LCV industry set fair for growth With light commercial vehicle sales up 16.3% in the first 10 months of the year to 312,369 units, according to the SMMT, the sector looks to be in fin...
02 Dec 15
Iveco sets its sights on joining the Hi-life The Iveco Daily has for a long time been the preferred choice for operators looking for a large van that can put up with the sort of sustained punishm...
The Freight Transport Association claims to have broken new ground by introducing a Van-Dependency Index to measure the import...
01 Dec 15
Arm of law reaches out to embrace van operators Driving up standards of safety and security in light commercial vehicles requires greater trust and cooperation between the police and van operators.
27 Oct 15
Getting bigger by going small The Freight Transport Association’s Van Excellence scheme – a code of practice for van operators and drivers designed to improve standards in the indu...
23 Oct 15
Alaskan set to hot up pick-up sector Renault has given a first glimpse of its entrance into the one-tonne pick-up marketplace with the unveiling of the Alaskan Concept at an event in Pari...
29 Sep 15
Insuring the best deal Insurance – it’s a necessary evil when it comes to paying out to make sure you don’t lose out in the event of an accident. However, premiums can be re...
25 Sep 15
Getting in trim Operators choosing new vans nowadays are faced with a bewildering array of trim levels and paid for options to wade through before deciding upon the v...
24 Sep 15
Tevo converts readers votes into top prize Tevo occupies a special place in the Pantheon of What Van? Award winners through being the recipient of the first award voted for by our readers.
24 Sep 15
New Navara joins the fight Competition in the pick-up market is set to heat up with the launch of an all- new Nissan Navara, followed by a host of new rivals from manufacturers ...
31 Aug 15
New card the first step for ‘more dynamic’ Allstar Allstar has long been the biggest fuel card network in the UK, with around 7600 petrol stations – i.e. most of them – accepting the payment card. But,...
28 Aug 15
A question of perception Fiat Professional has an image problem. That’s the diagnosis of Domenico Gostoli, the brand’s newly installed head of EMEA (Europe, the Middle East an...
26 Aug 15
New Vivaro moves Vauxhall back to centre stage Vauxhall’s fortunes seem to be on the up once more following a period during which the brand slipped off many operators’ radars and lost market share ...
26 Aug 15
Take the longer view When buying a new van the first thing an operator is likely to look at once they have identified the model that suits their needs is the big sticker o...
Blue-sky thinking The greatest number of changes the LCV sector has seen over recent years are not in greater load capability, nor driver comfort or even operator effic...
06 Jul 15
Tax warning for crew van operators Businesses operating crew vans could be hit by far higher tax demands than they anticipated because of a grey area over how such vehicles are defined ...
29 May 15
The RAC brings charging within range There has been a lot of noise surrounding electric vehicles in the last few years but, so far at least, sales volumes have not matched the level of pu...