Vehicle service and recovery business RD Avery has taken delivery of its first new recovery vehicle, a DAF New XF 530 FAS.
Rigids
Grimsby-based Evans European Transport has taken delivery of a Fuso Canter 7.5-tonne refrigerated truck fitted with a sleeper body, with “more than a tonne” more payload than other manufacturers could offer.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Derbyshire-based tipper operator Aggrecom has taken delivery of a new Volvo roadsweeper truck. Supplied by dealer Hartshorne Motor Services, the Volvo FL 4x2 rigid is powered by a D8K engine producing 247bhp.
Rigids
Road marking business WJ UK has taken delivery of the UK’s first 18-tonne Volvo FL with factory-fitted crew cab, after positive experience with a 16-tonne version.
Rigids
DAF dealer Imperial Commercials reopened its Wellsbourne Park, Warwick site last week (9 April) exactly one month after a serious fire at an adjacent business.
Dealerships
Lancashire-based office furniture manufacturer Senator has taken delivery of new drawbar trailers and demount bodies from Tiger Trailers, to help boost efficiency for inner city deliveries.
Trailers
Nottingham-based tipper operator Oakfield Plant & Transport has taken delivery of four new Scania vehicles fitted with Loadmaster Lite bodies, by Thompsons.
Tippers
Volvo Trucks has announced that the first vehicles from its new FL Electric range have gone into operation with two customers in Gothenburg.
Electric Vehicles
Allison Transmission has expanded its UK service network with the appointment of two new partners.
Engine/Transmission Management
Dumfriesshire-based forestry haulier WD & A Haley has taken delivery of two Range T520 tag axle tractors, its first vehicles of this type.
Tractor Units
Hull-based Ashcourt Group is reporting cost savings of 20% after switching to a tyre management contract with Continental.
Tyres & Retreads
The government has announced that all electric vans registered before 1 March 2015 will now require an MOT.