Reductions in fuel consumption of over 30 per cent have been achieved by a Volvo concept truck, developed in a five-year project aimed at producing a more energy-efficient vehicle. A [...]
Commercial Vehicle Show bosses have reported that visitors to this year’s event, held as usual at the NEC Birmingham, saw another significant increase, with numbers up six per cent year-on-year. [...]
Funding allocated for dedicated Welsh traffic commissioner
Published On: Wednesday 22 June 2016
The Welsh government has set aside £210,000 to fund a separate traffic commissioner (TC) for Wales, although the UK government has yet to agree to such a post being created. [...]
V-Tech keeps brake testing flexible for Omega Travel
Published On: Tuesday 21 June 2016
Commercial vehicle workshop equipment supplier V-Tech UK has recently installed a BM20200 mobile roller brake tester at the Milton Keynes depot of tour operator Omega Travel, in order to help [...]
MANN-FILTER is auctioning a converted tractor in a bid to raise money for UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, with the auction concluding on 27 June. The professionally converted tractor, [...]
Commercial vehicle brake manufacturer Don has sponsored four trucks for a Yorkshire-based charity, which delivered over £2.5 million of humanitarian aid to poverty-stricken areas of Romania. As part of the [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published its motoring services strategy, in which it outlines how its three executive motoring agencies – the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Driver [...]
The latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders have revealed that the British HGV market grew by almost a fifth in the first quarter of 2016 – [...]
As the in/out referendum approaches, two polls have indicated an inclination by road transport industry representatives to favour a UK exit from Europe. At the Microlise Transport Conference in May, [...]
