May 2016 - Page 2 of 2 - Business Vans

Smiling van seller Jim Jakes is top of the tree with 15th Vauxhall award

Smiling van seller Jim Jakes is top of the tree with 15th Vauxhall award

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-16T17:32:17+01:00May 16th, 2016|Van News|

Jim Jakes' market area North, South, East and West Yorkshire Northumberland Tyne & Wear Humberside Derbyshire Lincolnshire & North Lincolnshire Cleveland County Durham Nottinghamshire Staffordshire SMILING van seller Jim Jakes is "top of the tree" - winning a top Vauxhall sales award for the 15th consecutive time. Yorkshire-based Jim, commercial sales manager at Bristol Street Motors Vauxhall Knaresborough, won the British manufacturer’s [...]

Used van values keep rising despite new van sales boom

Used van values keep rising despite new van sales boom

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-16T16:55:33+01:00May 16th, 2016|Van News|

Van market booming Volumes of used LCVs coming to auction continue to rise Registrations of new LCVs rose for the third straight year in 2015 with a record of 371,830 April new registrations up 11.7% year on year Values of used LCVs continue to increase according to the latest NAMA data USED van values keep rising despite more coming to auction and [...]

Home shopping boom fuelling ‘phenomenal’ van sales

Home shopping boom fuelling ‘phenomenal’ van sales

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-12T14:50:56+01:00May 12th, 2016|Van News|

THE FULL extent of strong growth in online shopping in the UK, and the effect the home shopping boom is having on the van market, has been underlined by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) In 2015, the average total weekly spend online in the UK was £815.72 million, up 12.4% on the figure for 2014 and more than twice what it was [...]

New van refrigeration units meet clinical challenge

New van refrigeration units meet clinical challenge

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-12T13:48:05+01:00May 12th, 2016|Van News|

PDQ Specialist Courier Services has selected Carrier Transicold Pulsor 400 multi-temperature (MT) refrigeration units for a pair of new 3.5 tonne Mercedes-Benz light commercial vehicles, as the new van refrigeration units meet a rough clinical challenge. The vans are used to transport temperature-critical pharmaceutical and clinical trial deliveries across the UK and Europe. The UK-wide fleet selected the Pulsor 400 MT [...]

Car driving bad habits that really bug van operators

Car driving bad habits that really bug van operators

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-11T14:19:34+01:00May 11th, 2016|Van News|

BULLISH, aggressive and arrogant are all terms which have been used to describe commercial vehicle drivers. However car drivers certainly aren’t blameless according to Britain’s white van men bugged by car driving bad habits. To coincide with the launch of their new commercial vans section, Intelligent Car Leasing surveyed 1,000 LCV drivers to ask what are car drivers' most annoying habits. [...]

Vauxhall plant strikes gold for safety excellence

Vauxhall plant strikes gold for safety excellence

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-10T16:06:17+01:00May 10th, 2016|Van News|

LUTON'S Vivaro van-building Vauxhall plant strikes gold for safety excellence in RoSPA's Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2016. This year marks the 60th year for the annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the award joins Vauxhall's cluster of honours this year topped by Vivaro's Business Van of the Year 2016, Best Large Trades Van and [...]

SME confidence booster with Toyota 5-year warranty for vans and pick-ups

SME confidence booster with Toyota 5-year warranty for vans and pick-ups

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-10T10:50:10+01:00May 10th, 2016|Van News|

Toyota LCVs 5-year cover Toyota’s “back in business” LCV programme Reinforced by introduction of five-year/100,000-mile new vehicle warranty New UK warranty package for the new Proace Van range and for the all-new Hilux Rivals' warranties usually 3 years/60,000 miles SMEs looking for a new van or pick-up get a reliability confidence booster with the newly launched Toyota 5-year warranty for its [...]

Time’s running out for law-breaker vans – industry warned

Time’s running out for law-breaker vans – industry warned

By Glynn Williams|2016-06-07T10:43:57+01:00May 9th, 2016|Van News|

Statistics 'red flag to legislators' Predicted 1.65 million unroadworthy vans in operation 49.7% first-time MOT test failure rate 88.5% of 11,000 vans stopped annually at roadside were overloaded 63% stopped at roadside had serious mechanical defects TIME'S running out for law-breaker vans, with a major clampdown by law enforcement agencies predicted amid rising concern at the number of illegal light commercial [...]

Truckman’s new pick-up hardtops a hit at show

Truckman’s new pick-up hardtops a hit at show

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-09T15:34:30+01:00May 9th, 2016|Van News|

Truckman hardtops to fit latest models of: Toyota Hilux Nissan NP300 navara For Ranger Isuzu D-Max Volkswagen Amarok TRUCKMAN'S new pick-up hardtops and the rest of their British-built commercial accessory range impressed the industry experts at the UK’s largest Commercial Vehicle Show to date. More than 20,000 delegates, made up of fleet managers, pick-up manufacturers, contractors and 4x4 enthusiasts, attended the [...]

Riversimple hydrogen van concept revealed

Riversimple hydrogen van concept revealed

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-06T11:24:58+01:00May 6th, 2016|Van News|

FIRST came the Riversimple Rasa hydrogen car, which has just been revealed at the London Motor Show - now comes a Riversimple hydrogen van concept. Like the Riversimple Rasa, the Riversimple hydrogen van concept uses a fuel cell fuelled by hydrogen that produces only water from its tailpipe. It makes the new hydrogen fuelled van ideal for users faced with [...]

Challenge bills you get for damaging highways says claims expert

Challenge bills you get for damaging highways says claims expert

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-06T10:23:36+01:00May 6th, 2016|Van News|

A CLAIMS management specialist is urging drivers, businesses and insurers to check and challenge bills for repairs to highways damage after an incident involving one of their vehicles. Claims Management & Adjusting (CMA), of West Malling, Kent, says they should challenge the costs associated with road surface and street furniture repairs following a crash, spillage or fire. We frequently see cases [...]

So how did Beckham pick-up score in sale?

So how did Beckham pick-up score in sale?

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-03T23:38:15+01:00May 3rd, 2016|Van News|

'WHAT did it score?' was the question after a Ford F-150 pick-up first owned by football superstar David Beckham went under the hammer at the first International Ford Show held over the May bank holiday weekend at Sandown Park, Surrey. Celebrity guests including Ant Anstead from Channel 4’s For the Love of Cars, Touring Car legend Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams and Fifth Gear [...]

Volkswagen Caddy 2.0 TDI Trendline: First long term report

Volkswagen Caddy 2.0 TDI Trendline: First long term report

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-03T20:40:24+01:00May 3rd, 2016|Van Reviews, Volkswagen|

Volkswagen Caddy 2.0 TDI Trendline: First long term report Caddy 2.0-litre TDi fuel statistics Official MPG: 61.4mpg Our Average MPG: 34.1mpg Our Best MPG: 34.1mpg SO the T6 Combi has gone and instead it’s time to welcome back the smaller Volkswagen Caddy, the Caddy 2.0 TDI Trendline, to Business Van’s long-term fleet. I say welcome back, as regular readers will [...]

Volkswagen’s new Amarok getting 224PS 3.0 TDI V6

Volkswagen’s new Amarok getting 224PS 3.0 TDI V6

By Glynn Williams|2016-05-03T11:32:03+01:00May 3rd, 2016|Van News|

New Amarok 3.0 TDI V6 Premium pick-up will be the only model in its segment with high-performance V6 turbodiesel Latest generation of six-cylinder engines with 163PS, 204PS and up to 224PS and 550Nm of torque Payload more than 1 tonne and towing up to 3.5 tonnes Fuel economy of new Amarok with 224PS and 8-speed automatic gearbox expected to be [...]

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