In this issue

It’s better to have more trailers than you need on the fleet than not enough, and demand for new trailers from hauliers remains strong even with a recession looming large on the horizon. Many manufacturers, […]

When specialist tipper bodybuilder Thompsons decided to branch northwards in 2017 and purchase the assets of Weightlifter’s Scottish operation at Kirkliston, joint managing director Simon Shields had concerns about filling production capacity. Today, those fears […]

Revolution best describes the changes in truck design with cabs getting bigger thanks to new aerodynamic rules from the EU. Taking the lead is DAF Trucks with its new range of productions, and it’s XG, […]

Often an opportunity is born from a market struggling to supply, and so it goes for Renault Trucks when they pipped two other manufacturers to provide GIF Transport with two new T High tractor units. […]

Now in its 71st year, Merseyside based James Shaw & Son has evolved rapidly in the last seven years with the father and son team of Stephen and Andrew Shaw. Transport News speaks to Andrew, […]

There is no respite for the used truck sector as recession looms large on the horizon. However, your used truck sales executive is nothing if not resilient, and there are bright spots within the second-hand […]

Last year waste and recycling company Recycling Lives bought Glasgow based John R Adam & Sons, but it’s the sister charity also called Recycling Lives that makes a difference helping to rehabilitate people leaving the […]

The Volvo sponsored Scottish Clean Air Roadshow report from Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh focusses on the rollout of low emission zones that will come into force in four of Scotland’s cities. There was also an […]

At the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow, the 28th annual Transport News Scottish Rewards entertained a packed audience with Des Clarke and Carol Smillie hosting amid the bagpipes, breakfast and speeches from the Traffic Commissioner, Transaid […]