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News from Hitachi Capital: Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Solutions has extended its partnership with vehicle breakdown and recovery specialists RAC for a further five years. Following the successful implementation of 773 new mission critical vehicles in 2013 and the ongoing…

Small and medium-sized businesses hit by flooding could benefit from financial support in a new £10 million package announced by government today. Although there is no cap on maximum payments under the Business Support Scheme hardship funding, government suggests that…

News from Prohire: Midlands based Prohire Plc, one of the UK’s fastest growing commercial vehicle hire and fleet management specialists, has announced a major investment in its spot rental fleet. The company has recently placed orders worth in excess of…

More young people are thinking about a career in engineering following a campaign to stimulate interest among school goers. The Tomorrow’s Engineers Week ran in early November last year and aimed to get government, employers and educators enthusing about the…

The  FTA has welcomed news that the UK and Ireland governments are to introduce a new marker to tackle fuel fraud. The product will be used to mark rebated fuels, including the off-road diesel commonly known in the UK as…

News from Isuzu: Gwenno Pugh, the first female farmer to be crowned winner of Wales’ hugely popular farming reality show Fferm Ffactor, has been presented with her brand-new Isuzu D-Max from RJ Williams Limited, based in Porthmadog. Pugh, 28 and…

Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has visited the 15ft-deep sinkhole on the M2 and pledged to get remedial works done to UK road as quickly as possible. The hole is just one of the results of the string of severe weather…

News from MAN: The Metropolitan Police Service has taken delivery of a new MAN TGX 26.480 6×2 tractor unit to spearhead its Exchanging Places cycle safety and awareness campaign. At a series of events across London, the truck, conspicuous in…

News from Isuzu: One of Isuzu UK’s own D-Max vehicles has been doing its bit for the flood victims of Berkshire this week. Neil McIntee,  Editor of online commercial vehicle website VansA2Z, happened to have an Extended cab model on loan…

The rarified world of heavy haulage chassis sees the launch of two new specialist tractors from Mercedes-Benz. They are built in the Daimler trucks Custom Tailored Trucks (CTT) workshop where nothing is ordinary. Going for niche markets like this can…