Raymond Brown Quarry Products Ltd has strengthened its fleet with the addition of five new Renault Trucks C430 8x4 tippers, building on the delivery of 11 C430 8x4 vehicles earlier this year, marking a significant return to Renault Trucks following a 16-year hiatus.
Vehicles
Webfleet, Bridgestone’s fleet management solution, has launched its new flagship driver terminal – the PRO X.
Fleet Management
Doncaster-based Pass Logistics has taken delivery of 12 new 6x2 tractor units on a mix of contract hire and short-term rental from Fraikin – a first step towards eventually seeing its currently 18-strong HGV fleet supplied by the commercial vehicle and mobility service provider.
Vehicles
Teletrac Navman, has revealed the findings of its AI & Driver Safety survey – a new supplement to its 2025 Distracted Driving & Driver Safety Report – which found that 83% of fleets say that AI is the future of safety.
Health & Safety
Stagecoach's bus hub at its Chesterfield depot has gone electric after VEV, the e-fleet solutions provider backed by Vitol – a world leader in the energy sector, completed the development.
Electric Vehicles
Cheadle Hulme-based haulier David Bratt & Sons has drastically reduced downtime across its fleet of commercial vehicles since switching to an exclusive Michelin tyre policy.
Tyres & Retreads
Volvo Buses has opened the order books for a new full-size luxury coach to be built exclusively for the UK and Irish markets, following the signing of a new bodybuilder agreement with Spanish manufacturer, UNVI.
Vehicles
In honour of International Women’s Day 2025, the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) and Women in Bus and Coach have joined forces to tackle the underrepresentation of women in engineering. This landmark partnership will focus on increasing female representation at the IRTE Bus & Coach Skills Challenge 2025.
The free-to-attend Microlise Transport Conference 2025 returns to the Coventry Building Society Arena on 18 March 2025 – and at the event, the IRTE will run three skills workshops for delegates attending.
Alexander Dennis has handed over two new Enviro200 low-emission buses to independent operator J&DS Halcrow, based in the Shetland Islands.
Vehicles
Prometeon Tyre Group has begun production of its Serie 02 Prometeon-branded tyres for European main markets, the UK and Turkish markets.
Tyres & Retreads
With less than 10 years until the phase-out of new non-zero emission vans and trucks, the Commercial Vehicle Show (CV Show) 2025 will give operators facing a decade of difficult decarbonisation decisions access to the vehicles and expertise, essential to ensuring their business thrives in a post-diesel world.
CV Show