A Kelso-based housebuilding firm has been suspending from using commercial vehicles for three months after its director made false declarations about the transport manager.
O Licence
Isuzu Truck UK customers have a new service dealer in Northampton, after Wrights Commercials teamed up with Peterborough-based Imperial Commercials, the area’s main dealer for the brand.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Van and light commercial vehicle registrations fell last month (May) by 5.3%, as the market rebalanced after two years of exceptional demand.
Bus & Coach
Newport-based Brace’s Bakery taken delivery of a batch of Cartwright trailers, praising the manufacturer’s build and paint quality.
Trailers
Wincanton is taking delivery of 100 Renault Range T tractors – its largest order to date for the vehicle – after positive performance from previous Range Ts in its fleet.
Tractor Units
The owners of a Prestatyn waste collection business have been banned from running commercial vehicles for 25 years, in what the traffic commissioner for Wales described as an “appalling case”.
Transport CPC
Infrastructure and civil engineering service business Tamdown has taken delivery of its first Mercedes-Benz truck – an 80-tonne gcw Arocs with a “reassuring armoury of advanced safety technology”,...
Tractor Units
The Freight Transport Association has produced a short film to highlight the terrible consequences of failing to maintain safety and compliance in van fleets.
Road Safety
Bus and coach operator Whitelaws Coaches has taken delivery of two new integral Volvo B11R 9700 vehicles and has dedicated one of them to the memory of a leading industry figure.
Bus & Coach
Iveco is launching a new vehicle for the construction sector, promising best-in-class payload and “ultimate” fuel efficiency.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Buxton-based concrete supplier R T Mycock & Sons has taken delivery of its first three Renault Trucks Range C 8x4s, citing durability, off-road performance and weight handling as key factors in its...
Concrete Mixers
Haulier JM Gorry & Son has switched to a 100% Michelin policy after a trial set of Michelin Remix retreaded tyres outperformed competing brands’ new tyres fitted to identical vehicles.
Tyres & Retreads