Katie Beck

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    Western Commercial becomes Scotland's first ProCenter dealership

    The company, which operates from Bellshill, Glasgow and Broxburn, Edinburgh, passed a stringent audit to become Scotland’s first Mercedes-Benz Van ProCenter. Mercedes-Benz Van ProCenter Dealers must keep extended opening hours for customer convenience and meet the manufacturer’s requirements on everything from sales staff numbers, their training, qualifications and expertise in specific models and business sectors, […]

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    Dairy funds new e-NV200s with fuel savings

    Grimshaw Lane Dairy in Ormskirk has taken delivery of four e-NV200 vans from Crosby Park Nissan in Liverpool and is using them to make its daily deliveries to homes and businesses in and around the town. The four vehicles each cover around 50 miles a day, making roughly 500 deliveries apiece. Managing director Andrew Brown, […]

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    Morellli extends fleet with Citroën van order

    The Enfield-based company will locate the new vehicles throughout its UK mainland depot network, where they will be used to deliver automotive refinishing products. The latest Dispatch vans are a combination of new vehicles to meet customer demand and replacement vehicles for life-expired vans that were acquired in a major expansion three years ago. Some […]

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    Auto Styling Truckman extends range of hardtops for pick-ups

    First introduced in 2013, the commercial vehicle hardtop has proven popular with pick-up truck users and fleet operators in off-highway sectors and industries such as railway track maintenance, power distribution, telecoms and construction. The British-built hardtop has been specifically designed for industries operating off-road in difficult conditions far away from a workshop environment. In addition […]

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    Ford Customs join NHS Blood and Transport service fleet

    The Customs join a fleet of nearly 500 vehicles, around 65% of which are Fords, from blue-light Ford Focus Estate models to specially adapted Ford Transits. ‘We are pleased to welcome the Ford Transit Custom on to our fleet and we are sure it will more than meet our expectations,’ said NHSBT’s national fleet service […]

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    Isuzu signs D-Max supply deal with Glendale

    Speaking about the deal, Fleet Operations manager for Isuzu, Alan Able, said: ‘It’s very gratifying that Glendale has chosen the D-Max for its vehicle of choice, as we know it has very high expectations when it comes to the quality, reliability and economy of its fleet. Thanks to the D-Max’s outstanding extended warranty coupled with […]

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    Alphabet surpasses 1,000 vehicle milestone with Alphabet Partner

    Of the 1,000 vehicles delivered, just fewer than 10% (90) were light commercial vehicles and nearly 5% (49) were electric vehicles. All 34 Brokers within the Alphabet Partner channel engaged in the transactions utilising all five of Alphabet’s funding products; contract hire, finance lease, contract purchase, personal contract purchase (PCP) and personal contract hire (PCH). Overseen […]

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    CV manufacturing returns to growth in December 2014

    Output fell 19.7% in 2014, but the SMMT believes the month of growth heralds a bright future. Growing demand at home helped to drive December growth, despite deflated export market. ‘The growth of commercial vehicle manufacturing output in December represents a turning point in the sector’s fortunes,’ commented Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive. ‘A ramping […]

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    Day’s Rental invests in new Daily fleet

    The company made its choice as part of a drive to ensure it has a modern range of vehicles available for customers, and becomes the first major hire operator to purchase a fleet of New Daily vans and chassis cab models. ‘Businesses today class resale value as one of their key considerations when buying a […]

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    Average values of used LCVs up across the board in December

    Volumes saw a -36.4% decrease, and the average age of LCV’s sold at auction fell to 65.9 months. The average number of days that LCVs remained on site fell to 12.8 days, and the average mileage increased from 82,772 to 82,831 miles. Price Changes by age   Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 < 2 Years £11,050 […]

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