Loaded trucks compulsory for driving tests from November
Published On: Thursday 15 August 2013
Truck driving tests to obtain Category C and C + E licences will have to be taken in laden vehicles from 15 November. New regulations provide both a minimum total [...]
Scania and Volvo have both appointed new managing directors to their respective UK market companies, with the men taking up their posts this Autumn. Claes Jacobsson (left), currently senior vice-president [...]
Glasgow drain maintenance specialist EEG has invested in a new, 17-strong fleet of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 513 CDI chassis cabs supplied by dealership Western Commercial, each fitted with bespoke bodies from [...]
Norfolk-based passenger transport operator Konectbus has invested in eight wireless mobile column lifts from lifting equipment specialist Stertil Koni, to support its new 10,000 sq ft workshop complex. Konectbus, which [...]
Two recent high-volume truck orders from operators in Saudi Arabia are helping to expand MAN’s presence in the Middle East. Food producer Almarai has ordered 240 new trucks of the MAN TGS [...]
UK Worker of the Year: TTC urges entrants from transport sector
Published On: Tuesday 6 August 2013
Commercial vehicle components wholesaler TTC is encouraging workers in the CV and fleet industry sector to enter the ‘UK Worker of the Year 2013’ competition, now in its fourth year, [...]
More VOSA test stations to close as ATF numbers hit 350
Published On: Wednesday 24 July 2013
VOSA has announced the forthcoming closure of eight more of its test stations in the first quarter of next year. Testing will cease at Northampton, Wolverhampton, Southampton, Wrexham, Beverley, Cardiff, [...]
The House of Commons transport select committee has published its report on the work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, VOSA, in which it has highlighted ‘significant communciation problems’ between the [...]
European Parliament votes to back wheel safety campaign
Published On: Saturday 20 July 2013
The European Parliament (EP) has voted to support the testing of commercial vehicle wheels fitted onto non-standard axles as part of the EU Roadworthiness Package, following an amendment endorsed by [...]