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    Atkins LGV Training Adds Four New Volvo FL Rigid Trucks For Training Category C/Class 2 Drivers
    Posted September 8, 2020
    The driver training firm says it has often leased or bought used in the past, but a thorough comparison of the finances helped them decide it was time to buy. ...
    Wiltshire-Based Wincanton Group Leases Two Volvo FM 8x2 Tanker Trucks For Milk Collection In South Wales
    Posted August 28, 2020
    “They’ll be serviced and maintained through Volvo and we know from previous experience that we’ll receive fantastic support,” says Wincanton Technical Services Director Dave Rowlands. ...
    Loughborough-Based GLW Feeds Adds Three New Volvo FH Rigids With Dynafleet Support
    Posted August 20, 2020
    The specialty feed manufacturers also added two FH 6x2 tractor units to their fleet earlier this year. ...
    Volvo Truck & Bus Centre North & Scotland Brings Awareness To Cancer Charities With Two FH Demonstrator Trucks
    Posted August 19, 2020
    The dealer will ask customers who take the trucks out for evaluation to donate £100 per week to one of two worthy causes. ...
    Cambridgeshire-Based G. Webb Haulage Purchases Volvo FM 8x4 Rigid Truck With Lifting Rear Axle
    Posted August 11, 2020
    The is the bulk haulage firm’s first Volvo Since 2011 is a tipper with lifting rear axle, which raises when the truck is empty to save fuel costs on unladen trips, then lowers automatically when the truck is loaded. ...
    Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland Tabs Hannah Burgess As Director Of New Vehicle Sales
    Posted August 6, 2020
    Burgess says Volvo is “on the verge of the single-biggest introduction of new products in the company’s history.” ...
    North Yorkshire-Based Braegate Produce Adds First Volvo Truck To Their Fleet
    Posted August 3, 2020
    The potato supplier from Tadcaster secured an FH 500 6x2 tractor with a D13K Euro 6 engine and Volvo’s Globetrotter cab on a four-year contract hire agreement with Crossroads Truck and Bus. ...
    Volvo's Versatile FL Series Is Built For The City
    Posted July 30, 2020
    The Swedish truck manufacturer says the FL is highly suitable for urban deliveries and other tasks, and it has the same legendary focus on safety and efficiency you’ve come to expect from a Volvo. ...
    Height For Hire Chooses Volvo FM 4x2 Rigid Truck To Work With Moog Underbridge Unit
    Posted July 27, 2020
    MD Fergus McArdle says, “The Moog MBI 110-1,2/S underbridge unit is a sophisticated piece of equipment, and the Volvo FM is the ideal chassis to complement it.” ...
    Versatility Is Key For The Volvo FE
    Posted July 23, 2020
    The Volvo FE is a versatile vehicle that can handle more general applications, including local and regional distribution, as well as construction, refuse collection, and other vocational applications. ...
    Oxfordshire-Based Cotswold Carriers Adds New Volvo FH Box Truck For Its Removal Operations
    Posted July 22, 2020
    Cotswold MD Dean Cooper reports that his drivers love the truck’s Globetrotter XL cab and Dual Clutch I-Shift gearbox. ...
    Suffolk-Based Brinor International Gets The Jump On DVS, LEZ Requirements With New Volvo FH Tractors
    Posted July 16, 2020
    The order of the new trucks, which will run five days a week hauling shipping containers from Felixstowe throughout the UK, also marks the firm’s 40th anniversary. ...
    McLaren Racing’s Fleet Of 24 Volvo FH Trucks Heads For First Formula 1 Race Of The Season In Spielberg, Austria
    Posted July 9, 2020
    The team depends on the Volvo tractors to haul everything from its cars to hospitality equipment, parts and tools, and more. ...
    Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland Names Christian Coolsaet New Managing Director
    Posted July 8, 2020
    Coolsaet is an industry veteran who has been with Volvo for more than 20 years; his most recent role with the firm was MD of Volvo Trucks Germany. ...
    Volvo Unleashes FH Unlimited Edition, Donates To Charity With Each UK Order
    Posted July 7, 2020
    The truck maker says the FH Unlimited takes “the very definition of premium to the next level.” ...
    Palletised Distribution Specialist Premier Logistics Adds Three New Volvo FH Tractor Units
    Posted July 6, 2020
    Two of the new trucks are 460-horsepower models configured with I-Save technology for maximum fuel efficiency during long-haul operations, and one is a 500-HP truck that will work around the clock. ...
    Calcium Carbonate Specialist Longcliffe Quarries Adds 8 Volvo FH Tractors & 2 Volvo FM Rigid Tippers
    Posted June 22, 2020
    The haulier expects to keep the Volvos in operation for five years and run them up to about 100,000 kilometres per annum. ...
    Volvo FH Tractor With I-Save Cuts Fuel Costs For Long-Haulage Specialist I.T.S. Transport
    Posted May 28, 2020
    I.T.S. plans to put more than 100,000 kilometres on the new FH each year hauling flour and general cargo. ...
    Brian Easey Transport Adds Volvo FH Lite To Fleet
    Posted May 22, 2020
    With its drivers being away for up to two weeks at a time, the Cambridgeshire-based haulier was focused on finding the most fuel-efficient option. ...
    Rochdale-Based Casey Plant Hire Purchases New Volvo FMX 8x2 Rigid With Palfinger Crane & Beavertail Plant Body
    Posted May 14, 2020
    The new truck was a replacement for another Volvo, an FM9 which the firm drove for 14 years and 700,000 kilometres. ...
    Volvo Trucks Gradually Restarting Production For The UK, Ireland
    Posted May 6, 2020
    The firm has announced a partial resumption of work at plants in Belgium and Sweden, which produce finished trucks for the UK and Ireland and have been shut down since March due to concerns about the COVID-19 virus. ...
    Chester-Based Farrall’s Group Adds Four New Volvo FH Tractor Units To Meet Increased Demand
    Posted April 23, 2020
    The family-owned logistics, warehousing, and transport specialist favours the FH; founder Eddie Farrall calls it “the greatest truck ever built.” ...
    The Volvo Group & Daimler Truck AG Join Forces For Large-Scale Fuel Cell Production
    Posted April 21, 2020
    The 50/50 partnership is part of the companies’ efforts to support Green Deal initiatives that hope to make Europe carbon-neutral by 2050. ...
    Positive Past Experience Leads MPB Structures To Add Three New Volvo FH Tractor Units
    Posted April 17, 2020
    The concrete frame construction firm have purchased a new FH 540 and two FH 500 6x2 tractor units for hauling construction machinery and building materials. ...
    LondonEnergy Adds 9 Volvo FM Hook Loader Trucks For Refuse Collection Operations
    Posted April 13, 2020
    The refuse collection and recycling specialist will operate the trucks seven days a week while covering up to 200,000 kilometres (124,274 miles) per year between them. ...
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    Rocks Off Gravel Lifts The Roof With High-Spec Curtainsider From Krone
    Posted 08/07/2025
    Rocks Off Gravel has strengthened its logistics capability with the addition of a new high-specification Krone Profi Liner trailer. ...
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    Iveco Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary & Sets In Motion The Spirit Of The Future
    Posted 11/06/2025
    Iveco, the brand of Iveco Group N.V. that designs, manufactures, and markets light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles, marks the 50th anniversary since its foundation in 1975. ...
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    Schmitz Cargobull Trailer Increases Capacity & Flexibility For Bolshaw Industrial Powders
    Posted 10/03/2025
    Bolshaw Industrial Powders, a Macclesfield-based producer of limestone products, purchased a Schmitz Cargobull S.CS Fixed Roof curtain sider after being impressed by the trailer’s capacity, durability, and security features. ...
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    Fuso Canter Fills The Bill For Jack Cotterill Tree Services
    Posted 07/03/2025
    The 130-horsepower Euro 6 Step E-compliant Fuso Canter produces 360 newton-metres of torque, has the smallest turning circle in the 3.5-tonne class, and features enhanced driver comfort and safety. ...
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    Ipswich Haulier Goes Green, Replacing Diesel Truck With Volvo FE Electric
    Posted 05/03/2025
    Warehousing and distribution firm Debach has added the first electric truck to its vehicle fleet, a new, zero-tailpipe emissions Volvo FE Electric. ...
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    Iveco S-Way Makes Its Debut In Euro Truck Simulator 2
    Posted 23/12/2024
    Iveco announces the recent release of the Iveco S-Way in the popular Euro Truck Simulator 2 video game developed by SCS Software. ...
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    Cargo Express Chooses High-Quality Schmitz Cargobull Mega Trailers For International Transport
    Posted 06/11/2024
    Cargo Express adds Schmitz Cargobull Mega trailers to its fleet for their high quality, flexible roof height, and anti-theft features. ...
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    DAF Trucks Debuts New Innovations At IAA Transportation 2024
    Posted 07/10/2024
    Learn more about DAF's New Generation XD, XF, XG, and XG? trucks, which recently made their debut at the IAA Transportation 2024 show. ...
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    Holland & Barrett Renews Fleet With Don-Bur Box Bodies
    Posted 26/09/2024
    Don-Bur announces the completion of a new batch of 33 bespoke 18-tonne rigid box bodies for Holland & Barrett, the UK's leading health and wellbeing store. ...
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    Top Tips For Selling Your Truck
    Posted 31/03/2020
    Anyone looking to sell a truck, whether it be a tractor unit, tipper, flatbed, curtainsider, or box truck, has the same goal: sell it fast for as much money as possible—here’s how. ...
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