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22nd July 2014
The European Union’s Transport Council has given its support to plans seeking to amend the rules governing truck weights and dimensions, in a move which has been welcomed by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).…
15th July 2014
Melton Mowbray-based uPVC window and patio-door maker TruFrame has put on the road its first new Euro 6 truck – an MAN TGM 18.250BL 4×2 18-tonner with demount body. The new truck joins three same-spec…
8th July 2014
To celebrate the landmark of the 200,000th Volvo truck to be registered in the UK since the company began trading here in 1967, Volvo Trucks has announced a design competition to attract the truck designers…
1st July 2014
Transport for London (TfL) has announced a 17 per cent increase in the London Congestion Charge for companies on the fleet scheme, in a move that has been branded an unfair tax on businesses which…
27th June 2014
Cycle Alert has announced has begun a partnership with The Thompsons Group which will see the British tipper truck bodybuilder offering to install the cyclist alarm devices as standard for owners of all new vehicles…
27th June 2014
Dutch truck manufacturer DAF has announced it is expanding its Euro 6 offering with a range of four-axle CF and XF rigids and tractors for special and heavy-duty transport applications. The new four-axle vehicles will…
27th June 2014
Motoring organisation the RAC is calling on fuel retailers to reduce the price of diesel at the pumps as the wholesale cost is now almost the same as petrol – yet average forecourt prices are…
17th June 2014
UK building materials supplier CEMEX has announced it is fitting its fleet with an automated Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) from Continental to reduce the risk of trucks suffering punctures and sustaining other related damage…
10th June 2014
Hartlebury-based owner-driver John Phillips has become the owner of Britain’s most powerful Mercedes-Benz New Actros after taking delivery of the country’s first 625 bhp version in May. Supplied by Rygor, Phillips’ truck is the first…
3rd June 2014
UD Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, has launched a new truck for the Japanese market designed to minimise total cost of ownership without scrimping on driver comfort and safety. Called Quon, the Japanese manufacturer’s…
27th May 2014
Councils in the areas worst hit by the winter storms are facing an increase of vehicle compensation claims, according to campaign website Potholes.co.uk. Road users are demanding remuneration for axle, wheel and suspension faults caused…
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