In this issue

Des Clarke and Carole Smillie hosted the 29th Transport News Scottish Rewards Breakfast at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow, which saw magic tricks, heard speeches, raised a record amount for Transaid and dished out awards […]

It has been more than a decade since Pete Murphy took over as managing director of Isuzu Truck UK from the legendary Nikki King. Just before the Transport News Scottish Rewards in Glasgow, almost exactly […]

The iconic and much sought after Transport News Top Truck Award had the panel of judges and the magazines resident roadtester and Lochmaben Transport co-director Stevie Walker burning the midnight oil. From a highly competitive […]

VETERANS into Logistics, a charity which specialises in helping former military personnel to re-train for a career in the logistics sector, has replaced its ageing fleet of three HGV driver training vehicles with modern Volvo […]

After his father introduced him to road haulage, Euan Renton set up on his own in Kincardineshire. David Craik discovers the ‘rewards’ of being your own boss. IF YOU ever want to make weekend plans […]

Continental is pushing it’s tyre ‘recycling’ philosophy so truck operators can demonstrate that they are reducing their impact on the ecosystem, writes Steve Banner. PRESSURE is mounting on transport fleets to show that they are […]

Recycling is everywhere these days and tyre maker Continental is tailoring its tyre ‘recycling’ philosophy so truck operators can demonstrate that they are reducing their impact on the ecosystem. In the latest feature focusing on […]

It hasn’t been easy building trailers; better reliability with longer warranty attached means operators have held onto what they have. Covid and the war in Ukraine forced SDC Trailers’ hand and it has responded by […]

Range and payload are the two immediate challenges for electric truck manufacturers, the third is cost but we’ll save that for another day. A fully freighted battery electric tractor-trailer combination from Mercedes-Benz made a 1,000km […]

While used truck dealers struggled for stock, some rental / lease players successfully cashed in by offloading prime rolling stock to end-users desperate for vehicles. Now it seems the days of a sellers’ market are […]