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Ebbon Group acquire DriverCheck
Ebbon Group, the Oxford-based automotive technology provider, has acquired licence checking specialist, DriverCheck, to clearly position it as the number one in the UK fleet…
ELB Partners’ £1m investment in direct vision standard fleet
One of London’s leading logistics companies has invested more than £1 million to future-proof its fleet with the addition of nine new advanced tractor units.…
Transport sector gives mixed response to Autumn Budget
The RHA has welcomed moves to help the transport and logistics sector contained in the government’s Autumn Budget which it said were “campaigning wins for…
How to ensure your safety as a trucker
When you are working as a trucker, whether you are new to the business or you have started out for the first time, it is…
CNG Fuels subsidiary HyFuels to trial hydrogen for HGVs
CNG Fuels is to host HGV hydrogen fuel trials across its UK network of public access biomethane refuelling stations. The trial will be conducted under…
The next generation of online glass damage reporting
A new online system for reporting the exact glass damage on a vehicle has been launched by National Windscreens as part of a digital development…
Complete Business Solutions converts fleet to electric Mercedes-Benz vans
Complete Business Solutions has fired the starting pistol in a race to convert its entire fleet of 177 multi-drop delivery vehicles from diesel to battery…
Bericote’s distribution centre begins to takes shape at Coventry Logistics Park
Construction company Glencar is to build an 80,000 sq ft of speculative industrial space across three new units at a site in Coventry for logistics…
BIFA and Think Logistics to deliver young talent for the sector
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, has launched a new partnership with Think Logistics to…
Abbey Logistics extends Viridor plastics recycling deal at new £250m Avonmouth facility
Road tanker and logistics company Abbey Logistics has extended its partnership with recycling and waste management company Viridor. The two companies began working together last…
UK average petrol price hits new record high, RAC reports
The average price of petrol at UK filling stations has hit a new record high, according to the RAC. The motoring organisation said an average…
Hertz orders 100,000 Tesla’s, the single-largest EV purchase ever, with Tom Brady campaign
Hertz Global Holdings Inc has placed an order for a whopping 100,000 Tesla’s in a huge first step toward electrifying its rental-car fleet and in the process mainstreaming…
Report calls for radical industry action to retain HGV drivers
The haulage industry is training sufficient HGV drivers but failing to retain them, a report by the Driver Require Think Tank has concluded. The Think…
Renault Trucks announces its presence at the 2021 Solutrans Trade Fair
Renault Trucks France will be taking part in the 16th Solutrans trade fair, to be held from 16 to 20 November 2021 at Lyon-Eurexpo. The…
National road-pricing scheme to replace fuel duty ‘must not increase hauliers’ costs’, MPs told
A national road pricing scheme to replace an emissions-based tax regime must not penalise the road haulage industry, MPs have been warned. Giving evidence to…
New Renault Trucks Tridem drives profitability for MRA Rousell and Sons
Somerset-based MRA Rousell and Sons has added a Renault Trucks C460 8×4 tridem with PPG aluminium insulated tipper body to its 5-strong fleet. Supplied by…