RIVERSIDE Truck Rental (RTR), has diversified to cater for a shift in customer procurement behaviour. The Skelmersdale company’s core business is to supply bespoke vehicles on a short-term rental and contract hire basis, which is […]
CREWS at Suez’s Bridgwater depot, part of its contract with Somerset Waste Partnership, scored the e-One electric refuse vehicle a unanimous 10 out of 10 during a recent three day trial. Drivers and loaders gave […]
THE ARRIVAL of Volvo’s I-Shift intelligent automated manual transmission (AMT) continues to be an important milestone in the truck manufacturing industry. By the end of 2020, more than one million Volvo trucks around the world […]
PARCEL delivery specialist, Tuffnells, has placed an order for 220 new SDC boxvan and curtainsider trailers through TIP Trailer Services and over half of the new trailer fleet is now operational across Tuffnells’ 33 UK […]
RENAULT Trucks’ first electric truck dedicated to construction with zero emissions is set to be delivered to plant hire specialist, the Noblet Group. It is the D Wide Z.E. fitted with Jocquin tipper body and […]
Forestry is a major employer in Scotland from ground preparation to planting, to harvesting, then the product has to be transported to a saw mill for processing. Ian Lawson has been through his extensive back […]
Transaid has launched its 2021 UK Cycle Challenge with a 170-mile ‘Way of the Roses’ coast-to-coast challenge. The route between Morecambe in Lancashire and Bridlington, East Yorkshire, will take place on 24-26 September 2021. Money […]
THE RHA welcomes the news that from 6 April, Covid testing will apply to all commercial vehicle drivers entering GB from continental EU (not Ireland) if they stay in GB for more than 48 hours, […]
The government must resolve groupage and parcel service issues to the EU after evidence showed that high rates and increased paperwork were threatening the profitability of SMEs, according to a Lords report. The EU Goods […]
Delivery specialist DX has opened a new 20,000sq ft depot in Glasgow at Gartcosh Industrial Park as part of its £10m capital expenditure programme. DX Express, which specialises in secure, next-day parcel delivery, will move […]
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