Balfour Beatty takes the GreenRoad Some 1,400 commercial vehicles in service with Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) are to be equipped with GreenRoad 360 systems in a bid to cut a...
15 Jun 10
Used LCV prices stabilise Average monthly values for used LCVs slipped back in May ending a run of six consecutive record months. Despite a drop in values, they still remain no...
09 Jun 10
Sporty new conveyances for estate agents Vauxhall has closed a deal to supply Scottish estate agent Aberdein Considine with 24 Corsavan Sportives. The firm has just taken delivery of the vehi...
07 Jun 10
L200 works like a Trojan Mitsubishi has launched a new Trojan special edition of its L200 double-cab pick-up. Available solely on the standard-bed-length model, the kit suppli...
London congestion tax to rise, zone to shrink London mayor Boris Johnson has proposed a range of changes to the way the city's congestion tax operates, including scrapping the western extens...
25 May 10
All vans should be speed-limited says Euro MP A leading member of the European Parliament is urging that vans should be restricted to 75mph by fitting them with compulsory limiters. Martin Callana...
23 May 10
Mitsubishi ASX to get LCV treatment Mitsubishi is looking at the possibility of launching a light commercial vehicle version of its new Nissan Qashqai-rivalling ASX crossover, due for a ...
18 May 10
4 Shires Canters to the future A Mitsubishi Fuso Canter 3C15 3.5-tonne curtainsider has just become the first light truck to be acquired by Rugby-based builders' merchant 4 Sh...
11 May 10
Vito keeps WR looking cool Almost 100 Mercedes-Benz Vito vans have gone into service with W R Refrigeration. Equipped with customised racking for tools and spare parts plus carr...
06 May 10
Major order for Crafter tippers Seventy-one Volkswagen Crafter tippers are joining Quadron Services. The specialist horticultural and ground maintenance services provider is using th...
04 May 10
Bevan sets up graphics division Commercial vehicle bodybuilder Bevan Group has set up its own graphics division following its recent acquisition of Birmingham-based Creative Signs.
29 Apr 10
Daily is automatic choice for Fairfax Catering butcher Fairfax Meadow has acquired 15 Iveco Dailys equipped with six-speed AGile automated manual transmissions. The 35S11 3.5-tonner...
26 Apr 10
MoT proposals slammed Suggestions that Class 7 light commercials ie those grossing at from 3.0 to 3.5 tonnes should be subjected to an annual MoT from their date of first r...
Joint venture brings new van for Mercedes A new high-cube Mercedes van set to compete with key rival Volkswagen's Caddy is likely to be one of the fruits of a tie-up between the Renault-...
14 Apr 10
Road maintenance budget full of holes Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling's Budget announcement of a £100m fund to repair local roads damaged by winter weather earlie...
09 Apr 10
More guidance from Van Best Practice programme The Department for Transport's Van Best Practice programme will launch a new guide at the Commercial Vehicle Operator Show - 13-15 April a...
06 Apr 10
Used van market stays healthy says Glass's Second-hand light vans are so popular at present that supply is struggling to keep pace with demand says Glass's Guide to Commercial Vehicle Val...
29 Mar 10
Citroën’s Berlingo gets you lunch in a Jiffy Mobile catering van specialist Jiffy Trucks has come up with a new model based on Citroen's 90hp 1.6HDi diesel Berlingo 1000 platform cab. ...