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Volvo FL Goes Airside
Premier in-flight cuisine suppliers, Royal Blue Executive Services, have taken delivery of a new Volvo FL 18-tonner to service their executive jet customers at Heathrow. more
More MPG Thanks to Renault Trucks
Meynell Plant Hire Ltd. has taken delivery of three new 8x4 Renault Premium Landers with centre mounted hiab cranes, along with six Renault Kerax 370.32s, which all have Weightlifter steel bodies. more
A Baker's Dozen Of DAF XF105s For Tom Moorhouse
Long established Yorkshire operator Tom Moorhouse & Son Ltd has replaced a dozen DAF XF95’s with a baker’s dozen of its ‘Truck of the Year’ successor, the XF105. more
Bassett's Help Jiffy Drive Ahead
Stoke-on-Trent based haulier R G Bassett & Sons Ltd has been appointed by leading protective packaging manufacturer Jiffy Packaging Co Ltd of Winsford to provide a full logistics support operation, enabling Jiffy to offer an enhanced delivery service to its UK distributors. more
Bibby Acquires Major Contracts From MRS
Bibby Distribution has bought a significant part of the English operations of haulage company MRS Distribution from the receivers. more
CPC on Sundays Thanks to Novadata
Essex based, Novadata Transport Training has announced that they will be providing Driver CPC courses on Sundays from August onwards. more
Allied Bakeries places major fleet order with Iveco
Allied Bakeries, a division of Associated British Foods plc, is taking delivery of 112 new Ivecos for its mixed fleet of 1,000 commercial vehicles. more
Ryder Invests £4 Million In New Vehicles
Ryder Europe, one of the UK’s leading transportation companies, has today announced that it is investing £4m in 100 new heavy goods vehicles (HGV) to its rental fleet. more
First Renaults Join Wynnstay Fleet
Agricultural retailer and crop marketing company, Wynnstay, has taken delivery of three new Renault Premium Lander rigids, fitted with bulk blowing bodies, through Renault Trucks distributor Border Trucks. more
Volvo Service Makes Magnums Melt
Northampton-based international hauliers MAM Transport Services Ltd have ordered another sixteen Volvo FH-460 tractors and the Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia, Kettering Dealerpoint team also won the service contract for fourteen of MAM’s Renault Magnums to boot. more
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