• CV Show: Mercedes-Benz reveals exhibit plans

    Published On: Thursday 17 April 2014

    Mercedes-Benz has revealed details of what it will be displaying on its CV Show stand this year, ranging from the Citan small city van, through to the new Arocs SLT [...]

  • VWS takes Apollo axle weighers to PAWRS

    Published On: Wednesday 16 April 2014

    Vehicle Weighing Solutions Ltd (VWS) will be demonstrating its new Apollo range of axle weighing systems at this year’s Plant & Waste Recycling Show (PAWRS), which takes place in Paignton, [...]

  • DVSA boss: ‘we’ll never have enough money’

    Published On: Wednesday 16 April 2014

    Alastair Peoples, the chief executive of the new Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), has admitted that his newly-founded organisation will “never have enough money to do all the roadside [...]

  • European Parliament says yes to HGV design laws

    Published On: Tuesday 15 April 2014

    New laws designed to make HGVs safer for cyclists and other road users, as well as to improve fuel efficiency, have been passed by the European Parliament today. If approved [...]

  • New Mercs for Cornwall scrap merchant

    Published On: Tuesday 15 April 2014

    St Austell-based scrap processing merchant Henry Orchard & Sons has invested in a pair of 8×4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3240s with 290 kW (394 hp) Euro 6 engines and Multilift hook [...]

  • Treasury report: fuel duty reductions boost GDP

    Published On: Tuesday 15 April 2014

    Road transport industry representatives have welcomed conclusions of a report released by HM Treasury, which suggests that more than half of the tax revenue lost through cuts and freezes to [...]

  • New Specialist Services dealer point for TruckEast

    Published On: Tuesday 15 April 2014

    Eastern counties commercial vehicle dealer TruckEast has announced the opening of its first dedicated Specialist Services dealer point. The new facility, based at the former Derek Jones Commercials site in [...]

  • CV Show: Truck-Lite celebrates 90 years of Rubbolite brand

    Published On: Tuesday 15 April 2014

    Truck-Lite Europe Ltd will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of its Rubbolite brand at this year’s CV Show, which it says has “grown from strength to strength” since its establishment [...]

  • DVSA issues advice on drivers’ hours for utility vehicles

    Published On: Monday 14 April 2014

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued detailed guidance on its interpretation of EC Regulation 561/2006, whose effect is to exempt some vehicles used in connection with sewerage, [...]