Features & Interviews

Specialist trailer manufacturer Cosby Suppliers has built an enviable reputation for its high-quality, bespoke vehicle bodies. Founded by Raymond Duffin in the Leicestershire village of Cosby in 1957, the company began life as a car dealer before moving into commercial…

The first six months of 2015 has seen bus builder Wrights Group reach major new milestones. The company expects to achieve record turnover and levels of employment that are pushing its payroll towards 2,000. The past five years have seen…

With a new range of LED headlights for the bus and coach market to be launched at the Busworld 2015 show in Kortrijk, Belgium next month, UK manufacturer BMAC talks to Transport News Brief. “Our success comes from innovation,” says…

Transport News Brief speaks to Lionel Curtis, Technical Director at Cartwright about safety testing of its products. If a curtainsider trailer sheds its load all over the motorway then neither the police nor other road users are likely to be…

Transport News Brief speaks to access platform specialist IAPS Group about the challenges that legislation brings for the boom lift market. Fewer car drivers these days have an automatic entitlement to drive anything heavier than a 3.5-tonner thanks to licence…

Transport News Brief speaks to Fiat Professional’s Domenico Gostoli about plans to boost the brand’s UK success. Domenico Gostoli, Head of Brand for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Fiat Professional, says the brand has seen global success in…

Despite building the cleanest trucks in history, manufacturers are still exploring alternative fuels. Transport News Brief has been to Renault Trucks’ test facility in Lyon to find out what new technologies they are working on. Electric vehicles have moved a…

Transport News Brief spoke to MAN UK Managing Director Simon Elliott about the challenges ahead. A revised used truck sales plan and more Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) lanes are among the items on MAN UK Managing Director Simon Elliott’s to…

How are manufacturers approaching cab design and what does this mean for drivers and operators? Transport News Brief spoke to the industry to find out more. Gone are the days when the design of truck cab interiors was treated as…

Transport News Brief speaks to DAF Managing Director Ray Ashworth as he looks back at a successful year for the manufacturer, and ahead to a period of legislative calm post Euro-6. Recent SMMT registration figures reveal DAF as UK market…