• MAN opens Gateshead dealership

    Published On: Thursday 9 January 2020

    Steve Banner reports from the opening of MAN Truck & Bus’s new Gateshead dealership MAN has invested £5m in a wholly-owned dealership on a 3.3-acre site on the Team Valley [...]

  • Testing talk with Wabco

    Published On: Monday 6 January 2020

    Thomas Pappenheim, global test and validation engineering director at Wabco, provides an insight into the company’s CV technology testing regime Testing is an integral part of developing any technology, but [...]

  • FTA: driver loo access is human rights issue

    Published On: Monday 6 January 2020

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said many of the UK’s truck drivers have been deprived of the human right to sanitation as a result of the lack of toilet [...]

  • Kuda UK puts auto spoiler adjustment in the spotlight

    Published On: Monday 9 December 2019

    Commercial vehicle accessories provider Kuda UK has outlined how automatic spoiler adjustment systems such as its LaserEye product can both reduce costs through increased aerodynamic efficiency, and improve operator safety. [...]

  • Lymm Truckwash makes clean break with new site launch

    Published On: Thursday 5 December 2019

    Lymm Truckwash has officially opened its new £2.3 million vehicle washing premises at Poplar Park, Lymm in Cheshire, which replaces the company’s previous facility at the nearby Lymm Services. The [...]

  • A port in the storm?

    Published On: Monday 2 December 2019

    Andrew Galliers, senior manager, and Sean Turner, VAT advisor, at accountancy firm Menzies LLP, discuss the potential impact of proposed free ports on HGV operators The UK government has recently [...]

  • Clayton Power UK cuts carbon for LCV fleets

    Published On: Wednesday 20 November 2019

    Technology provider Clayton Power UK has outlined the benefits of its award-winning retrofit technology for LCVs, which it says can make fleets more fuel efficient while maintaining onboard power supplies, [...]

  • Welwyn launches new tarpaulin welding solutions

    Published On: Wednesday 20 November 2019

    Welwyn Tool Group has unveiled the latest addition to its range of Leister welding equipment, which it says is ideal for welding truck tarpaulins. The new Uniplan 300 and Uniplan [...]

  • Driving down alcohol use

    Published On: Wednesday 20 November 2019

    Andrew Overton, CEO at fleet technology provider Connexas Group, says a proactive approach to tackling drink driving can bring significant benefits Growing public concern about drink driving is encouraging fleet [...]