Taking part in the IMI’s autumn 2023 automotive industry inclusion campaign, ‘There’s more to motor’ is third-year LCV technician apprentice Amy Edwards, who speaks to Will Dalrymple about her experiences
As a child of the 1970s, I was taught mostly by female teachers, and remember encountering many women in office-based roles (including my own mother). But in garages, the only women I remember seeing were on the Pirelli girlie calendars pinned up on the wall.
Emergency transport has not been unaffected by the UK drive to decarbonise transport, finds Steve Banner
Camera-based telematics systems can record incidences of damage to a commercial vehicle…if anyone is looking. When unreported damage to a vehicle driven by multiple people is spotted, for example, where on earth would they begin to look, asks Lucy Radley
Telematics
MGT Suffolk has upgraded its workshop near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, with two sets of Stertil-Koni heavy duty wireless column vehicle lifts.
Poole-based i247 Group has reported that it is seeing an increase in light commercial vehicles vans with under two millimetres of tyre tread depth.
The IRTE Skills Challenge is set to welcome the next generation of public service vehicle (PSV) engineers and technicians for its 12th anniversary.
Alexander Dennis has supplied two 8.9 metre long Enviro200 midibuses to Lakeside Coaches of Ellesmere.
Cheshire-based Kinaxia Logistics has received 205 new curtainsiders from Tiger Trailers as part of an investment of more than £6 million this year.
Fruehauf has appointed Gary Hunt as business development manager, who will play a role in the company’s expansion plans for 2024.
Aggregate Industries has expanded its vehicle fleet after welcoming another electric readymix concrete truck as part of its journey to net zero.
Concrete Mixers
Claire Haigh is to lead the Zemo Partnership following the departure of Andy Eastlake, who has stepped down after more than a decade of leadership.