• Hireco to showcase electric vehicles and new box van trailer at RTX

    Published On: Monday 15 June 2026

    Contract hire and rental specialist Hireco will be among the exhibitors at this year’s Road Transport Expo, which will take place at NAEC Stoneleigh from 30 June to 2 July. [...]

  • BM adds value with brake tester loading systems

    Published On: Wednesday 10 June 2026

    Roller brake tester manufacturer BM has outlined the development history and features of its load simulation systems. The company highlights DVSA’s requirements for carrying out at least four brake tests [...]

  • Protect transport spending, warn trade groups

    Published On: Wednesday 10 June 2026

    Transport trade associations have raised concerns following suggestions that government capital spending could be cut across departments in order to fund additional defence spending. It has been reported by news [...]

  • MAN to showcase five new models at RTX

    Published On: Tuesday 9 June 2026

    MAN Truck & Bus UK will return to Road Transport Expo this year to present a range of its award-winning commercial vehicles, from the 3.5-tonne TGE to the range-topping eTGX [...]

  • MJ Freeth fleet expands with UK’s first Mercedes-Benz Arocs Extent

    Published On: Tuesday 9 June 2026

    Mercedes-Benz Truck dealer Rygor Auto has delivered the UK’s first special-edition Mercedes-Benz Arocs Extent, built as part of a strictly limited production run of just 100 units for Europe, to [...]

  • Orkney Islands Council rolls out V-Tech Commercial brake tester

    Published On: Tuesday 9 June 2026

    V-Tech Commercial has supplied and installed a BM14200 Roller Brake Tester for Orkney Islands Council, supporting the local authority’s ongoing investment in its vehicle workshop at the Hatston Industrial Estate [...]

  • RHA: road transport firms ‘on the brink’ due to fuel prices

    Published On: Monday 8 June 2026

    Only around four in 10 road transport operators (39 per cent) questioned in a recent Road Haulage Association (RHA) fuel survey say they are confident of surviving in the context [...]

  • New public bio-LNG station for FreshLinc and Gasrec

    Published On: Monday 8 June 2026

    Alternative fuels supplier Gasrec and temperature-controlled transport specialist FreshLinc have announced that a new high-capacity, public biomethane fuelling facility – located adjacent to FreshLinc’s headquarters in Spalding, Lincolnshire – is [...]

  • Crypton: bringing brake testing in-house for modern fleets

    Published On: Monday 8 June 2026

    With brake performance remaining one of the most critical safety factors for commercial vehicles, fleets are having to look harder at how braking performance is measured, managed and recorded, according [...]