Vacu-Log has launched the latest Westlake truck and bus tyre range to the UK market.
Tyres & Retreads
Frozen food and ice-cream distributor Eden Farm has upgraded its Paragon fleet routing and scheduling system, enabling the company’s planners to process data up to five times faster than before.
Fleet Management Systems
Maidstone, Kent-based MC Truck and Bus, a dealer for Isuzu Truck (UK) in the south of England, has been awarded the top prize at the Isuzu Dealer Challenge 2015.
Continuing Professional DevelopmentThe UK’s 500th authorised testing facility (ATF) lane will be officially opened next week (2 July 2015) by Alastair Peoples, chief executive of the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency.
Repair & Maintenance
TNT UK has taken delivery of 20 Euro 6 Iveco Stralis Hi-Road 4x2 tractors, after the vehicle came out top in a six-month, 80,000km trial by the operator.
Tractor Units
Go-Ahead London has taken delivery of 16 Volvo B5LH Euro 6 hybrid double-decker buses, as part of its fleet renewal programme and to increase passenger capacity.
Bus & Coach
Goodwood Festival of Speed (which starts tomorrow 25 July 2015) will see the re-incarnation of the legendary Cummins Mini now uprated to 4,400bhp.
Engines & Engine Parts
The 600th Volvo hybrid bus manufactured for the UK and Ireland has been registered by Metroline Travel, as part of a larger order for 34 B5LH double deck vehicles from the London bus operator.
Engine/Transmission Management
New and advancing technologies mean that vehicle fleets are becoming one of most companies’ more advanced assets – putting fleet managers increasingly in the metaphorical driving seat.
Driver / People Management
No fewer than 18 teams from 10 bus operators took part in the fifth annual IRTE Skills Challenge for bus and coach technicians, which took place last month at S&B Automotive Academy, in Bristol.
Apprenticeships
Telecoms giant BT Group has taken delivery of 5,000 vehicles worth £80 million – delivered in five months by its vehicle division BT Fleet.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Contract hire and fleet repair business Prohire has become a partner for the Freight Transport Association’s Van Excellence scheme.
Light Commercial Vehicles