With ongoing cash flow constraints, and faced with the rising cost of vehicles, more operators are turning to finance and leasing options. John Challen examines the options
Finance & Leasing
The tyre industry is not one to stand still. John Challen discovers a new generation of rubber for commercial vehicle fleets set to bring benefits in efficiency and longevity
Tyres & Retreads
Five top-of-the-range DAF CF and Volvo FMX 8x4 tippers, recently delivered to Alan Skip Hire (ASH), have all been specified with Hyva FC137 tipping cylinders and Boweld bodies.
Tippers
The man tasked with keeping all of Gateshead Council's 325 commercial vehicles on the road has been declared the best transport manager in the UK.
People
ATS Euromaster has written to 38 of the largest van and car manufacturers in the UK, urging them to offer customers a choice of summer or winter tyres when ordering factory-built vehicles.
Tyres & Retreads
They might be new to the Volkswagen Group, but trainees and apprentices from MAN are making an impact at their parent company.
Apprenticeships
Having recently bought four Mercedes-Benz New Actros tractor units, Peter Green Chilled has just placed an order for six more.
Tractor Units
Towergate Insurance has entered into a three-year agreement with RAC to provide commercial motor and small business insurance under the RAC brand.
Finance & Leasing
A Mercedes-Benz Axor 6x2 truck, mounted with an Andover Trailers plant body, with double-cranked beavertail and fuel-saving fold-forward ramps, is the latest addition to Ermin Plant Hire's fleet.
Rigids
A Movano caged tipper has been designed and built, following a joint development between vehicle manufacturer Vauxhall and conversion outfit VFS.
Light Commercial Vehicles
German trailer manufacturer Fliegl is to install Haldex's Trailer Emergency Module (TEM) on its semi-trailers as standard in series production from the beginning of 2013.
Couplings
Hazardous chemicals distribution specialist Allan Booth Haulage, which recently bought its first Mercedes-Benz New Actros as part of a drive to reduce its fuel bills, says it is working.
Tankers