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Ford light commercials are Speedy fleet choice
Equipment rental specialist Speedy has placed an order for 400 Ford LCVs, worth in excess of £8.6m…
2013 used van auction values drop in May
Manheim Remarketing’s latest figures show that average used van values dropped by £78 in May compared to April…
Truckman hardtops bring versatility to fleet
Balfour Beatty has fitted Truckman hardtops to 150 of its fleet of Hilux 4x4 pick-ups…
Transporter features in national VW campaign
Volkswagen is rolling out out a nationwide Transporter billboard ad campaign depicting real owners…
Furmanite renews Citroën van fleet
Plant and pipeline maintenance firm Furmanite is sticking with Citroën to replace its 100-strong van fleet…
New Van Launches
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2013 - First Drive
New 2013 Sprinter is the first van to comply with Euro 6 and safety features are a high priority…
Ford Fiesta Van 2013 - First Drive
Launched at the beginning of 2013, the new Fiesta Van has been restyled inside and out and gets the new 1.5TDCi engine…
Ford Transit Custom - First Drive
Ford’s all-new one-tonne Transit, the Custom, is a very different proposition to its predecessor…
Show Report: CV Show 2012
What a cracking event the 2012 Commercial Vehicle Show turned out to be, thanks in no small part to Ford…
Mitsubishi L200 4x4 Long-Term Test 1
We have just taken delivery of a Mitsubishi L200 4x4 Club Cab for long-term appraisal…
Northgate celebrates landmark 30th birthday
Northgate celebrates landmark 30th birthday
Northgate Vehicle Hire (NVH), which runs a fleet of more than 60,000 vehicles, mostly vans, from 62 locations across the UK and Eire — as well as more than 45,000 in Spain — began business as Noble Hire in Darlington 30 years ago. In the interim, parent company Northgate Plc has also branched out into fleet management with Fleet Technique and owns used van and car outlets Van Monster and Trade Sales Direct.
At the heart of NVH’s rental business lies Norflex, its contract-free and fully flexible package. It comes with a range of additional benefits like telematics, provided through the company’s own Vehicle Monitoring service.
Aimed at everyone from the largest fleets to owner-operators, NVH can provide light commercials on short- or long-term rental and everything inbetween.
Northgate has some illustrious automotive company in the anniversary stakes this year. The iconic E-Type Jaguar was launched in 1961 and Rolls Royce first introduced its Spirit of Ecstasy mascot in 1911.
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D-Max towing capacity raised to 3.5 tonne
Isuzu has announced a 500kg increase in D-Max’s towing weight, taking it to 3.5t…
On-the-spot fines for careless drivers
Middle/outside lane hogs and tailgaters to face on-the-spot fixed penalty fines for…
VOSA targetting light commercial operators
The warning came at the second Van Excellence conference organised by the Freight…
CV Show 2013 LCV Highlights
For those people who didn't manage to make it to the 2013 Commercial Vehicle Show here…
Vans of the Year Awards 2013
It's that time of the year again when we sit down to decide which, in our opinion, are…
