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Hiab opens Dudley sales and service depot

05 July 2018

Christopher Walton

Hiab opened a sales and service depot on Halesowen Road in Dudley, West Midlands, for business on Tuesday (3 July) – a key part of its plans to take a larger share of the UK tipper grab sector.

Digraph opens first of 16 planned new branches

05 July 2018

Roger Brown

Commercial Vehicle factor parts specialist Digraph has opened a new branch, close to Leeds city centre.

Ten limited edition Range T High Renault trucks available for the UK and Ireland

04 July 2018

Kylie Noble

Renault Trucks and Renault Sport Racing have joined together to create a new limited edition truck – the Range T High Renault Sport Racing.

TotalKare under new ownership

04 July 2018

Roger Brown

Halesowen-based mobile and fixed lifts supplier TotalKare is focussed on increasing business after being purchased as part of a management buy-out.

Renewi UK Services makes changes after causing a stink

03 July 2018

David Harris

The importance of waste operators ensuring their sites are not too odorous was underlined this week when a Cumbrian firm agreed to make changes to spare its neighbours.

Swithenbank buys engineless Carrier Transicold Siberia units

03 July 2018

Kylie Noble

Fresh produce supplier Swithenbank has taken delivery of 15 engineless Carrier Transicold Syberia refrigeration units.

DK Barnsley & Sons loses O-licence over AdBlue cheating

03 July 2018

David Harris

Chippenham operator DK Barnsley & Sons has been stripped of its O-licence after one of its vehicles was found to be fitted with an emissions device designed to cheat AdBlue requirements.

MC Hammers can’t touch the winners at Volvo International Service Training Awards

03 July 2018

Christopher Walton

The MC Hammers, the technician team from MC Truck and Bus in Thurrock, Essex, failed to crack the top three in the Volvo International Service Training Awards (VISTA) on 26 June – loosing out to Estonian champions Viies Ratas (which translates as fifth wheel).

Tim Doody buys UK first Renault Range T High cab

02 July 2018

Kylie Noble

The first right hand drive Range T High truck has arrived in the UK.

DAF CF tippers: Commercial Motor’s used truck of the week

02 July 2018

Roger Brown

Used truck of the week is one of a selection of DAF CF85.400 tippers available from Livingston-based tipper, crane-mounted truck and hook-loader specialist MV Commercial.