Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine and Wonderwall by Oasis complete the top three in the playlist of 40 classic ‘vanthems’ that also includes Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama, Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’, AC/DC’s Back in Black and Toto’s Africa. Recent chart favourites making the cut include Katy Perry’s Roar, Pharrell Williams’ Happy and […]
Chief executive David Wells has written to George Osborne asking him not to renege on his promise to hold current levels until September, saying that the move is vital to stimulate the economy. The Association is a founder member of FairFuelUK, which will be lobbying the government at a Pre-Budget Reception on Wednesday. David […]
The company has spent the last six months undertaking development for its next range of accessories and following shipping of the vehicle by container to manufacturing facility in the West Midlands, the company’s design staff will begin production of tooling. The hardtops are suitable for commercial applications in off-highway sectors and industries such as railway […]
Following the appointment, Fleet Alliance began an implementation process, including uploading all Richard Irvin vehicle details onto its online ‘e-fleet’ fleet management system, which provides an extensive and comprehensive suite of management information reports and allows the insight of all aspect of the fleet operation. Richard Irvin is also considering the introduction of the e-fleet […]
Available from £269 per month, the Flexible Finance Lease on Crafter models will allow business owners to choose finance packages to suit the vehicle specification, intended use and mileage requirement. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles offers both ‘Engineered to go’ and ‘Engineered for you’ programmes. The ‘Engineered to go’ range provides off-the-shelf solutions that cater for a […]
Chris Hanson-Abbott, honoured last year by HM The Queen with an OBE for Services to Vehicle Road Safety, is behind the recently launched SteerSafe Campaign, which looks at the wider issue of avoidable accidents. As new 360-degree technology has been launched to solve the major problem of vehicle blind spots, Hanson-Abbott says that fleets must […]
JJX Logistics operates from headquarters in Wolverhampton and is a member of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance. Its 3.2-tonne new Vito Extra-long arrived via the Kidderminster branch of Rygor. JJX Small Haul was founded in 1997 by John Donovan, who changed its name in 2007 to JJX Logistics, to better reflect the diverse nature of its […]
Vans are valuable items, not only the physical vehicle, but the tools and equipment that sit inside too. Each year, around 47,000 commercial vehicles are stolen in the UK. That is a total cost of around £152m. When you rely on your van to be able to do your job, this poses a huge risk. […]
Supplied by Birmingham Dealer Midlands Truck & Van, the Atego 816s have S ClassicSpace cabs and are fitted with Luton dropwell bodywork by M6 Motor Bodies, also of Birmingham. They are the subject of a funding agreement with InnoVent Leasing. Lee Longlands, which has stores in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Leamington Spa, Abingdon and Derby, has enjoyed […]
The firm ordered a total of 10 Sprinter 313 CDI Long chassis cabs via South Wales Dealer Euro Commercials, all of which are fitted with bespoke box bodies by Cardiff Truck & Bus, which feature retractable curtains to the nearside for ease of loading and unloading. Newport-based National Plastics supplies a huge range of fascia […]
