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29/11/04	Green light for road transport skills centre	The organisers of the annual CV and Automotive Trade Show plan a big careers initiative for next year's show. For the first time a Skills Centre at the event next spring will show the huge range of careers in the road transport and commercial vehicle industries. At the same time the Skills Centre will help cut skills shortages across the two business sectors. The Institute of Road Transport Engineers, one of three CV Show partners, is driving this new idea. Tracey Shelley, boss at the IRTE said. ‘This is a great way for the industry to show what it has to offer, with careers advisors and young people sure to have their eyes opened. Nigel Emms, a UK director at Iveco agrees. ‘Virtually all van and truck maintenance now involves computer-aided diagnostics and telematics, meaning the range of jobs is very wide. Richard Gibbs, UK managing director of axle maker BPW Ltd, says, ‘The CV Show Skills Centre means fresh ideas for visitors and gives exhibitors a prime opportunity to promote road transport as a worthwhile career.’ Richard Gibbs also chairs the CV Show committee, advisors to the CV Show Partnership. More from Katrina MacGregor on +44(0)2 076 302 150 or katrina.macgregor@soe.org.uk
11/02/03	Green van man at CV Show	Calor will use its stand, 3-658, at the CV Show to give expert advice to fleet operators on conversions to LPG. The company says it is the UK's leading supplier of the most widely available alternative fuel. The 'green van' in question is a new 2.3 litre LPG powered Ford Transit. This, Calor says, is the first in its class to qualify for the 100 per cent discount from the London Congestion Charge, due to start on Monday February 17. More from Mark Simpson on+44(0) 902 714 957 or marksimpson@connect-group.com
10/06/03	Growth drives May Commercial registrations up again	CV registrations in May, at 28,293, were the forth highest for the month since 1979. The May total was also 3.6 per cent up on last May and the year-to-date CV registration total was 11.2 per cent up on the first five months of last year. SMMT chief executive Christopher Macgowan said the 'These investment figures show clear confidence in the buoyancy and growth potential of domestic demand.' More from Robin Dickeson +44 (0)2 073 449 222 or rdickeson@smmt.co.uk
22/09/03	Guidance on work related road safety	The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) just published free guidelines on work-related road safety. These are aimed at any organisation, manager or supervisor with staff who drive for their employer. The guidelines can be downloaded free from the HSE website at www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf More from Mark Wheeler on +44(0)2 077 176 905 or www.hse.gov.uk
04/06/07	HandiTow launch success.	The launch of the new HandiTow Step at the CV Show in April went well beyond the firm’s expectations and it is still getting business, including major fleet deals from contacts made at the event. “I am glad to say we had some of the best enquiries and orders we have experienced since the introduction of Handistep”, said Mike Wood, managing director at the firm. “We had over 600 enquiries and orders, from Italy in the south as Italy to Scotland in the north. The CV Show was a really big success for us and certainly 2007 will prove our busiest year ever.” More from Mike Wood on +44 (0)1 939 261 672 or mike@mikewoodsms.com
08/04/03	Hands-free mobiles to be banned	The Department for transport (DfT) plans to ban the use of mobile phones in vehicles. After a consultation exercise, DfT may ban hands free kits that are not permanently fixed electronically to the vehicle. This would cover earphones, microphones and headsets linked to the phone by wire or Bluetooth radio. Offenders could be fined up to £1,000 but most would get a fixed penalty of £30 and the offence wouldn’t carry penalty points. But causing a death by dangerous driving, while distracted by a mobile phone could put an extra five years goal on the sentence. Expect an official announcement very soon. More from Keith Lewis on +44(0)2 073 441 635 or klewis@smmt.co.uk
27/04/05	Hankook gets government cash for new plant in Poland Plant	Hankook has got confirmation of an offer from the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency for the tyremaker to build a €380m ($500m) factory in Poland. Hankook could get some €45m ($60m) in government aid and incentives, according to reports. More from Clare Atkinson on +44(0)1 255 223 391 or clare.atkinson@tyrepress.com
25/02/03	Harsh CV Show debut	The Harsh Group will be at the CV Show this year for the first time. The company also says their presence at the CV Show marks a return to exhibitions after a five-year absence. Harsh will show its range of hoists, hook lifts, tractor kits, on-board weighing and other ancillary equipment including Cover-All sheets and tipper body liners. At the same time Harsh will launch a new range of Penta tipping gear. More from Grant Faulkner on +44(0)1 759 372 100 or grant.faulkner@harshuk.com
29/03/05	Hartridge enhances diesel injector fault diagnosis	Hartridge will launch Testmaster3, an new diesel injector fault diagnostic system, as well as demonstrating Testmaster and Microdiesel injector testing and cleaning products on it stand 10-558 at the AT Show. More from Tony Walters on +44 (0)1 280 852 633 or twalters@hartridge.com
06/06/05	Hartshorne invests in midlands VW	The Hartshorne Group, which says it the midlands' biggest CV distributor, just spent £2m on a new Volkswagen Van Centre on the busy Black Country Route at Trinity road, Bilston, Staffordshire, near junction 10 of the M6. The two acre site is open seven days a week, has a seven bay workshop and another bay for MoTs and has 50 people handling new and used sales and rentals. The firm also plans to expand its VW outfit at Shrewsbury and says it has more than 600 people working in 15 outlets across the region. More from Trevor Longcroft on +44 (0)1 564 775 078 or tlongcroft@aol.com

29/11/04

Green light for road transport skills centre

The organisers of the annual CV and Automotive Trade Show plan a big careers initiative for next year's show. For the first time a Skills Centre at the event next spring will show the huge range of careers in the road transport and commercial vehicle industries. At the same time the Skills Centre will help cut skills shortages across the two business sectors. The Institute of Road Transport Engineers, one of three CV Show partners, is driving this new idea. Tracey Shelley, boss at the IRTE said. ‘This is a great way for the industry to show what it has to offer, with careers advisors and young people sure to have their eyes opened. Nigel Emms, a UK director at Iveco agrees. ‘Virtually all van and truck maintenance now involves computer-aided diagnostics and telematics, meaning the range of jobs is very wide. Richard Gibbs, UK managing director of axle maker BPW Ltd, says, ‘The CV Show Skills Centre means fresh ideas for visitors and gives exhibitors a prime opportunity to promote road transport as a worthwhile career.’ Richard Gibbs also chairs the CV Show committee, advisors to the CV Show Partnership.

More from Katrina MacGregor on +44(0)2 076 302 150 or katrina.macgregor@soe.org.uk

11/02/03

Green van man at CV Show

Calor will use its stand, 3-658, at the CV Show to give expert advice to fleet operators on conversions to LPG. The company says it is the UK's leading supplier of the most widely available alternative fuel. The 'green van' in question is a new 2.3 litre LPG powered Ford Transit. This, Calor says, is the first in its class to qualify for the 100 per cent discount from the London Congestion Charge, due to start on Monday February 17.

More from Mark Simpson on+44(0) 902 714 957 or marksimpson@connect-group.com

10/06/03

Growth drives May Commercial registrations up again

CV registrations in May, at 28,293, were the forth highest for the month since 1979. The May total was also 3.6 per cent up on last May and the year-to-date CV registration total was 11.2 per cent up on the first five months of last year. SMMT chief executive Christopher Macgowan said the 'These investment figures show clear confidence in the buoyancy and growth potential of domestic demand.'

More from Robin Dickeson +44 (0)2 073 449 222 or rdickeson@smmt.co.uk

22/09/03

Guidance on work related road safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) just published free guidelines on work-related road safety. These are aimed at any organisation, manager or supervisor with staff who drive for their employer. The guidelines can be downloaded free from the HSE website at www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf

More from Mark Wheeler on +44(0)2 077 176 905 or www.hse.gov.uk

04/06/07

HandiTow launch success.

The launch of the new HandiTow Step at the CV Show in April went well beyond the firm’s expectations and it is still getting business, including major fleet deals from contacts made at the event. “I am glad to say we had some of the best enquiries and orders we have experienced since the introduction of Handistep”, said Mike Wood, managing director at the firm. “We had over 600 enquiries and orders, from Italy in the south as Italy to Scotland in the north. The CV Show was a really big success for us and certainly 2007 will prove our busiest year ever.”

More from Mike Wood on +44 (0)1 939 261 672 or mike@mikewoodsms.com

08/04/03

Hands-free mobiles to be banned

The Department for transport (DfT) plans to ban the use of mobile phones in vehicles. After a consultation exercise, DfT may ban hands free kits that are not permanently fixed electronically to the vehicle. This would cover earphones, microphones and headsets linked to the phone by wire or Bluetooth radio. Offenders could be fined up to £1,000 but most would get a fixed penalty of £30 and the offence wouldn’t carry penalty points. But causing a death by dangerous driving, while distracted by a mobile phone could put an extra five years goal on the sentence. Expect an official announcement very soon.

More from Keith Lewis on +44(0)2 073 441 635 or klewis@smmt.co.uk

27/04/05

Hankook gets government cash for new plant in Poland Plant

Hankook has got confirmation of an offer from the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency for the tyremaker to build a €380m ($500m) factory in Poland. Hankook could get some €45m ($60m) in government aid and incentives, according to reports.

More from Clare Atkinson on +44(0)1 255 223 391 or clare.atkinson@tyrepress.com

25/02/03

Harsh CV Show debut

The Harsh Group will be at the CV Show this year for the first time. The company also says their presence at the CV Show marks a return to exhibitions after a five-year absence. Harsh will show its range of hoists, hook lifts, tractor kits, on-board weighing and other ancillary equipment including Cover-All sheets and tipper body liners. At the same time Harsh will launch a new range of Penta tipping gear.

More from Grant Faulkner on +44(0)1 759 372 100 or grant.faulkner@harshuk.com

29/03/05

Hartridge enhances diesel injector fault diagnosis

Hartridge will launch Testmaster3, an new diesel injector fault diagnostic system, as well as demonstrating Testmaster and Microdiesel injector testing and cleaning products on it stand 10-558 at the AT Show.

More from Tony Walters on +44 (0)1 280 852 633 or twalters@hartridge.com

06/06/05

Hartshorne invests in midlands VW

The Hartshorne Group, which says it the midlands' biggest CV distributor, just spent £2m on a new Volkswagen Van Centre on the busy Black Country Route at Trinity road, Bilston, Staffordshire, near junction 10 of the M6. The two acre site is open seven days a week, has a seven bay workshop and another bay for MoTs and has 50 people handling new and used sales and rentals. The firm also plans to expand its VW outfit at Shrewsbury and says it has more than 600 people working in 15 outlets across the region.

More from Trevor Longcroft on +44 (0)1 564 775 078 or tlongcroft@aol.com

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