Scania dealer Keltruck Ltd celebrated thirty years in business this month with a special anniversary event, held last Friday at its West Bromwich headquarters (pictured). The dealer, which operates from branches [...]
Drivers to be enrolled as crash ‘first responders’
Published On: Tuesday 23 April 2013
Operators are being invited to enrol selected drivers for training as road accident ‘first responders’ by a former trade union boss. David Higginbottom, former general secretary of the United Road [...]
Vehicle lifting specialist Stertil Koni has invested in a fleet of Ford Transit 350 MWB service vans, which it says will increase safety for its engineers, whilst assisting them in [...]
Government research shows Driver CPC awareness ‘not sufficient’
Published On: Wednesday 17 April 2013
There is still a widespread lack of awareness amongst transport operators about the requirements for Driver CPC, a new government-commissioned report has stated. The Driver CPC Interim Evaluation, which was [...]
UPDATE: The advice discussed in the story below has since been removed from the gov.uk website pending a review, following “queries” by trade associations. Information in this article therefore may [...]
Everquip Garage Equipment used its presence at the CV Show last week to launch its new European-specification workshop inspection pit. The Europit has been developed in order to meet European [...]
Bartrums specifies GT Radial tyres for new trailer fleet
Published On: Wednesday 17 April 2013
Suffolk-based transport firm Bartrums Warehousing and Distribution has taken delivery of 10 Wilcox 70 cubic yard plank sided tipping trailers, all of which feature GT Radial GT876 tyres as original [...]
New CNG filling station will be first of many, says operator
Published On: Friday 5 April 2013
A new compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station in Crewe is to be a benchmark for a network of such sites across the country in the years to come, supplied [...]
CV Show: Cobra to demonstrate mobile CCTV monitoring system
Published On: Thursday 4 April 2013
Telematics, safety and security supplier Cobra UK will be demonstrating its Global Live mobile CCTV monitoring security system at this year’s CV Show. The system, which features live image streaming, [...]
