Manchester

Manchester-based, Roy Braidwood & Sons Transport, has taken delivery of two C440 8x4s with sleeper cabs, the first Renault trucks on the 35-strong eight-wheeler tipper fleet. The new C440s, the first alternative to a rival manufacturer’s vehicles to join the…

Transport for Greater Manchester has ordered 50 zero-emission double-deck buses from Alexander Dennis as part of its new Bee Network. The BYD ADL Enviro 400EV battery electric double deckers are due to operate in Wigan and Bolton, where bus franchising…

A Manchester logistics company has taken delivery of it’s first of six New Generation DAF trucks that are fuelled, like the rest of its 22-strong fleet, with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil. JSP Hauliers’s new XG+ 530 FTG is the latest step…

Schmitz Cargobull is opening a new factory in Manchester for production of customised trailers for the UK and Ireland markets. The site will operate at 50 units per week capacity, with production at the Wythenshawe site beginning this summer. The…

The new Prime Minister has promised to transform local bus services as ‘a matter of urgency’. Boris Johnson said he would use provisions in the Bus Services Act 2017 to bring about change and drive improvements. Giving a speech at…