Aggregate and transport business The Cullimore Group is opening a new quarry and has added a total of seven new vehicles to its fleet, with the help of Lloyds Bank’s commercial banking division.
Finance & Leasing
Iveco has expanded the line-up of vehicles available through its DriveAway ready-bodied service, promising operators faster delivery times, lower costs and higher residuals.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Ford has announced the first seven converters accredited to its Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) programme.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Guildford-based operator Safeguard Coaches has taken delivery of its latest Optare Metrocity, which has been named after long-serving employee Linda Chambers, who retires after 28 years with the firm.
Bus & Coach
British insurers are warning about the potential dangers of ‘autonomous ambiguity’, as vehicles with different levels of autonomy, or driverless technology, increasingly become a feature of UK roads.
Road Safety
Tanker operator Johnston Fuels says it is “delighted” with the Mercedes-Benz Uptime system, specified on its latest vehicle, declaring it to be “breakthrough” technology for keeping vehicles on the road.
Fleet Management Systems
Barry-based plant hire firm SWR (Wales) has failed in its bid to have a vehicle returned after it was impounded for illegal operation.
Standards & PracticesSix of the UK’s major fleet operators are about to road test the latest gas-powered HGVs.
Alternative Fuels
United Utilities has taken delivery of a low height Volvo FM-460 drawbar tanker, after an extensive specification exercise including the use of a full-size Styrofoam model of the cab.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Arriva North West has taken delivery of nine Mellor Strata Low Floor buses, with the smaller vehicle chosen for its capacity on short distance routes around Macclesfield and Winsford.
Bus & Coach
The owner of a pallet firm will be disqualified from running vehicles and lose his transport licence from 11 August, after he was found to have been “self-serving” and showed continued ignorance of his duties.
Driver CPC
Roofing business Proteus Waterproofing has taken delivery of its first fleet vehicle, a Renault Range C rear-steer rigid, citing the dealer’s service and ability to customise the truck’s specification, including a bespoke load-securing system.
Rigids