• 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 [...]

  • VBG supplies new 50mm coupling for Devon draw bar

    Published On: Tuesday 12 March 2013

    Owner-driver Cameron Zab, based in Widecombe-in-the-Moor near Newton Abbot, Devon, has recently invested in a DAF FAR XF 6X2 draw bar chassis fitted with a new VBG 575 Version 2.0 [...]

  • Jaama announces April fleet management seminar dates

    Published On: Tuesday 12 March 2013

    Fleet management software specialist Jaama has announced dates for four more of its Fleet Management Essentials seminars during April, which it says will include content relevant for commercial vehicle operators. [...]

  • New Actros helps Colin Lawson go continental

    Published On: Monday 11 March 2013

    Aberdeen-based Colin Lawson Transport has invested in two Mercedes-Benz New Actros 2551s with 510 hp, 12.8-litre, straight-six engines and range-topping GigaSpace cabs. Colin Lawson Transport specialises in the movement of [...]

  • Driver CPC: six months left for PCV, and no last-minute reprieve

    Published On: Monday 11 March 2013

    The deadline for bus and coach drivers to complete their Driver CPC periodic training is just six months from today – and the Freight Transport Association has warned that those [...]

  • Owens opens Carmarthenshire ATF

    Published On: Sunday 10 March 2013

    Logistics provider Owens Road Services has opened its own VOSA-approved Authorised Testing Facility (ATF), at its Riverside depot in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, following the closure of VOSA’s own test station in [...]

  • Foreign lorry charge passed into law

    Published On: Thursday 7 March 2013

    The HGV Road User Levy Act 2013, whose effect will be to charge foreign trucks for the use of UK roads, has received royal assent and been passed into law, [...]