Budget Car and Van Rental UK has boosted its nationwide rental fleet with the addition of 100 Mercedes-Benz Citans.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Pegasus Grab Hire has taken delivery of a Volvo FMX 8x4 Tridem – thought to be the first grab truck of its kind in Europe.
Rigids
RVS (Refuse Vehicle Solutions) has partnered with Mercedes-Benz dealer City West Commercials to offer 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Antos RCVs (refuse collection vehicles) that are fully built and ready for action.
Municipal Vehicles
Licence Bureau says it will relaunch its compliance managed services (CMS) web portal at the CV Show (NEC, 26—28 April) but with a Permits to Drive feature.
Driver / People Management
SSI Services, the contracting arm of South Staffordshire Plc, has bolstered its fleet of 1,200 LCVs by renewing its contract with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and taking more than 100 new Caddys and 23 new Transporters.
Car Derived Vans
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ new Caddy TGI BlueMotion – to be launched at the Geneva International Motor Show – is being claimed as the first panel van equipped with a dual-clutch gearbox.
CV Show
Quality and trust are becoming more of an issue for van dealers, as supply of used vans improves and buyers see more choice, according to the RAC.
Car Derived Vans
London mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon’s call for a peak-hours HGV ban is short-sighted and would put hundreds more vans on the city’s roads during the rush hours, according to the FTA (Freight Transport Association).
Driver / People Management
Bridgestone Tyres has agreed to sponsor the FTA (Freight Transport Association) truck driver of the Year award in the 18-tonne category – joining Mercedes Benz Trucks, which is sponsoring the 44-tonne contest.
Tyres & Retreads
RHA (Road Haulage Association) is being coy about the upcoming CV Show (26—28 April 2016, NEC, Birmingham) – stating simply that there will be “an important announcement about a new service”.
Driver / People Management
Chichester-based fresh food logistics firm NV Transport has taken delivery of three new Schmitz Cargobull tri-axle semi-trailers under a three-year full-service contract hire from Total Reefer – building on its mixed fleet of 27 trucks and 35 trailers.
Trailers
Iveco appears to have ‘broken ranks’ with the rest of the major truck manufacturers by announcing that it will be the only one showing heavy trucks at the forthcoming Commercial Vehicle Show (NEC, Birmingham; 26-28 April).
Electric Vehicles