Employees at Volvo dealer Dennison Commercials have raised more than £24,000 for the Marie Curie charity.
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Scottish waste management business Billy Bowie Special Projects has expanded its tanker haulage fleet with six Renault Range Ts, after experiencing good fuel performance on an existing Range T.
Tankers
In-vehicle camera supplier Vision Track is calling for the government to waive the Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) for fleets adopting telematics technology.
Fleet Operating Costs
Goodyear has announced a 75% increase in the last three years for its web-based FleetOnlineSolutions (FOS), with 350,000 commercial vehicles attended to as part of the scheme.
Tyres & Retreads
An Enfield retailer has been banned indefinitely from running HGVs because of “overwhelming evidence” that he acted as a front for other operators whose licences had been revoked.
O Licence
Van registrations remained steady in July – dropping slightly by 0.2% – with nearly 25,000 new LCV registrations last month, according to figures released yesterday (4 August) by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Demolition and recycling business J Mould (Reading) has taken delivery of two Renault Range C 8x4 trucks, after a multi-marque trial in which the Range C “performed head and shoulders” above the rest.
Rigids
J&M Murdoch has taken delivery of two Volvo FMX eight-wheelers with Thompsons’ Loadmaster bodies – a combination, says the operator, that delivers “a rock solid tipper truck”.
ZF has confirmed today (4 August) that the board of directors of Swedish brake systems business Haldex has recommended approval of ZF’s takeover bid, valuing Haldex at SEK 4.4 billion.
Brakes & Braking Systems
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is backing UK SMEs with sponsorship of the award for low carbon innovation by an SME at the Low Carbon Champions Awards 2016 next month (14 September; Milton Keynes).
Alternative Fuels
Dairy distribution business Pattemores Transport (Crewkerne) has taken delivery of a 32-tonne Mercedes-Benz Arocs, and is reporting productivity gains and improved environmental performance.
RigidsIsuzu Truck’s longstanding marketing director Keith Child – the brains behind the Grafter – is to leave the company after 16 years. Child spent 18 years with DAF before joining the board of Isuzu Truck in September 2000, initially as PR and marketing director. In 2004, he was part of the team that led the management buyout of the company from RAC and became marketing director. Then three years ago, he was part of the team that negotiated the sale of the business to Isuzu Motors.
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