New unitary authority North Northamptonshire Council is updating its waste and recycling fleet with a vehicle replacement programme comprising over 110 vehicles. Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS) was awarded the contract to provide and maintain the vehicles as well as workshop management services. Previously SFS worked for Kettering and Corby… Read more »
Stefan Thyssen takes over the reins at MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd
MAN Truck & Bus UK has announced the appointment of Stefan Thyssen as Managing Director of MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd. Stefan Thyssen succeeds Thomas Hemmerich who has been appointed the role of Managing Director for the National Sales Company, Korea, which also includes responsibility for the Austral/Asia region…. Read more »
Plans approved for Truckeast’s latest £5 million investment
TruckEast, an award-winning Scania dealer group, is investing over £5 million into a new purpose-built truck dealership in Suffolk. With planning approved the project can now get underway for a flagship site that will see the privately-run business relocate its head office. The new 3.7 acre plot is ideally located… Read more »
Walkers Transport awarded world-renowned ISO 9001 Health and Safety Certificate
Walkers Transport Group Limited have announced the certification of its Quality Management System to ISO 9001 as of May 2021. The certification covers all sites in the Walkers Transport Group. As a leading UK transport and third-party logistics specialist, Walkers Transport provide bespoke transport solutions to leading manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers,… Read more »
North-West skip business strengthens fleet to boost capacity
A rapidly-growing skip hire and waste company in the North West has invested in its fleet of trucks with specialist lifting equipment to drive forward its ambitious expansion plans. J Dickinson & Sons has invested in a new Hiab MULTILIFT Futura FTR12 installed on a 26 tonne Volvo FM with… Read more »
McCulla protects fridge power with Solar Technology from Genie Insights
Temperature controlled logistics provider McCulla (Ireland) Ltd has taken delivery of 25 refrigerated trailers fitted with specialised solar panels designed for use on vehicles, supplied by fleet technology specialist Genie Insights. The solar panels keep fridge batteries topped up to avoid costly breakdowns and to prolong the life of the… Read more »
KPH Plant Hire upgrades with 32-tonne Volvo FM
KPH Plant Hire has taken delivery of a Volvo FM 8×2 rigid with beavertail body and split hydraulic double flip ramps, which it will use to deliver its extensive fleet of plant equipment including excavators, telehandlers, dumpers and rollers. The FM is the second new Volvo to join the Yorkshire-based… Read more »
Isuzu are the only trucks for Dormer Hire
When it comes to running trucks for its plant and machinery hire business, West Midlands company Dormer Hire are 100% committed to the Isuzu brand for its delivery vehicles. The latest new truck to join the company’s all-Isuzu fleet is an Isuzu 7.5 tonne long wheelbase rigid, fitted with a… Read more »
Trucker who helped prevent suicide crowned HGV Heroes winner
An Aylesbury-based trucker was crowned our HGV Heroes 2020 winner Tuesday 15 June after he helped prevent someone falling to their death from a footbridge last year. Tom Reddy, who was working for Moran Logistics at the time parked his truck under a bridge on the A47 just outside of… Read more »
Scania announces community engagement programme and new charity partnership
Scania (Great Britain) Limited is delighted to announce a new community engagement programme, entitled Scania Community, whereby the business will begin an official partnership with leading UK charity, Cancer Research UK. In addition to this, Scania will also support environmental charity, The Wildlife Trusts. Furthermore, the company’s Milton Keynes UK… Read more »
