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LCV values enjoy steady growth
- 23/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Average LCV values at BCA rose by £115 – or 1.3% – to £8,855 in March 2024. This comes after the wider LCV market grew 11.1% to 52,916 units across the month to record the best March performance for three years. Growth was driven by a 45% uptick in demand for small vans, while even the large van market [...] -
Enterprise Flex-E-Rent launches recruitment drive
- 11/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Enterprise Flex-E-Rent is recruiting more than 100 new technicians to work across its 28 UK depots. The company is also expanding its technician training programme to more than 40,000 hours a month as it strives to develop its commercial vehicle repair and maintenance services. Meanwhile, it has also invested [...] -
Equipmake puts faith in Saint
- 08/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK-based Equipmake has appointed Glenn Saint as business development director. Equipmake develops and manufactures specialist electrification products for the automotive industry, including the bus and coach sectors. His appointment will support the company’s ambition to expand further into the commercial EV [...] -
Europcar unveils new van rental solution
- 12/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Europcar has launched a new solution for one or two-year van rental. Designed to provide certainty over costs, the rate for the new package encompasses all costs, including maintenance and servicing, with the commitment-light benefits of rental. Keith Shorter, UK Vans & Trucks director at Europcar, said: [...] -
LCV market up 21% in 2023
- 08/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The light commercial vehicle market grew by 21% last year to reach 341,455 units, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The UK saw an additional 59,316 LCVs join its roads than in 2022, following an extra £2bn investment by companies. December was particularly strong, with demand up [...] -
CV production records best November since 2007
- 22/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has reported that commercial vehicle (CV) production grew again in November by 16.8% to 13,253 units. This makes it the best November performance since 2007. The November total is 51.1% up on 2019’s pre-pandemic level with output responding to demand from export [...] -
LCV market drives above pre-pandemic levels
- 07/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Britain’s new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market grew by 12.7% in November as 27,433 new vehicles joined Britain’s fleets. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the performance is 4.6% above pre-pandemic 2019 levels and represents 11 consecutive months of rising demand, [...] -
CV production up 59% on 2019
- 04/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production surged 47.1% year-on-year last month, according to the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It reported that 12,853 vans, buses, trucks, coaches and taxis rolled out of factory gates, up 4,113 units on last year to make this the [...] -
CV production suffers autumn slowdown
- 01/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production was down 5.2% in September, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It found that 11,352 vans, buses, trucks, coaches and taxis rolled out of factory gates, with the fall set against a particularly strong September last year, [...] -
CV production up 68% year-to-date
- 01/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK commercial vehicle manufacturing output grew 9.3% in July to reach 8,853 units. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), this represents the busiest July since 2015. Meanwhile, year-to-date production is up by 68% on pre-pandemic levels. Growth was driven by easing supply chain [...]