Kier Rogers, owner of premium cider business Colcombe House, has used his all-terrain Mercedes-Benz Unimog to help residents of Hampton Bishop, in Herefordshire, after the village flooded during the recent Storm Dennis.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Birmingham-based Nicklin Transit Packaging is reporting trouble-free service and positive driver feedback from five new Volvo FE 18-tonne rigids, which went into service last year.
Rigids
Stertil Koni has supplied a heavy-duty vehicle lift to the Royal Marines, to support workshop operations at the Stonehouse barracks in Plymouth.
Workshop
Removals company Bishop’s Move has taken delivery of 17 new DAF vehicles, one of which carries a retro livery to mark the operator’s 165th year in business.
Rigids
Freeway Fleet Systems has added a predictive parts purchasing function to its asset and workshop management system.
Fleet Management Systems
Cleaning product distributor Seed Brothers has taken delivery of a 12-tonne, low-height Mercedes-Benz Atego, joining its six-strong fleet of vehicles which act as mobile showrooms.
Rigids
Commercial vehicle security equipment supplier Maple Fleet Services will be unveiling a new van security lock at the forthcoming Commercial Vehicle Show (NEC, Birmingham; 28-30 April).
Security Equipment
Bus operator First West of England has put half of a 77-strong order for biomethane-powered buses into service on routes in and around Bristol.
Alternative Fuels
Bodybuilder NTM GB says its range of refuse collection vehicles on the Mercedes-Benz Fuso Canter chassis is so proving popular that its latest two builds were sold before completion.
Municipal Vehicles
Road planing business Jet Plant Hire has taken delivery of its first Volvo FMX Tridem, with its arrival meaning the 35-strong fleet now includes the full range of Volvo Trucks models, from FL rigids to STGO-plated FH tractors.
Rigids
Lighting manufacturer Dextra Group has taken delivery of a tandem axle double-deck stepframe trailer, from Tiger Trailers, custom designed to meet the operator’s requirements and to integrate technology features.
Trailers
London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has started to build the first prototypes of its new all-electric van, ahead of the vehicle’s debut at the Commercial Vehicle Show (NEC, Birmingham; 28-30 April).
Electric Vehicles