Features & Interviews

Nissan has announced at the CV Show that British Gas will invest in 100 pure electric e-NV200 vans, following a successful six-month trial of 28 prototype vehicles. Initially, 50 vans will be delivered over the coming weeks, with the remainder…

This year’s CV Show has got off to a strong start with crowds keen to get a glimpse of new vehicles, technologies and solutions that will help their businesses grow and become more efficient. One of the stars of the…

The requirement for analogue and digital tachographs was driven by legislation, and telematics has satisfied the need for hugely intensive and detailed fleet management. Now, an increasingly litigious culture, spiralling insurance costs are driving the exponential growth of in-cab cameras…

Boris Johnson has spoken. London’s Mayor wants Central London to be an Ultra-Low Emission Zone by 2020 and the capital’s iconic (mostly black) cabs will have to play their part. He is adamant that all new London taxis presented for…

Intelligent transport systems, connected vehicles and slime all have a part to play in shaping the traffic network and making sure it runs as efficiently as possible. Bizzarely, mould recommends moving the M6 motorway to the east coast, for instance,…

Apprenticeships are going strong and with more backing than ever from government and business their contribution to industry and the wider economy is set to increase even further. Transport News Brief talked Lord Digby Jones, a standard-bearer for the vocational…

In August 2012 Volvo Trucks started out on a journey which would end with one of the most-viewed online videos of all time. The Ballerina Stunt (Live Test One) was the first of six high-quality videos that the manufacturer commissioned…

Chancellor George Osborne delivered what he described as a ‘budget for the makers, the doers, and the savers’ this week with measures designed to boost manufacturing and export. Industry is at the heart of economic recovery he told the House…

Following National Apprenticeship Week and a warning from the CBI that many sectors face a skills vacuum, Transport News Brief takes a look at the need for talent and training at the sharp end of the logistics sector.   Operators…

Whether you want to dunk a digestive in your tea or a 65,000 tonne warship into the sea, you will have needed vans and trucks to help the biscuit and the boat on their journey to their final destinations. Transport…