Jon Burgess, supplier of new and used livestock transporters, recently placed the winning bid at an internet auction for a 1974 Volvo F86 three-axle rigid – and, when he took it for an MOT, the only fault was a valve in the brake pedal assembly.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Licence monitoring company LicenceCheck has joined the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) as an associate supplier, giving FORS-registered operators a number of benefits.
Driver / People Management
Danish manufacturer Garia, best known for its high-spec golf carts, has launched a new range of road-legal utility vehicles and appointed Oldham-based ePower Trucks to distribute them in the UK.
Electric Vehicles
Gray & Adams will be unveiling an insulated and refrigerated panel van conversion at next week’s Commercial Vehicle Show (NEC, Birmingham; 26-28 April).
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Multi-drop two-man home delivery service firm Breezemount UK has chosen CV hire specialist TOM Vehicle Rental to supply a fleet of 47 Vauxhall Movano MaxiQube panel vans.
Finance & Leasing
Doncaster-based McGregor Logistics has taken delivery of 20 fixed-roof curtainsider trailers from Schmitz Cargobull – the first of their type to go into service in the UK.
Trailers
Latest to break cover and reveal their intentions for the CV Show (26—28 April, NEC, Birmingham) include Asset Alliance, Coolertech, Giti Tyyre, Jaama, Isuzu, TruTac and VisionTrack.
Finance & Leasing
A new apprenticeship body for the transport sector has been launched today (15 April), tasked with supporting the government’s pledge to deliver 30,000 new apprenticeships in transport by 2020.
Apprenticeships
Volvo dealer Truck & Bus Wales & West is supporting a major South Wales cancer charity by having its demonstrator vehicle liveried in pink and sporting the organisation’s logo.
DealershipsThe increasing amount of in-vehicle technology should not result in fleets relinquishing control of their vehicles’ data.
Fleet Management Systems
Independent paper merchant Premier Paper has taken delivery of 17 DAF 18-tonne and 26-tonne rigids – all with Day Cabs and bodied by Alloy Bodies – from the commercial vehicle contract hire specialist Ryder.
Finance & Leasing
O&H Vehicle Conversions is today (13 April 2016) launching a new welfare concept vehicle, claimed to deliver a minimum 200kg higher payload than its predecessor across multiple vehicle platforms, due to conversion weight reductions.
Light Commercial Vehicles