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PAV Haulage turned to Dealer Motus Truck & Van for another pair of pre-owned Actros tractor units These were the first to be supplied to the company under new the Mercedes-Benz Certified banner. Buying New & Used PAV Haulage provides container transport services from its base at the port of Tilbury, and from the nearby…

George Hinkley from South Mimms service centre has been named Scania UK’s Apprentice of the Year 2022. Battling it out against three fellow candidates at Scania’s Technical Centre in Loughborough, George claimed first prize ahead of Ben Woodbine from Purfleet, Kevin Latta from Eurocentral and Andrew Maddison from Doncaster. The four finalists were handpicked by…

Gold Fish Transport saw a clear solution to the need for optimum visibility when working in the capital, in the shape of the Mercedes-Benz Econic. The construction materials distributor runs a fleet of 30 trucks from its base in Brentwood, Essex. Its first two Mercedes-Benz vehicles have just arrived via Dealer Motus Truck & Van….

Potato business Branston is making significant fuel savings from its 33-strong Volvo truck fleet following an in-depth driver training programme utilising Volvo Connect. The company has boosted its average driver scores by more than 10 points and increased fuel efficiency by roughly one mile per gallon – equating to a saving of well in excess…

UK customers for finance for Mercedes-Benz and FUSO trucks will be dealt with by Daimler Truck Financial Services UK instead of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services – the key difference is that there are no cars and vans involved.  This means that the truck finance business can focus on the changes required for financing alternatively fuelled vehicles…

The answer appears to be Scania Sheffield. The branch has won Scania UK’s Top Team competition, in the process booking their places at the European finals in Bratislava in September. The national finals of Scania’s global workshop training competition, saw the top 10 UK teams go head-to-head across five technical workstations. This included tackling four…

For a company that usually builds houses it looks like their first attempt at building a truck body has gone well. That’s what Aberdeenshire-based Malcolm Allan Housebuilders has done in turning its hand to bodybuilding and assembled its own design of multi-functioning tipper and dropside body for its new Volvo FMX 460 8×4 Tridem with…

Just five years ago Ken White Distribution ran only Swedish-built trucks – today, all but three of its 26 vehicles wear the three-pointed star of Mercedes-Benz. The Andover-based operator has gradually transformed the profile of its fleet by acquiring four or five new trucks each year from local Dealer Marshall Truck & Van. It has…

MAN’s awards are held annually recognise and celebrate the achievements of the MAN Dealer Network; both the private capital franchised partners and the MAN Truck & Bus wholly owned sites. Through a series of regular checks and measures those sites that have simply gone above and beyond, constantly delivering high standards across all business areas…

Colson Transport has put a new Volvo FH16.750 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit into service – handing the keys to one of the business’ longest serving drivers as recognition of his years of hard work. The waste disposal company runs a fleet of around 80 commercial vehicles, the vast majority of which have been supplied by…

After 5 years of selling trucks in the UK, Isuzu Truck is embarking on a planned programme of expansion based on developing a significant increase in sales levels for the Isuzu brand in the UK throughout 2022. ITUK’s managing director, Pete Murphy explains, “Following the conclusion of Brexit at the end of 2020, the supply…

Family-owned Milton Keynes based T Christie & Son Transport Ltd are so impressed with their New Generation MAN TGX trucks and the efficiencies they deliver that they have just taken delivery of another, this time a special edition Nardo Grey Individual Lion S 26.510. Managed by the father and son partnership, Tony and Paul Christie,…

It looks a little odd – a truck largely full of axles, but there was plenty of thought that went into the design of West Coast Woodfuels new Volvo FH tridem. If you need a 32 tonner but space is tight for delivery, then a short wheelbase tridem appears to be the answer. The operator…

A successful business relationship forged over many years meant that North Yorkshire haulier Dowse of Richmond had no hesitation in returning to Dealer Bell Truck & Van for the latest addition to its all-Mercedes-Benz fleet.  The 26-tonner is the operator’s first truck from the current Actros range – an Actros 2536 variant, with flat-floored BigSpace…

The latest class of Volvo Trucks HGV apprentice technicians were rewarded for their hard work at a cap & gown graduation ceremony at De Montfort Hall, in Leicester. Sixty-five apprentices, including three female technicians, were welcomed onto the stage at the Volvo Trucks Apprentice Awards 2022 by Leicester Lord Mayor Cllr George Cole, Mark Palin,…

Isuzu Truck UK has announced that it is to become the official sponsor of the Professional Recovery Operators Federation (PROF), with effect from the annual PROFCON conference that takes place in July 2022. The sponsorship, scheduled to run up to and including PROFCON 2023, will see Isuzu Truck working closely with the management team at…

Foodservice wholesaler Bidfood is preparing for the advent of battery-powered truck technology with the help of its first zero-emission FUSO eCanter. The high-profile company is keen to pave the way for future changes to its delivery operation by gaining early experience of electric vehicle operation. The world’s first fully electric light-duty truck to enter series…

Looks like a big win for Volvo Trucks. Converting a fleet of some 50 trucks without a single Volvo to one that will be a dedicated Volvo fleet must mean both the trucks and the dealer has performed nothing short of small miracles. Berkshire-based Shaw Group has taken delivery of one of its first-ever Volvo…

Due to be delivered in Autumn 2022, the electric mixer will be immediately put to work at Tarmac’s Washwood Heath site in Birmingham, supplying essential construction materials to customers across the West Midlands. The company is working with Renault Trucks and Total Vehicle Solutions (TVS) to develop the next generation of mixers, with ambitions for…

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) is introducing two fully electric HGV trucks to its logistics fleet – the largest in the UK operated by a brewer – as part of the company’s Together Towards ZERO sustainability efforts. The two fully electric Renault Trucks will be on the road by the end of July this year,…