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22/09/2011
First UK Bus has launched a mobile website designed to give customers, accessing First bus from smart phones, improved information.
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22/09/2011
FleetGenie, a mobile data and fleet control system incorporating vehicle tracking, route optimisation and mobile device management, has been launched by the company of the same name.
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22/09/2011
ePower Trucks is now claiming to offer the UK's largest range of all-electric passenger and utility vehicles, having been appointed sole distributor for Global Electric Motorcars (GEM).
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21/09/2011
RCV (refuse collection vehicles) specialist Dennis Eagle is about to ship its first diesel-electric hybrid truck, powered by BAE Systems' new parallel hybrid powertrain.
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21/09/2011
Vaillant Group has taken delivery of 11 Euro 5 Sprinter 313CDI vans from Derby dealer Mertrux.
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21/09/2011
Edinburgh Coach Lines has purchased four Volvo B9R Plaxton Panther coaches to run on its Megabus contract.
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21/09/2011
Stanley Brothers Tippers of Great Harwood has bought four top-spec Thompsons-bodied Scania tipper trucks.
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20/09/2011
MC Truck Rental has added an initial 10 Isuzu commercial vehicles to its existing fleet – a mix of GRP boxes and curtainsiders with tail lifts – to be used primarily in the daily rental market.
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20/09/2011
Heavy duty mobile vehicle lifting equipment supplier Somerstotalkare is investing in an undergraduate who will join the commercial vehicles team in 2015.
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20/09/2011
Take a test drive in a Mercedes-Benz Vito van an as well as helping to support a local charity, you could net a cash prize.
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19/09/2011
Half a million Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro vans have now been built at the Luton assembly line since the first vehicles rolled out 10 years ago.
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19/09/2011
Plymouth-based South West Boat Transport has taken delivery of a custom-built, hi-spec Iveco Eurocargo 230E25T/P artic.
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19/09/2011
The 100,000th DAF LF truck has rolled off the production line, with due celebration by Leyland Trucks.
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16/09/2011
Commercial vehicle fleet services company Fraikin is celebrating a successful first year for its flagship workshop and rental facility in Coventry.
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16/09/2011
Multipart says it is continuing to search for innovative solutions to parts supply problems experienced by owners of the 100,000 LDV vans and minibuses running on Britain's roads.
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15/09/2011
For the first time, David Fox Transport has introduced MAN trucks into its mixed haulage fleet, with two TGX 26.440BLS 6x2 midlift 'Lite' tractors with XLX cabs.
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15/09/2011
Staffordshire-based haulage company Partridge Transport Services is now running its first five low-emission Euro 5 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans.
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15/09/2011
A new report to ensure maintenance compliance for vans and company cars that have dramatically increased or decreased their mileage has been added by CFC Solutions to its fleet management software.
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14/09/2011
Fiat-owned Iveco is to work with BAE Systems on a tender for the supply of 600 marine personnel carrier (MPC) vehicles for the US Marine Corps.
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14/09/2011
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has unveiled new models in each of its three commercial vehicle ranges – Multivan, Amarok and Caddy – at IAA in Frankfurt, Germany.
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14/09/2011
A group of 16 new recruits have embarked on the 2011 graduate training scheme at FirstGroup, more than the Aberdeen-based company has taken on in any other year.
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14/09/2011
Halfords Autocentres has signed up to the 1link Service Network, as a supplier of service and maintenance for light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes.
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13/09/2011
Electric commercial vehicles supplier ePower Trucks launched two new low cost units last week at the grounds man show, IOG Saltex.
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13/09/2011
Following granting of type approval two months ago and technical support from DAF trucks in the UK, Smart-Hitch has launched a system that safely immobilises incorrectly coupled trailers.
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13/09/2011
MAN Lion's City Hybrid has been named best bus in the international OekoGlobe 2011 environmental awards, Vehicle Innovations in Public Transport category.
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