of a fleet of new Mercedes-Benz Sprinters.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Rugby-based Parcels to Ireland has taken delivery of a new Scania truck from Keltruck to replace a Mercedes vehicle in its 10-strong fleet.
Rigids
Northampton-based haulier MAM Transport Services has ordered another 16 Volvo FH-460 tractors and contracted Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia to provide R&M on 14 of its Renault Magnum trucks.
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Recalls
Hadwins, which runs Volkswagen and Audi franchises in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, has taken delivery of a new Dyson Transloader transporter from Roger Dyson Group.
Car Transporters
Brigade Electronics is to phase out beeping tonal alarms over the next two years in favour of a safer alternative that does not cause a noise nuisance.
Security Equipment
Nottingham based RH Commercial Vehicles has extended its Renault Trucks franchise with the opening of a second site in Cossington, Leicester.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Nottinghamshire Transport Consortium has agreed a four-year contract with Vacu-Lug for all commercial vehicle tyres across the nine local authorities it services throughout the county.
Tyres & Retreads
Failure to apply a full risk assessment in the purchase of a commercial vehicle wheel could ultimately lead to a corporate manslaughter charge, should the item fail and cause a catastrophic injury.
Road Safety
A comparative trial between Britain's first viable full-size, battery-powered bus – the Optare Solo EV – and a diesel engine equivalent, could accelerate the introduction of cleaner buses to Britain.
Electric Vehicles
The FTA's (Freight Transport Association) Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS), which was founded in January, has now been launched, with 37 members covering more than 37,000 commercial vehicles.
Green Vehicles