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Tool theft

What is the Theft of Tools of Trade (Senten...

Jul 07, 2025No Comments

Tool theft is a plight on tradespeople throughout the UK, with 4 in 10 having experienced the crime. However, significant changes could be on the horizon, with the second reading of the Theft of Tools of

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Van registrations down in 2025

Van registrations shrank every month in 202...

Jul 07, 2025No Comments

New van registrations shrank by -12.1% to 156,048 units in the first half of 2025, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). With a -14.8% drop in

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Certas Energy supplies HVO to Silverstone

Certas Energy supplies HVO to Silverstone

Jul 04, 2025No Comments

This summer, Certas Energy, the UK’s largest independent fuel distributor, has partnered with Silverstone Circuit to supply Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at some of its biggest events at the home of British motorsport. An estimated 350,000

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Schmitz Cargobull’s fleet of service vans hits the road

Schmitz Cargobull’s fleet of service vans...

Jul 04, 2025No Comments

The Schmitz Cargobull service partner network currently consists of approximately 1,400 authorised Schmitz Cargobull service partners throughout Europe to guarantee service for semi-trailers, cooling units, telematics components, and tyres, as well as ensuring high availability of

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Heavy vehicle testing to remain unchanged

Heavy vehicle testing to remain unchanged f...

Jul 04, 2025No Comments

In a significant update for the UK transport industry, the Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that the heavy vehicle testing regime will remain unchanged as of 3 July 2025. Following a comprehensive review and public

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Planned hydrogen refuelling stations may lead to millions of euros in yearly losses

Hydrogen refuelling plans risk heavy annual...

Jul 04, 2025No Comments

As hydrogen infrastructure is rolled out in the EU, refuelling stations must be distributed according to the same principle in all countries. But now a study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, points to shortcomings in

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Rolec Launches HEX EV Charger

Rolec announces new HEX chargepoint

Jul 03, 2025No Comments

Hot off the launch of their expanded DC range, Rolec announces a major addition to their commercial AC portfolio – introducing HEX. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience in the EV charging industry, UK manufacturing

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Scania Great Britain acquires franchise partner TruckEast

Scania Great Britain acquires franchise par...

Jul 03, 2025No Comments

Scania (Great Britain) Limited has acquired independent dealer TruckEast, in a deal that sustains the Swedish OEM’s network in the UK. The deal will see TruckEast’s 17 workshops located in the East – including Peterborough, Milton

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BetterFleet launch Europe’s largest EV charge management deployment

BetterFleet launch Europe’s largest EV ch...

Jul 03, 2025No Comments

As one of the largest and most complex deployments of advanced charge management software globally, Go-Ahead Group is rolling out BetterFleet’s leading EV fleet charge management and operations platform across its national fleet with over 1,000

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Cappagh Browne cuts dangerous driving behaviours by 95%

Cappagh Browne cuts dangerous driving behav...

Jul 02, 2025No Comments

Leading wastewater services company Cappagh Browne, which serves more than 1.5 million customers on behalf of Southern Water, has reduced dangerous driving by 95% in just one week following targeted safety training powered by AI Dash