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Businesses in any walk of life that develop strong collaboration between male and female staff perform better, and benefit from diversity of ideas, attitudes, and approaches. However, while women make up 47% of the general UK workforce, the figure is…

Bus operator Stagecoach has placed an order for 20 of the new Alexander Dennis battery electric Enviro100EV model, launched in November. The Scottish Government’s ScotZEB challenge fund supported the acquisition and the vehicles are expected to be allocated to operating…

Exeter’s Parsons Nationwide Distribution has added the first Renault Trucks T520 High 6×2 pusher tractor unit to its fleet citing the vehicle’s high specification as key to the deal. The new 13 litre T520 High, with a maximum torque of…

Operators with a combined fleet of half a million vehicles in the UK and Europe tested First Hydrogen’s fuel cell-powered vans at a track day held at the Horiba Mira Proving Ground. Fleet managers from 21 operators including Asda, Sainsbury’s,…

Production of commercial vehicles in the UK have received a shot in the arm with the first full month of production of zero emission light commercial vehicles at the remodelled Ellesmere Port. Following an investment of £100m the first vehicles…

By Mark Cartwright, Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, Highways England Telematics is potentially one of our greatest tools for proactively lowering road risk, yet some hauliers and most van fleet operations still eschew it. Of those who do use it,…

What does Gray & Adams do? Gray & Adams is the UK market-leader in the manufacture of specialist temperature controlled and bespoke vehicles. Founded in 1957, we are a long-established, family-owned business with 750 employees, based out of a head…

Nith Inshore Rescue has selected an Ineos Grenadier as its new search and rescue vehicle for operation in the Upper Solway and surrounding areas. Jointly funded by the Coastal Communities Fund and St John Scotland, this is the first blue-light…

Oxford Bus Company has taken delivery of 21 zero-emission battery electric Wrighbus StreetDeck Electroliner double-deck buses for its operations in the city. The new Brookesbus fleet, which is owned and run by the operator, will replace the existing fleet of…

Ellerslie T&C has sourced a new DAF CF 450 tipper grab direct from MV Commercial’s Ready to Go fleet, helping the utilities contractor to avoid lengthy lead times. MV Commercial helped the Glasgow-based firm when it experienced significant problems trying…