• HMRC getting tough on firms handling excise goods

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has begun a campaign to target warehouse keepers and third-party hauliers who may unknowingly be handling excise goods on which the duty has yet to [...]

  • Workshop hours increase as van makers invest in aftersales

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    Few if any van makers are expecting light commercial sales to grow spectacularly this year. As a consequence both they and particularly their dealers need to generate revenue from other [...]

  • Thousands of visitors expected at April’s CV Show

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the NEC Birmingham from 9-11 April for this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show, which organisers say is the first event since 1988 with [...]

  • Volvo FMX construction truck to premiere at Bauma Munich

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Volvo Trucks has announced it will unveil its new FMX construction truck at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, at 3pm on Monday 15 April. Volvo Trucks president Claes Nilsson said: [...]

  • Streamline concept reintroduced by Scania as Euro 6 offering expands

    Published On: Thursday 21 March 2013

    Scania is reintroducing the Streamline concept from the 1990s to brand long-haul versions of its trucks that are optimised for greater fuel economy. Aerodynamic enhancements to the cab’s front corners [...]

  • ‘Busiest month yet’ for Driver CPC

    Published On: Thursday 21 March 2013

    January proved to be the busiest month yet for Britain’s Driver CPC training providers with 77,070 students on 10,791 courses recording nearly 553,000 hours: a 42 per cent increase on [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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. [...]

  • 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 [...]