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National Windscreens secures new Northgate deal

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:19+01:00July 7th, 2014|Van News|

Northgate has again teamed up National Windscreens for another two-year deal. NATIONAL Windscreen’s good levels of service and value for money has been rewarded with a further two-year contract with Northgate – one of the leading UK commercial vehicle hire and fleet providers. National Windscreens works on an unrivalled time to serve policy, providing all customers with windscreen [...]

Mercedes van sales in UK up by 25 per cent

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:19+01:00July 4th, 2014|Van News|

Mercedes Sprinter sales are up 23 percent. US Brits seem to be big fans of Mercedes-Benz van range, as the company has revealed that UK registrations across the range have increased by 25 percent. Compared with the same period last year, sales of the Citan have increased by 45 percent, with Vito up by 12 percent, Sprinter van [...]

Volkswagen Transporter celebrates 60 years in the UK

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:19+01:00July 3rd, 2014|Van News|

Old and new versions of the Volkswagen Transporter celebrate 60 years in the UK. 2014 is a significant year for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, as sixty years ago, the first ever right-hand drive Transporter hit UK shores. Key selling points were how simple, cleverly engineered and more practical than anything else the Transporter was compared to other vans on [...]

Truckman Extra Cab Classic hardtop for Isuzu D-Max

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:19+01:00July 2nd, 2014|Van News|

Truckman's new Classic hardtop for the Isuzu D-MAX pick up. RUN an Isuzu D-Max Mk4 on your business? Have you thought about the advantages of adding a hardtop to the load bed? Well, Auto Styling Truckman might be able to help, as it has just launched a Truckman Extra Cab Classic hardtop for the D-Max. This is on [...]

Sheer growth moves Hitachi Capital Commercial to new offices

By Glynn Williams|2014-07-01T15:42:18+01:00July 1st, 2014|Van News|

Simon Oliphant, Jon Lawes and Kazuya Miura open the new Hitachi offices ORIGINALLY looking after just 717 cars and employing 30 colleagues in 1991, the level of Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Solutions Solutions impressive growth now sees them managing almost 30,000 vehicles, with 140 staff and outgrowing its previous Canal Road offices. Hakuba (meaning horse in Japanese) House as [...]

New Vivaro lease rate starts at £219 a month

By Glynn Williams|2014-07-01T12:37:54+01:00July 1st, 2014|Van News|

New Vivaro, yours for £219 a month. THE new Vauxhall Vivaro lease rate will start at £219 a month – that’s for a base model Vauxhall Vivaro L1H1 model on a three year/30,000 mile lease. But an attractive lease rate is not the only reason to consider a new Vauxhall Vivaro reckons Richard Collier, national commercial vehicle & [...]

More conversions planned for new Vauxhall centre

By Glynn Williams|2015-11-13T18:24:48+00:00June 30th, 2014|Van Conversions, Van News|

Vauxhall will soon be offering trade specific Vivaro vans, that are fully racked. VAUXHALL is setting up its own conversion centre at the firm’s Luton plant in Bedfordshire. And plans to expand the number of conversions the firm produces from its current 25,000 level. Among the new conversions slated are trade specific Vivaro vans that are fully racked [...]

Volkswagen Crafter turns lifesaver in RSPCA tie-up

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:20+01:00June 30th, 2014|Van News|

The RSPCA Volkswagen Crafters will be covered with winning wraps from competition winners. The lives of thousands of animals across England and Wales are likely to be saved by a deal with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and the RSPCA. Called ‘The Networking Project’, it’s a three-year partnership that will enable the animal charity to find loving homes for pets, [...]

Speedway racer picks Mercedes Vito Sport

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:20+01:00June 26th, 2014|Van News|

Chris 'Bomber' Harris with his bike and his Mercedes Vito Sport support van SPEEDWAY racing is not for the faint-hearted. This new Vito Sport is definitely the best yet – the performance is very sprightly while the alloy wheels and chrome trim mean it looks great too The idea is to slide around a dirt track at 80mph [...]

Finance your racking and tools on top of your van

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:20+01:00June 26th, 2014|Van News, Van Racking|

All this, ready for work, and under one monthly repayment scheme HERE's a great idea for trades people. Because everything is included in a monthly repayment, all the cost is off your balance sheet Hitachi Capital is to launch Trade Ready Solutions in a new partnership with Hitachi Power Tools. The new venture is aimed directly at trades [...]

Kestral Guards pick Burnt Tree rental for 18 new vans

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:20+01:00June 26th, 2014|Van News|

Long term rental allows Kestral Guards round the clock support for its 18 vans, as well as the flexibility to take additional vans as needed KESTRAL Guards has done a three year long term rental deal with Burnt Tree for its 18 new vans. Kestral is a security firm based in Southampton, close to Burnt Tree's new one [...]

Russ Swift puts the new Vauxhall Vivaro in its place

By Ralph Morton|2015-09-15T16:32:21+01:00June 24th, 2014|Editor's blog, Industry articles, Van News|

SO there we were, all gathered at Luton’s Vauxhall plant to drive the new Vauxhall Vivaro, when suddenly the all-new van was put through its final paces before leaving the factory … by the brilliant stunt driver Russ Swift . Check out the short video – and the audacious parallel parking at the end! And apologies for the handheld nature of [...]

Konecranes order lifts Vauxhall van sales

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:21+01:00June 24th, 2014|Van News|

The hand over for the 88 new Vauxhall vans on their way to Konecranes KONECRANES makes serious heavy lifting kit like overhead cranes and lifting gear for the nuclear industry. It's just taken delivery of 88 new Vauxhall vans, mainly Vauxhall Combo and Vauxhall Vivaro panels vans - both L1H1 versions. As ever, economy was a big part [...]

New directors signal international expansion at Quartix

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:21+01:00June 24th, 2014|Quartix, Van News|

Simple looking little box, but telematics is growing fast as business van managers look to get greater control over their operations TELEMATICS company Quartix has appointed two new non-executive directors; both point to the company's international ambitions. Signs of Quartix's international business are already very apparent. In April, Quartix opened an office in Chicago and since then has [...]

Ford’s marathon Commonwealth Games partnership

By Glynn Williams|2015-09-15T16:32:21+01:00June 23rd, 2014|Van News|

Ford batonbearers Liam Walsh, Lee Clark and Stewart Cassidy - part of Ford's Commonwealth Games Automotive Partner programme THE Queen's Baton Relay for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will will cover 120,000 miles during its 248 day international journey. Just as well then that the Relay's final leg is supported by a dedicated convoy of Ford vehicles. Ford [...]

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