Bristol Water has signed a new four-year agreement with Peugeot for a fleet of cars and light commercial vehicles, including 18 New Expert vans.
Light Commercial Vehicles
A new service has launched offering operators the ability to check driver licences, with discounts for members of FORS (the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme).
Driver / People Management
Michelin has unveiled a new £10 million European distribution centre (EDC) at its Stoke-on-Trent logistics facility.
Tyres & Retreads
Infrastructure services business FM Conway has taken delivery of a custom designed centre-balanced drawbar trailer from Andover Trailers to transport asphalt chip spreaders to site.
Trailers
Marlin Environmental Services has taken delivery of a new Volvo FE 6x2 rear-steer tanker with an ADR-compliant, vacuum sludge tanker.
ADR Vehicles
Organisers of Coach & Bus UK (4-5 October; NEC, Birmingham) are promising that the 2017 event will be the best yet, with exhibition space almost sold out.
Bus & Coach
Industrial Water Jetting Systems (IWJS) has signed with Vacu-Lug for a full tyre management service for its 230-strong mixed fleet of vans, trucks and cars.
Tyres & Retreads
Gray & Adams had a royal appointment recently, when HRH Prince Charles visited the trailer manufacturer’s Fraserburgh headquarters as part of the company’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Breakdown and recovery business Dynes Auto Services has taken delivery of three 14-tonne Iveco Eurocargo 4x2 rigids, citing engine reliability and Hi-SCR technology as reasons for their selection.
Rigids
Chris Harris has won Sainsbury’s driver of the year competition, picking up a trophy and the keys to a next-generation Scania R450 truck to use for the next four years.
Driver / People Management
Glastonbury-based Avalon Coaches has taken delivery of two Irizar i6 integrals, saying the vehicles’ DAF engines clinched the deal after “outstanding performance” from its first DAF-engined coach.
Engine/Transmission Management
National postal operator Whistl has taken delivery of 42 new rigid truck bodies from Tiger Trailers, after visiting the manufacturer’s Winsford factory and seeing a product “perfect” for its needs.
Bodies & Bodywork