DAF TRUCKS’ largest ever Ride & Drive event was staged over three weeks in May, at the UTAC Millbrook proving ground. The ‘Start the Future’ event attracted 2,000 customers, DAF dealers and suppliers. Over 30 […]
IVECO has extended its Driveaway programme with three new Daily 3.5 tonne options and a wide selection of ready built variants. Traffic Management Cab 3.5t features a dropside body integrated sign rack, cone wells, and […]
A £470m, mile-long tunnel along the A83 Rest and Be Thankful in the Highlands is now the preferred long-term solution to protect vehicles from landslips and falling rocks, the Scottish government has announced. The ‘debris […]
HEAVY vehicle recovery specialist, Sparrow Recovery, has added a Renault Trucks C520 8×4 to its 35 strong mixed fleet. Supplied by Thompson Commercials, this is the first 120 tonne Renault C520 recovery vehicle currently operating […]
BACK IN May, Stevie Walker was included in an ‘International Press Ride and Drive’ event in Limburg, Holland as DAF launched its full series of new generation vocational trucks. As part of a 22 strong […]
IN ITS response to government’s call for evidence, Logistics UK has supported the move to allow Earned Recognition (ER) operators to either carry out their own MOT testing on vehicles and trailers or delegate the […]
RHA MD Richard Smith recently met with the Diabetes Safety Organisation to discuss joint efforts to raise diabetes awareness in the road transport sector. Speaking from the RHA’s Peterborough HQ, he said: “I was genuinely […]
ROAD Transport Expo (RTX) is officially an award-winning event, following a triumphant win at the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) Excellence Awards. RTX was crowned Best UK Launch Event for its ‘All About The Truck’ […]
SHIFT, which offers on-demand delivery services using independent drivers, has bought Tuffnells Parcels Express out of administration. Tuffnells called in the administrators on 12 June and announced more than 2,000 employees across 33 depots would […]
In road haulage the Hartley name goes back more than 80 years, but it’s not always been a straightforward transition between generations, discovers Lucy Radley. LOOK AT the corner panels of any Des Hartley & […]
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