• Industry relief at Budget fuel duty freeze

    Published On: Thursday 21 March 2013

    The transport industry has responded with relief to the news that the fuel duty increase scheduled for September has been cancelled in this week’s Budget. Mark Fletcher, finance director of [...]

  • Plant Speed invests in £1m Merc Actros Titan rig

    Published On: Friday 15 March 2013

    Heavy haulage specialist Plant Speed is running the most expensive truck ever sold by Mercedes-Benz in the UK – a mighty Actros Titan which, together with its new Scheuerle modular [...]

  • New Volvo FH wins industrial design award

    Published On: Friday 15 March 2013

    The new Volvo FH has won a gong in the 2013 red dot product design awards, which honour outstanding industrial design. This year 4,662 products were entered for the awards over 19 categories. [...]

  • Bevan bodies deliver weight savings for Bensons

    Published On: Thursday 14 March 2013

    Bedroom furniture retailer Bensons for Beds has been delivering to customers with the first of a new generation of 7.5-tonne trucks with streamlined bodies, which are 500kg lighter than those [...]

  • Cartwright trailers help Hermes deliver improved fuel consumption

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Delivery giant Hermes has recently ordered 300 Fastback trailers from Cartwright. The new 13.6m trailers are part of a fleet replacement programme and have been selected to improve fuel consumption, [...]

  • Heavy-duty Allison applications showcased at Munich

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Visitors to the bauma 2013 exhibition in Munich this year (15-21 April) will be able to see various examples of how construction and mining operators are specifying Allison fully automatic [...]

  • World premiere of new Merc Atego

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    The new Mercedes-Benz Atego made its world premiere today at Wörth am Rhein, Germany – see video footage from the event below. The Atego is the fourth of the manufacturer’s [...]

  • New North London main dealer for Isuzu Truck

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Isuzu Truck UK has announced the appointment of a new main dealer to cover the North London area. The new company, based at the Trafalgar Trading Estate in Enfield, is [...]

  • Gray & Adams trailers deployed for Noble cause

    Published On: Tuesday 12 March 2013

    Noble Foods has invested in a new fleet of temperature-controlled trailers from Gray & Adams in a bid to promote its support of the British armed forces. The company, a [...]