DAF dealership Ford & Slater has opened a new flagship TRP (Truck Related Parts) parts store on the site of its customer, FW Abbott, at Kettering Business Park.
Vehicle Parts
Operators and transport managers must be extra vigilant for drivers who are using more than one card to hide excessive driving.
Driver / People Management
The RHA (Road Haulage Association ) has welcomed the announcement of a new funding package for Trailblazer apprenticeships from April 2017, calling it “a game-changer”.
Apprenticeships
‘Clean cold’ technology business Dearman has won two prizes at the Innovate UK SME Innovation Awards, held this week (25 October) at the Houses of Parliament.
Alternative Fuels
ATS Euromaster has announced a new health and safety programme, designed to drive home the benefits of health and safety to technicians and to customers.
Health & Safety Legislation
Fresh meat transporter Whites Transport Services has taken delivery of 10 Chereau single-deck trailers fitted with Carrier Transicold Vector 1950 systems, for use on its non-stop European express service.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
TruTac will be unveiling its upgraded tacho analysis software next week at the Euro Bus Expo (NEC, Birmingham; 1-3 November).
Driver / People Management
S&J Pierce Transport has acquired ten Volvo FH tractors through Volvo Approved Used Trucks in the past 18 months – and its latest vehicle comes with a racing pedigree, as it was formerly the 2015 transporter for a British Superbike team.
Tractor Units
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the government’s announcement that it will extend the Plug-In Van grant scheme to trucks, describing it as “a positive step” to encourage the take-up of green vehicles in the logistics sector.
Buckinghamshire-based materials handling company Beds & Bucks Forktrucks has taken delivery of its first bespoke forklift trailer from Andover Trailers – replacing a converted step frame previously supplied by a competitor.
Trailers
Registration has opened for the 2017 Microlise Transport Conference, one of the leading events for transport professionals.
Tripod Crest has taken delivery of three Volvo FH-540 6x2 tag-axle tractor units, and says it is confident the vehicles will be “real winners” when it comes to transporting pavers, rollers and asphalt planing equipment, some of which weighs more than 38 tonnes.
Tractor Units