Iveco Ltd of Basildon has launched the new Daily Business; a Daily model that features the most popular customer specification options for the interior trim.

Ford of Britain has introduced a new 5.0-tonne Transit derivative, offering customers a van or chassis cab rated to 5,000kg gross vehicle weight which becomes available from late November.

Dealerships across the UK and Ireland have begun taking orders for the new generation of heavy commercial trucks from Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland Ltd.

Bus and coach manufacturer, Alexander Dennis Ltd, has welcomed the Scottish Government’s award of GBP7.4m in funding to bus operators through the first round of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme.

Volta Trucks has confirmed its first order for the Volta Zero 16t gvw electric truck.

Suffolk-based refrigerated transport specialist, Hubbard Products Ltd, is planning to relocate to a new site in Ipswich.

Scania AB has launched its first series production range of electric trucks.  

Ecobat Battery Technologies Ltd acquired Easystart Batteries Ireland in August 2020.

Alexander Dennis Ltd and Chinese-owned BYD Europe BV, has supplied ten electric double deck buses to National Express for operation in Coventry, as part of a wider investment in 29 zero emission BYD ADL Enviro400EV double deck buses.

21st Century (a brand of passenger systems’ company, Journeo Plc) is now able to offer full on-board CCTV systems, which have been assessed to be fully compliant with the new UN Vehicle Regulation ECE 118 (Fire, and Safety Regulation).

Alexander Dennis Ltd, the bus and coach building subsidiary of NFI Group Inc, has begun the formal consultation of its previously announced restructuring programme in response to the significant fall in demand for new buses and coaches in the United Kingdom as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 

British engineering firm, Harsh Ltd, well known for its hook-loader and skip-loader body products, has built a bespoke demountable skip-loader unit that can be loaded onto a truck fitted already with a standard hook-loader container, enabling it to double as a skip carrier, when needed.