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26th August 2014
Just weeks after Mercedes- Benz showcased its self-driving Actros, business secretary Vince Cable has announced two new measures that give the green light for driverless cars to take to UK roads from January 2015. UK…
20th August 2014
Tachodisc has released a new Spot Check service for smaller companies and owner-drivers who opt to manage their own compliance. The company said it launched the service in response to customers wanting reassurance they are…
11th August 2014
Commercial vehicle crime fighting partnership Truckpol has reported it has received significant interest from both the police and the wider industry in support of the initiative since its relaunch in March (Trucking, May). As a…
5th August 2014
Family-run timber merchant Basildon Timber Ltd has taken delivery of a Renault Range D10 low 4×2 truck with 210 bhp motor, aluminium flatbed body and manual gearbox. Supplied by Renault Trucks Essex, the bright-yellow Range…
29th July 2014
Bruton, Somerset-based livestock haulier AE George Haulage Ltd has become one of the first UK operators to put a new 44-tonne GTW Volvo FH 8×2 tridem drawbar into service. The company, which operates a fleet…
29th July 2014
UK biscuit manufacturer United Biscuits (UB) is adding 62 new longer trailers to its fleet in a move it hopes will reduce its carbon emissions and improve operation efficiency. The new trailers are 15.65 m…
24th July 2014
Leyland Trucks has produced the 125,000th LF at its factory in Leyland, Lancashire. The vehicle was handed over by Ron Augustyn, Leyland Trucks MD, and Ray Ashworth, managing director of DAF Trucks Ltd, to David…
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…
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