What you need to make your van work for you
Story: COLIN DAWSON Could downsizing your fleet work for your business? It’s been a success for Warrington-based bedroom furniture maker Starplan which replaced its fleet of 7.5-tonners with 3.5-tonne Mercedes Sprinters for home delivery work. Starplan transport manager Steve Whittle told Business Vans: “There are obvious advantages to using 3.5-tonners – they’re cheaper to buy and to run, [...]
Story: PETER McSEAN Your van is like a big business card. It’s a huge mobile advertising hoarding seen by thousands. And it makes a statement about your business and your professionalism. So that statement needs to be right. Every small business must keep costs to a minimum, but doing van graphics yourself is usually a false economy. A [...]
Story: COLIN DAWSON Business-to-business express operator TNT Express is putting 10 Volkswagen Crafter single chassis cab box vans through their paces. The box van conversion, by Altrincham specialists Cartwright, was carried out to TNT’s specific requirements. The Crafters, which will be based at TNT’s Bristol depot, were purchased through Volkswagen’s Van Centre in Manchester. TNT delivers up to [...]
Fiat Ducato: Rescue company buy transporters for clients Author: ROBIN ROBERTS Fiat has come to the aid of rescue company Helphire. Helphire Group plc has just taken delivery of the first of 50 new Euro 5 Fiat Ducato-based transporters as part of its fleet replacement programme and go into active service at its Leicester depot this [...]
LONDON-based dog walking company, LondonWoof, wins £5000 prize for best-branded vans competition.
New glass cutting tables can be colour matched Glazing companies can access better equipment GOOD news if you're in the glazing business. Supertrucks, makers of external glass carrying racks for panel vans, has introduced a series of safety and convenience functions to its glass carrying equipment. "Supertrucks has always set the pace in the provision of safe and efficient glass [...]
Self-employed tradesman using their own homemade van racking systems could be sitting in front of a potential time-bomb in the event of a crash.
