Scottish transport and waste management business NWH Group has launched a driver academy to address the shortage of Class 2 HGV drivers.
Driver / People Management
Local roads are set to benefit from a share in a multi-billion pound improvement fund as part of the government’s new transport investment strategy.
Social / Corporate Responsibility
Infrastructure services business Eurovia has taken delivery of four new Mercedes-Benz vehicles, including two 18-tonne Econics to use for painting white lines on roads.
Rigids
Fleet operators believe that vehicle manufacturers should provide vehicle data – and most say they should not have to pay for this.
Finance & Leasing
Engineering and research organisation Horiba Mira has unveiled a new £8 million advanced emissions test centre (AETC) in Nuneaton, where it will undertake global compliance emissions testing.
Emissions
Graeme and Eion Robertson, two transport operators from Armadale, West Lothian, have had their licence refused after running HGVs illegally over a long period.
Driver CPC
Three-quarters of Britons believe road safety is the responsibility of all road users, and four in ten reckon the government should do more to create a culture of safety.
Road Safety
Delivery management business Whistl has signed a £2.5 million deal for 48 Renault Range D rigids, supplied by BRS on leasing and maintenance contract.
Finance & Leasing
Steel stockholder High Peak Steels has taken delivery of six DAF LF dropside trucks on a five-year contract hire from Ryder, as part of the operator’s major rebranding exercise.
Finance & Leasing
Beverley Bell, former senior traffic commissioner and patron of the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE), has been awarded a CBE for her service to the road transport industry.
People
Hiab has announced that it is expanding its connected solutions offering with the launch of HiConnect this autumn.
Lifting & Handling
Telecoms and IT business TP Teltech has taken delivery of a milestone Renault Master – the 2,500,000th light commercial vehicle to roll off the line at Renault’s Batilly plant, in eastern France.
Light Commercial Vehicles