TNB News

There were good reasons to pop the corks on New Year’s Eve as the UK commercial vehicle sector rounded off a widely successful 2023 with the cherry on the icing – that being the UK-EU agreement to extend TCA rules…

How do you look back on 2003? Reflecting on 2023, I am immensely proud of the Osprey Charging story. Our mission to grow and redefine the EV charging landscape with consistently high-quality and easy-to-use locations and charge points has reached…

By Mark Cartwright, Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, National Highways The UK may have a better road safety record than most other nations – but we need to do more to reduce fatalities and injuries on our roads. In 2022 1,711…

Kinaxia Logistics has upgraded its fleet with a total of 205 bespoke new curtainsiders from Tiger Trailers. So far, Kinaxia has invested more than £6m in the new trailers, which are being deployed across the group as part of a…

Asset Alliance Group has launched a new bus and coach rental offering, in a move designed to significantly expand its market share in the sector. After providing specialist finance for the bus and coach industry for more than 20 years,…

Northumberland-based R.L Proudlock & Sons has taken delivery of a Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter 6×2 tractor unit, plated for 65-tonne GCW operation. Supplied by Jonny Devlin, Transport Solutions Executive at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre North & Scotland, the new…

With the UK looking at a deadline of 2050 to bring about a net zero emission economy, transport and logistics firms are already working hard to decarbonise their operations. Encouraging progress is being made as organisations produce plans for net…

Lockerbie-based luxury coach and bus operator Houston’s Coaches has begun taking delivery of four new Volvo B8RLE-MCV eVoRas, for use on the 240-mile round-trip between Dumfries and Edinburgh. The new order consists of three 10.8m B8RLE-MCV eVoRas and one larger…

UK and international temperature-controlled and ambient transport specialist, Broughton Transport Solutions has added the first Renault Trucks T Highs to its 60-strong mixed fleet. Supplied by Sparks Commercial Services, the two T520 High 6×2 pusher tractor units were selected for…

Timothy Taylor’s brewery has taken delivery of two new temperature-controlled trailers, each configured with a Carrier Transicold Vector 1550 unit. Continuing a working relationship dating back more than 20 years, the trailers join a 100% Carrier-cooled fleet used to deliver…