A recent Manheim Volkswagen commercial auction made more than £1.3 million in total sales with a 62-plate VW Amarok selling for 96% of the list price VOLKSWAGEN light commercials are enduringly popular with tradespeople and SMEs and a recent sale at Manheim's Bruntingthorpe auction centre in Leicestershire reflected this. Around 43 franchise dealers paid top prices for a [...]
Shoddy maintenance has always meant inefficiency in the long run, but AXA Insurance says that if it leads to accidents, claims could be rejected YOUR business depends on your van – so you look after it properly. Or do you? A new survey reveals that although 90% of van operators have their vans serviced at least once a [...]
Adding Start and Stop to the familiar Citroen Relay is a big plus for urban users. And sat nav plus Trackstar stolen van tracking are now standard features on the Citroen.
The Double Tree by Hilton is the splendid venue for the conference. Business Vans is offering 2 free places (usual cost £385+VAT) The FTA's Van Excellence Scheme aims to improve practice in business van management THE Freight Transport Association series of Van Excellence conferences is coming to Scotland – and there are two free places for [...]
The Transit Customs are 310 short-wheelbase models with 2.2-litre 100hp TDCi engines ENERGY company E.ON is equipping its meter men with 118 new Ford Transit Custom vans for use nationwide. The vans are the first on the E.ON fleet to have been through the new Whole Vehicle Type Approval ‘enhancement' scheme. The scheme came into force earlier this [...]
Heatforce and Northgate have teamed up on van hire HEATING and plumbing firm Heatforce has tapped into Northgate Vehicle Hire to expand its van fleet after enjoying a boost in business. The Wales-based company originally formed a partnership with Northgate to provide 13 vehicles, but recent growth has prompted Heatforce to increase its fleet with an additional 16 [...]
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Ford has really done its homework with the Transit Connect - it's consummately fit for purpose I'VE just come back from the launch of the new Ford Transit Connect. The new Transit Connect ECOnetic 1.6 TDCi 95PS model has a combined economy of 70.6mpg And it's hard not to see how Ford won't have another runaway winner on [...]
Volkswagen Caddy: practical and appealing – and on special offer! IN THE market for a compact van? Then you'll pleased to hear that Volkswagen is offering its practical and appealing Caddy to business users for only £199 a month. The Caddy range is available in a short- or long-wheelbase versions and as a standard van or five-seater crew [...]
CV salesmen have to build long term relationships with customers WHEN Ford began its Ford CV Apprentice scheme at the beginning of the year, some dealers were sceptical of its likely outcome. But already one apprentice has sold 80 vans - with three months left to the end of the year. And the programme will continue in 2014. [...]
Transit24 is designed to keep business vans on the move - minimising service time, and offering extended hours opening including late night appointments once a week FORD is creating 100 specialist Ford Transit Centres. The first, at Hartwell Ford CV Dealer in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, launches this week (17 October, 2013). dealers have a truck-like mentality to keep van [...]
Royal Mail vans: well specified and maintained – and also realistically priced WITH the recent shares issue in the newly privatised Royal Mail massively over-subscribed, it seems shares are not the only thing from Royal Mail that are much sought after. There's been unprecedented buyer interest and activity in recent Royal Mail special van auction sales, according Manheim [...]
Ford continues to lead the market with more than 52,000 vans sold so far this year DEMAND for new vans from businesses and tradespeople remains strong with September van sales up by 10.3% compared with September last year. There were 43,066 new 63-plate vans registered during the month bringing the year-to-date total to 205,004 sales. This equates to [...]
GETTING signwriting for your van can be good for business. It’s reckoned that, typically, about 3000 people an hour will see it. So it’s useful advertising. It may also help clinch deals. How? In a survey by van leasing firm Vanarama, 59 per cent of respondents said that seeing a company logo on the van gave them confidence in the [...]
Buy a new Caddy or Transporter before the end of the year can and you can opt for a service package that could save as much as £350 BUSINESSES planning to take on new Caddy and Transporters vans will be pleased to hear that a their Volkswagen van servicing costs could be halved thanks to a new commercial [...]
