What is Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) causing daytime drowsiness is more common among those who drive for a living RAC Business backs campaign to identify and treat condition within 4 weeks. The condition and symptoms of daytime drowsiness can impair driving which may have a significant impact on commercial drivers' ability to earn a living. Fear of [...]
IT'S British and it's the best at doing the business in the hands of Britain's growing army of successful businesses - the Luton-built Vauxhall Vivaro! On sale for just over a year and the latest Vauxhall Vivaro, top-selling retail van, is now properly crowned as it adds the Business Van of the Year 2016 prize to its rapidly filling trophy cabinet. [...]
ON top of holding on to the Best Pick-Up and Crew Van awards in the 2016 Business Van of the Year Awards run by Business Vans, Volkswagen has also kept the Best Finance & Service Package award. Despite hot competition from rivals such as Citroen and Fiat Professional, Volkswagen’s range of competitively-priced finance products to help small business customers and small [...]
WITH the Best Crew Van award for 2015, it’s almost a case of ‘meet the new boss same as the old boss’ as the Volkswagen Transporter has come top again for another year. But this is not the same Transporter that won last year, no - as Volkswagen decided in mid-2015 to give us the latest T6 version of their [...]
VAUXHALL adds Best Green Van to its other Vivaro awards won in the 2016 Business Van of the Year Awards. But, how did the 1.6 120PS Bi-Turbo version of Vauxhall’s Transit Custom rival manage to topple last year’s zero-emission winner – the all-electric Nissan e-NV200? Vauxhall Vivaro 1.6CDTi 16v BiTurbo 120PS L1H1 Sportive Gross vehicle weight: 2,760kg Payload: 1,092kg Load [...]
THIS year 2016 is going to be the year of the pick-up and the Volkswagen Amarok’s continued reign as Best Pick-Up in the 2016 Business Van Awards, we think, stands it in good stead against the many new models being launched this year. The Amarok came top again simply because the winning 2.0-litre Trendline 180PS 4motion version is perfect for [...]
TAKING over from the 2015 winner, the Citroen Relay, is Vauxhall’s second commercial winner in the 2016 Business Van awards - as the Movano takes the Best Heavy Van award. The familiar Movano won Best Heavy Van because it has key features needed for a van in this class – tough but still reliable and able to cover long distances [...]
ON sale since 2014 and winner of our Best Large Trades Van award for the second year in a row is the Vauxhall Vivaro. The reason why the Vivaro has kept hold of this title in the Business Van Awards is twofold: first, it is car-like to drive which is only good if it can do the practical stuff, which of course it [...]
THE Transit badge has to be the most iconic and recognised in commercial circles, with the Ford celebrating its 50th birthday in 2015. The Custom, our Best Small Trades Van, is the mid-sized Transit and adds this award to an impressive back catalogue dating from its launch in 2013. So why is the Ford Transit Custom our favourite? Well it [...]
THE Transit Courier launched in 2014, completed Ford’s four-pronged attack on the commercial market with the expanded Transit range. Ford’s B-platform integrated style van is designed to take on established rivals such as the Fiat Fiorano, Peugeot Bipper, Citroen Nemo, Mercedes Citan and the Nissan NV200. The Transit Courier’s compact dimensions are perfectly suited to urban environments, where it slides [...]
Van Monster recently launched a survey to find out who the man with a van really is - and the results are in. The survey, which was completed by van drivers, asked a number of questions relating to motoring, expenses and work, as well as more light-hearted topics such as what they listen to and even the sauce they have on [...]
MARK Goss of flexible van hire specialists Northgate Vehicle Hire predicts the coming 12 months is set to be an interesting period for the van market. Why? Well he believes that new legislation and technology will play a major part in shaping driver habits and preferences. As Northgate predict big changes, two key areas he centres on are emissions and connectivity [...]
PICK-UPS are more than workhorses for construction or agriculture, they can be mean machines, as lifestyle superhero best new pick-ups made clear in Detroit with the likes of Raptor clashing with Titan Warrior and Ridgeline. Ford Raptor SuperCrew Ford Raptor U.S. pick-up buyers want and apparently need more space, even those who want to buy the most radical - the Ford [...]
Fined for van roof fall Anglian Windows Ltd had failed to provide sufficient information, instruction, training and supervision to employees who were required to load and unload equipment from van roofs. A £10,000 fine for a glazing firm after a worker's van roof fall resulting in severe head injuries is a reminder to small businesses and trades that there is [...]
IF you're a tradesman working across the UK and drive your van for work, then this will be the most important tool for your business. It will most likely have all the equipment you require to carry out your day to day tasks. This is why we understand that an MOT test failure can end up being a huge burden, stopping [...]
