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Producer of all-electric medium-duty commercial vehicles, Smith Electric, has now produced over 700 of its Edison and Newton trucks.

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers held their inaugural chairman’s lunch on Friday June 7 to reveal their plans to help support the Government’s call to provide more funding to SMEs across the UK.

Transport professionals from across the UK and Europe have attended Paragon’s client conference held at the Heritage Motor Centre.

An Opel Astra Sports Tourer has come out top in a two-year reliability test that saw it driven for over 100,000 km across Europe, sometimes towing heavy loads, without developing a fault or making a non-scheduled trip to the garage.

The Leasing Foundation has launched a consultation process to understand the needs of the leasing and asset finance industry in terms of education and development.

Advanced driver assistance systems provider, Mobileye, has signed an agreement with GE Capital Fleet Services to make Mobileye collision avoidance systems accessible to its truck fleet customers. Mobileye produces the only National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) compliant system, enhancing driver safety, reducing the risk of collisions and improving compliance, safety & accountability (CSA) scores.

Commercial vehicle bodybuilder Bevan Group has made two key changes to its management team and invested in a new, extended fleet of mobile workshops to serve its aftercare customers.

Microlise held its Annual Transport Conference at the East Midlands Conference Centre on May 14 2013. Hosted by Quentin Willson, over 400 delegates heard from a number of leading industry figures about how they are bringing best practice to their transport and logistics operations. The full day event was broken down into a number of themes; reducing fuel usage, costs & emissions, improving health and safety and the enhancing customer service.

A new EMC test chamber has been launched at the Blue & Amber Light Fleet Exhibition by specialist vehicle conversion company MacNeillie.

Yodel has announced the appointment of Keith Basnett as chief operating officer.