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13 February 2025 #Uncategorised

One of the highlights of SMMT’s calendar is our Apprentice Showcase, held annually at Portcullis House as part of National Apprenticeship Week, providing an opportunity for parliamentarians and apprentices across the automotive industry to meet and talk. There was strong

13 February 2025 #Uncategorised

To mark National Apprenticeship Week 2025, SMMT spoke with 22-year-old Andrew Bailey, Apprentice Facilities Engineer in Site Services at Nissan UK What do you enjoy the most about your job? I enjoy the autonomy and responsibility I’ve been given to

13 February 2025 #Uncategorised

To mark National Apprenticeship Week 2025, SMMT spoke with Charlotte Maher, 19-year-old EU FinTech BackEnd Developer at Ford UK What do you enjoy the most about your job? What I enjoy most about my job as an EU FinTech Java

13 February 2025 #Uncategorised

To mark National Apprenticeship Week 2025, SMMT spoke with Jessica Mould, 21-year-old Digital Marketing Degree Apprentice in the Sales & Marketing team at Daimler Truck UK  What do you enjoy the most about your job? Working in digital marketing for

06 February 2025 #Uncategorised

This week, SMMT has published the UK’s latest figures for new the light commercial vehicle market, with 19,022 vans, pick-ups and 4x4s registered in January. While that’s -20.6% below January last year and the second month of market decline in

30 January 2025 #Uncategorised

January is typically a gloomy time of year but UK commercial vehicle manufacturing has continued to give us a shot of optimism, with the latest annual SMMT data published this week showing output volumes grew by 4.0% year on year

30 January 2025 #Uncategorised

Alexander Dennis has finished the first Enviro100AEV automated electric bus for the Connector project in Cambridge. The vehicle will now enter a period of track-based testing to calibrate and fine-tune Fusion Processing’s CAVStar automated drive system before delivery to Cambridge.

23 January 2025 #Uncategorised

Already the UK’s most popular event for the road transport, freight, distribution and logistics sector with more than 11,000 visitors, this year sees the Commercial Vehicle Show celebrate its 25th anniversary, having launched in 2000 – and this year’s edition

23 January 2025 #TNB News #Uncategorised #Van

Domino’s Pizza has begun a trial of a fully electric Renault Master E-Tech delivery van in the UK, to replace a diesel vehicle delivering to stores in urban areas. If successful, Domino’s plans to invest in further new EVs for

16 January 2025 #Uncategorised

As the commercial vehicle industry continues to innovate next-generation vehicles that deliver decarbonisation and cutting-edge road safety, we need responsive regulation that is equally forward thinking to help fleets go zero emission. An opportunity comes with government’s Christmas Eve announcement

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