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Regulator bins licences of Porthmadog Skip Hire

The owners of Porthmadog Skip Hire have been banned from running heavy goods vehicles indefinitely, after they were found to have stored waste illegally.

Transport CPC
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Scania multi tasks for Surrey Fire & Rescue

Surrey Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) has taken delivery of a new driver-training vehicle, based on a Scania P 320 DB4x2 chassis, which is able to fulfil three distinct roles – conventional truck...

Emergency Service Vehicles
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Cullimore Group builds for the future with Lloyds Bank

Aggregate and transport business The Cullimore Group is opening a new quarry and has added a total of seven new vehicles to its fleet, with the help of Lloyds Bank’s commercial banking division.

Finance & Leasing
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Iveco expands DriveAway line-up

Iveco has expanded the line-up of vehicles available through its DriveAway ready-bodied service, promising operators faster delivery times, lower costs and higher residuals.

Heavy Goods Vehicles
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First seven converters qualify for Ford vehicle modifier scheme

Ford has announced the first seven converters accredited to its Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) programme.

Light Commercial Vehicles
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New Optare Metrocity for Safeguard Coaches

Guildford-based operator Safeguard Coaches has taken delivery of its latest Optare Metrocity, which has been named after long-serving employee Linda Chambers, who retires after 28 years with the firm.

Bus & Coach
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Clarity needed on autonomous vehicles, say insurers

British insurers are warning about the potential dangers of ‘autonomous ambiguity’, as vehicles with different levels of autonomy, or driverless technology, increasingly become a feature of UK roads.

Road Safety
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Johnston Fuels drives efficiency gains with Mercedes-Benz Uptime

Tanker operator Johnston Fuels says it is “delighted” with the Mercedes-Benz Uptime system, specified on its latest vehicle, declaring it to be “breakthrough” technology for keeping vehicles on the...

Fleet Management Systems
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Regulator refuses to return vehicle to Welsh plant hire firm

Barry-based plant hire firm SWR (Wales) has failed in its bid to have a vehicle returned after it was impounded for illegal operation.

Standards & Practices
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Gas-powered truck trial takes to the road

Six of the UK’s major fleet operators are about to road test the latest gas-powered HGVs.

Alternative Fuels
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Volvo the narrow winner for United Utilities

United Utilities has taken delivery of a low height Volvo FM-460 drawbar tanker, after an extensive specification exercise including the use of a full-size Styrofoam model of the cab.

Heavy Goods Vehicles
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Arriva North West gets the measure of Mellor’s Strata

Arriva North West has taken delivery of nine Mellor Strata Low Floor buses, with the smaller vehicle chosen for its capacity on short distance routes around Macclesfield and Winsford.

Bus & Coach