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With all transport and logistics businesses under pressure to keep costs down one Northern Ireland haulage company is seeing significant savings resulting from good tyre management. To make these savings, Surefreight, one of the leading logistics companies operating between Ireland, Britain and mainland Europe, turned to Continental for support. The result – annual spend on

The European Commission is considering introducing “Big Brother” in vehicle technology that would reduce the speed of cars or trucks that break the speed limit, in a bid to slash road deaths on Europe’s roads. The Commission is proposing that all new vehicles should be fitted with Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) by 2020. ISA is

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) in the UK has welcomed the inclusion of freight in the British government’s publication ‘Driving the Future Today – A Strategy for Ultra Low Emission Vehicles in the UK’ but remains concerned that not enough funding support or focus is being allocated to the hgv sector. The strategy, authored by

Kormoran is expanding its latest range of commercial vehicle tyres to include three new tread patterns available exclusively from Michelin Truck Professional (MTP) dealerships in the UK and Republic of Ireland. This introduction of these new steer and drive pattern tyres marks the most significant Kormoran product launch for nearly a decade and replaces a

The Department of Transport (DfT) is making progress towards a levy for foreign hauliers in the UK with the appointment of Northgate Public Services to operate a payment system. Northgate has been chosen to create, build, finance, run and maintain a foreign operator payment system for the levy which is set to go live in

The campaign on quality initiated by the recently formed, Original Equipment Suppliers  Aftermarket Association, (OESAA) is gathering momentum after attracting several more big names to its ranks, with the promise of ‘more to follow’. Sixteen suppliers of OE components are now committed to taking the groups ‘Our Quality – Your Reputation’ message to the aftermarket.

The latest edition of Sealey’s Vehicle Service promotion, featuring hundreds of deals on quality tools for the professional or DIY mechanic has just launched.

Applications for apprenticeships in the UK have soared by nearly a third compared with the same period last year, according to the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS). More than 1.4 million applications were made over the 12 months ending in July, 32% up on 2012. While the number of vacancies has increased from 101,000 to 129,000,

With schools reopening around the country for the start of a new school year, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is asking parents, teachers and children to make every effort to ensure this school year is a safe one. Despite a reduction in child road fatalities in recent years, research from the RSA has revealed that

In a recent survey conducted by the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association (VBRA) in the UK amongst its body builder members using the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) route under the type approval regime significant geographical delays have been identified.

BPW, a leading manufacturer of intelligent running gear systems for drawbar and semi-trailers is exhhibiting at TCS&D 2013, September 18-19 at the Peterborough arena.