TNB News

Twenty-one was the magic number for Britain’s new light commercial vehicle market in 2023 as SMMT’s latest figures show an extra 21.0% more of such vehicles were registered across the year compared with 2022 – that growth being reflected symmetrically…

Describe the new Electric Freightway project that GRIDSERVE is involved in? The £100m Electric Freightway project will run until 2030 with a fleet of eHGVs on the roads supported by a new network of charging infrastructure at motorway service areas,…

Over recent months there have been a number of developments in the truck and van dealer world, with announcements of several dealer sites opening and takeovers of existing businesses revealed. For example, Alltruck Group recently put the finishing touches to…

UK engineering specialist Equipmake has doubled its fleet repowering agreement with Big Bus Tours, extending the deal to a fleet of 20 vehicles. This follows on from an initial contract with the world’s largest sightseeing company –announced in September 2023…

First Bus has announced a £750,000 investment in its Rochdale bus depot as it prepares to take responsibility for running Bee Network services in the area from March. The investment in the former Transdev site on Corporation Street will see…

A new Mercedes-Benz Actros L rig has begun transporting artificial intelligence-driven performance analysis to some of the UK’s leading professional sports teams. Operated by specialist haulier Xpression Event Solutions, the Actros L 1853 works with a purpose-designed mobile laboratory trailer…

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…