UK Export Finance (UKEF) is providing a Northern Ireland-based bus manufacturer with an 80% guarantee on its major financing deal from Barclays. The government guarantee is on an £18 million Green Trade Loan and £8 million Green Bank Guarantee, allowing…
ATS Euromaster reports that 12% of the vans and cars it sees under its fleet Mastercare programme run on below-pressure tyres. The results, says the national tyre and maintenance provider, will increase running costs by 3-10% depending on the degree…
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has published findings from a recent industry survey on the current driver shortage crisis. More than three-quarters of respondents declared their organisation is experiencing a driver shortage, and more than three-quarters of respondents…
Zero-emission HGV manufacturer Electra Commercial Vehicles and Guest Truck & Van have signed a sales distribution agreement, which sees Electra’s trucks becoming a standard element of the commercial vehicle distributor’s product offering. The arrangement ensures that as a dealership, Guest…
Waste recycling specialist Recycling Lives has installed Vision Techniques’ safety equipment on its new electric skip transporter trucks. The two 19-tonne E-Tech DZE trucks were designed and developed in collaboration with Renault Trucks and mark the start of Recycling Lives’…
EV Payment experts Mina, and telematics, driver coaching tech, and rewards platform provider Lightfoot, have announced their partnership to stamp out EV charging fraud for businesses with electric fleets. Their partnership comes at the height of EV demand and as…
A new heavy Scania battery-electric truck, capable of handling loads up to 64 tonnes, enables two Swedish companies to meet their sustainability ambitions. Forming part of the Pilot Series, designed to test the feasibility of battery electric vehicles in heavy…
As Bradford’s Clean Air Zone went into force, the first Dennis Eagle eCollect was put to work by Bradford Council after successfully trialling the all-electric vehicle earlier this year. The council’s goals are to install an actual zero-emissions fleet of…
Aebi Schmidt’s eSwingo all-electric compact sweeper has won the award for Excellence in Innovation at this year’s RWM and Let’s Recycle Awards, which were revealed ahead of the RWM and Let’s Recycle Live exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC. The eSwingo, which…
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has named BMW Group UK Academy in Wokefield Park, Berkshire, the first IMI TechSafeTM Centre of Excellence. The prestigious inaugural award recognises the outstanding achievements of the BMW Academy in developing and promoting…