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Boom in UK LCV ownership, SMMT survey reveals

Booming demand for light commercial vehicles saw van ownership in the UK increase by 2.7% year-on-year in 2019 to more…

VW to resume production at LCV plants in Europe

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) is to gradually restart production at its plants in Hannover, Germany and in Poland at Poznan…

Trackm8 makes route-planning tool available to key supply chain fleets

Telematics firm Trackm8 is providing its Insight Optimisation route-planning platform free of charge to fleets supporting supply chains crucial to…

Coronavirus lockdown triggers spike in commercial vehicle thefts

Thefts of commercial vehicles have risen sharply since the start of the coronavirus lockdown, according to Radius Telematics. The firm…

Vauxhall moves technicians from vans to ventilators

Vauxhall is to deploy 22 workers from its Luton factory, which is where it builds the Vivaro van, to the…

Isuzu donates D-Max pick-ups to help convert NEC into Nightingale Hospital

The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, which was to have hosted the Commercial Vehicle Show 2020 from 28 to…

VW mobile service team supports deliveries to people in need during coronavirus crisis

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has made a mobile service team available to help keep a delivery firm operating during the Covid-19…

CPL produces protective face shields for NHS workers

Cherrypicker body builder CPL (Cumberland Platforms), which belongs to the Klubb Group of conversion specialists, has joined the struggle to…

Home delivery demand in coronavirus outbreak drives up online van sales

A sharp rise in home deliveries triggered by public movement restrictions and self-isolation measures in the Covid-19 crisis has led…

LCV market down by 54% in March

The coronavirus crisis decimated registrations of new LCVs in March, as the market shrank 54.3% compared to March 2019. March,…