The ‘Work’ pack adds a towbar, payload liner, seat covers and rubber mats - all addiitons you're likely to need anyway IF you run an Isuzu D-Max Eiger, is your pick-up working hard enough for you? Would a tow bar and load liner add to its productivity? And how about a set of all-terrain tyres to help you [...]
You could take on a beefy Crafter from £309 a month... COULD your business use a new van, but cash flow is making budgeting a pain? Then you could do worse than look at Volkswagen’s latest contract hire and finance lease offers. The deals are available on Volkswagen’s complete van range, from Caddy to Crafter, but you’ll need [...]
An EU proposal that would have forced van operators to get 'type approval' for even minor changes like panelling or racking has been withdrawn.
The 12cu m Dailys will be used for five years, clocking up around 18,650 miles a year DO you need a beefy new van for your fleet? Perhaps a new Iveco Daily fit the bill? It certainly has for domestic heating firm Dyson Energy Services. In fact 20 new Iveco Daily 35S11 vans to be precise. And they [...]
The Citroen Relay has a refined, beefy engine, is easy to drive, easy to live with and especially suitable for businesses that need to carry large, bulky cargoes.
Ford topped the sales league in January with 26.3% of the market TRADESPEOPLE and van operators have started the new year brightly: you've been buying vans. Lots of them. Registrations of vans up to 3.5 tonnes increased by of 11.9% compared with January 2012. Not only vans, but pick-ups, too. Pick-ups were up 34.5% compared with January last [...]
The Cool Pavillion at this year's CV Show will be of special interest to temperature-controlled transport and logistics providers THE Cool Pavilion will be back at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show in April, with the UK’s top van refrigeration companies exhibiting. The area, dedicated to chilled and frozen products and services, will be of special interest to [...]
The new Ford Transit Custom is packed with equipment to help drivers combat the stress of busy working days behind the wheel.
Ford looked long and hard at how their vans are used before designing the Ford Transit Custom. The result is a van that's tailored to the needs of small businesses.
Ford engineering guru John Reed: reckons the deployable roof rack bars are part of the package that makes the new Ford Transit such a great package WHAT do you like about the new Ford Transit Custom? What really stands out for you? That was the question I asked John Reed, Ford’s engineering leader on global CVs, at the [...]
Ford's design chief Paul Campbell HAVING asked Ford’s John Reed the question - what do you like about the new Ford Transit Custom? – I thought it only fair to ask the same question of Paul Campbell. Paul is the chief designer for Ford’s commercial vehicle design. “The first is the interior of the new Ford Transit Custom. [...]
The '1 tonne' Ford Transit Custom has great style and practicality, plus it's like a car behind the wheel and does over 40mpg. Do your business a favour.
Reducing additional weight in a vehicle will improve fuel economy YOU might as buff and trim as a Chippendale but you could still have a weight problem that’s costing you money. That’s because many businesses and trades people that operate vans up to 3.5 tonnes are missing a simple trick to increase fuel efficiency. Research by the Energy [...]
Over-zealous traffic wardens will write tickets during deliveries VAN operators in London are being hounded by parking wardens working for cash squeezed London councils happy to plaster van windscreens with yellow penalty charge notices (PCNs): parking tickets to most of us. As if things aren't tough enough for small business, London's boroughs inflicted a punishing 50% increase in [...]
Mercedes is freezing service costs for 2013 BUSINESSES running Mercedes-Benz vans and concerned about the rising cost of maintenance are getting a helping hand from the company. For 2013, Mercedes-Benz won't make any price increases on service contracts across its range of trucks, vans and Fuso Canter vehicles, so customers will pay the same for servicing and maintenance [...]
