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Van sales soared 18.7% last year

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:07+01:00January 7th, 2015|Van News|

Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of SMMT who released the figures today Figures from the SMMT show 321,686 new vans registered in 2014, the highest for seven years. With big truck sales slumping by over a quarter it shows that the van industry has driven the UK automotive recovery even more than cars, which saw a sales rise of [...]

New L200 Challenger model backed up by new five-year warranty

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:07+01:00January 7th, 2015|Van News|

Longer life - The L200 Challenger comes with a whopping five year warranty The L200 Challenger includes the following specification: 175 bhp engine Super Select 4WD system M-ASTC 17” alloy wheels Cruise control Climate control air conditioning Automatic rain & dusk sensors Privacy glass Bluetooth Leather steering wheel & gear shift knob Optional leather seats Long load bed [...]

David Wells takes over as FTA chief executive

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:07+01:00January 6th, 2015|Van News|

David Wells emerged as the top candidate with a proven track record in warehousing and supply chains throughout Europe THE Freight Transport Association will have a new man at the top from 01 May 2015: David Wells. As FTA’s President I would like to congratulate David Wells on his appointment as Chief Executive. With his extensive business and [...]

Tuffnells bat clever with Mercedes

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:07+01:00January 5th, 2015|Van News|

The Tuffnells team including National Fleet Manager Andrew Morton who is responsible for more than 900 vehicles The Tuffnells Mercedes Sprinter vans The first 22 Sprinters are finished in a modified version of Tuffnells’ familiar ‘Big Green Parcel Machine’ livery, which highlights its 100 years of operation. All Sprinters are 313 CDI models with advanced 129 hp engines [...]

Plantforce keeps growing

By Glynn Williams|2014-12-31T13:52:14+00:00December 31st, 2014|Van News|

Plantforce uses Northgate's flexible vehicle hire which means they could scale up without the need of a cash injection The fallout from a massive contract to help build one of Britain’s new generation of nuclear power stations has been an enormous business boost for a plant hire company in the South West of England. After it won the [...]

Lift specialist Morris Vermaport takes its vans up a level

By Glynn Williams|2014-12-30T13:47:09+00:00December 30th, 2014|Van News|

On the move - Morris Vermaport opted for the Citan to avoid rising vehicle tax rates Nottinghamshire-based lift installation and servicing specialist Morris Vermaport has risen to the challenge to cut costs and improve efficiency. It’s taken delivery of 12 Mercedes-Benz Citan vans to replace petrol-electric hybrid cars and larger vans used by installation teams It’s taken delivery [...]

DVLA sets new date for abolition of paper licence

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:07+01:00December 30th, 2014|Van News|

Stay of Execution - The paper licence will still be in place until June THE DVLA has applied the brakes to plans to end the counterpart paper-licence until 8 June. It wants to ensure an efficient on-line system is in place for businesses to check driver details It told Business Vans earlier this month that it would not [...]

Construction work is going up for a British family business, but their costs are going down

By Glynn Williams|2014-12-30T09:54:29+00:00December 30th, 2014|Van News|

Family affair - Woodhead has opted for the Transit Courier to meet demand The family business is about to hit its highest ever turnover figure and continues to see staff numbers grow, having taken on its 100th employee just a couple of months ago. To support the demands of working across the Midlands and Yorkshire, Woodhead has purchased [...]

City Link owner-drivers face uncertain future

By Glynn Williams|2014-12-29T19:35:58+00:00December 29th, 2014|Editor's blog, Industry articles, Van News|

City Link owes tens of thousand of pounds to owner drivers THE fall out for the staff of failed delivery firm City Link is truly horrendous – one can’t imagine the agony on hearing about the firm’s collapse on Christmas Day. Thousands of redundancies are expected on New Year’s Eve. These guys – owed money from work in [...]

Spedian launch new website for removable, changeable SuperLite van graphic system

By Glynn Williams|2014-12-29T16:21:35+00:00December 29th, 2014|Van News|

Spedian are so pleased with their SuperLite product that they have launched a dedicated website to showcase it Specialists in van graphics Spedian Limited has launched a new website dedicated solely to their revolutionary Spedian SuperLite system. the SuperLite system leaves no damage to the van when the graphics are taken off The SuperLite system allows van owners [...]

Northgate report bumper interim results

By Glynn Williams|2014-12-29T15:53:46+00:00December 29th, 2014|Van Lease, Van News|

Going North - The company have had a fantastic first six months of their financial year Northgate plc, specialists in light commercial vehicle hire in the UK and Spain, has reported a bumper performance for the first six months of their financial year. Darlington based Northgate, has increased its interim dividend by over a third and trading since [...]

Business Van of the Year judging panel announced

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:07+01:00December 19th, 2014|Business Van Of The Year, Van News|

The VW Transporter the 2014 Business Van of the Year The Business Van of the Year Award categories are: Best Local Delivery Van Best City Van Best Small Trades Van Best Large Trades Van Best Heavy Van Best Utility Pick Up Best Double Cab Best Builder's Truck Best Green Van Best Crew Van Best finance package for van [...]

Swiss Vans move premises to accommodate growth

By Glynn Williams|2014-12-18T10:05:20+00:00December 18th, 2014|Van Lease, Van News|

Commercial vehicle specialist, Swiss Vans, have moved into larger premises due to expansion of the company in recent times. As the commercial vehicle market has expanded, so has the Swiss Vans operation, leading to over twenty members of staff being employed to deal with customer demands. In early 2014, it became clear that a new base was needed to operate effectively.

Europcar stops trading National Car Rental brand

By Ralph Morton|2015-09-15T16:32:08+01:00December 17th, 2014|Van News|

Europcar has handed back the licences of National Rental and Alamo to owners Enterprise Holdings so it will no longer trade National as a supplier of rental business vans. More information here...

Paper licence stay of execution extended after Government backs down

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:08+01:00December 17th, 2014|Driving licences, Van News|

The paper counterpart isn't for the chop just yet The Government has done a u-turn on abolishing the driving licence paper counterpart next month. At the end of November in reply to an enquiry by Business Vans, the DVLA said, “We want to make it as easy as possible for motorists and businesses to access government services. Timescales for [...]

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