Bridgestone has embarked on a project with HM Prison Featherstone to give prisoners the opportunity to acquire commercial tyre training qualifications.
Workshop
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Somerset-based CRS Building Supplies has taken delivery of seven Isuzu Grafter tipper trucks, as part of a £1.2m fleet investment programme covering delivery trucks and materials handling equipment.
Rigids
Vehicle Weighing Solutions says it is offering assistance to customers of Redditch-based Red Forge, which ceased trading on 11 December.
Weighing Equipment
Brigade Electronics has welcomed a change to London’s Direct Vision Standard (DVS) requirements to prevent “false positive” alerts when vehicles are turning left.
Sensors & Transducers
Norwegian food wholesaler ASKO is trialling four electric trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells in a pilot venture with Scania.
Alternative Fuels
Telematics provider Orbcomm has launched a new workspace within its FleetManager platform to provide working time analysis and multilingual documents to manage international drivers.
Driver / People Management
Vehicle lifting equipment business Totalkare has announced that it is investing £750,000 in new premises and an ERP solution, as part of its plan to increase sales by 25%, following a record 2019.
Lifting Equipment
City of York Council has awarded £1.6 million in funding to five bus operators to enable them to retrofit their vehicles to the Euro VI standard, ahead of the introduction of a city centre clean air zone (CAZ) at the end of this month.
Bus & Coach
Hyundai and sister company Kia Motors have announced a €100 million investment in a partnership with Arrival, a UK-based electric vehicle business.
Electric Vehicles
Halesowen-based Blackheath Products has upgraded its fleet of DAF rigids with new livery applied by Graphics Depot.
Paint, Print & Livery
Northern Ireland-based The Henderson Group has taken delivery of 15 Renault Range T460 and 14 Range D18 vehicles, citing vehicle quality and “exceptional” driver acceptance as reasons for the deal.
Heavy Goods Vehicles