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Vertu Van Centre in Hereford took the Gold Award at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles annual performance awards. The dealership was the top  performer in the network of 60 UK Van Centres and 30 Authorised Repairers. Volkswagen Van Centre Stoke took the silver award and Brian Currie Van Centre Milton Keynes was awarded the bronze accolade at the event. Recognising the ...

Light commercial vehicle (LCV) sales fell by -20.5% in January with 19,050 vans, pick-ups and 4x4s registered. The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT), which released the figures, said it was the second consecutive monthly decline following strong growth in 2024. It forecast that sales would fall by -1.2% to 348,000 units against a tough economic backdrop with weakened ...

Aston Barclay is shutting its Leeds auction house and shifting commercial vehicles over to its Donington Park centre. The auction house has also announced a new and improved sales programme Launching on the 3rd of February, the enhanced programme will feature 12 weekly sales across fleet, dealer, and commercial categories, providing volume and variety of stock in the UK vehicle ...

Motor Auction Group (MAG) has purchased a five-acre site in Goole, Yorkshire, and will invest £5m to transform it into a dedicated LCV auction centre due to open in Q1 2025. The site will include a vehicle inspection facility. It is already equipped with a bank of electric vehicle chargers and hard standing to accommodate over 600 LCVs. The site ...

Volkswagen has announced prices and specification for the new Volkswagen Transporter Panel Van. Prices start from £30,9951 for the TDI variant and £41,9651 for the BEV model, or £399 per month on Business Contract Hire. The van comes with an enhanced warranty and service plan, the Volkswagen 5+ Promise: comprising five services, two MOTs, a five-year warranty and five years’ ...

Warranty Solutions Group is the headline sponsor of the Motor Trader Commercial Industry Awards, which will take place at the Hilton Metropole NEC on 29 April 2025. The Motor Trader Commercial Industry Awards cater for dealers, suppliers, and service providers in the motor transport arena. The awards take place on 29 April, the evening of the first day of the ...

New Image Body Repair has opened a new bodyshop on White Lodge Business Park, just off Hall Road in Norwich. This business aims to put more emphasis on repairing commercial vehicles including vans, taxis, campervans, and motorhomes. Rob Gainsborough, the general manager of New Image, saidL “We are thrilled to expand our services with the opening of our second site ...

Chorley Group has supplied a local bakery in Lancashire with Nissan Interstar Luton vans. Two Nissan Interstar Luton vans have been specially adapted for use by a bakery. They are now in daily use by Morris Quality Bakers, located on Baker Street in Chorley, which was founded over 100 years ago. Robson Broomhead, corporate centre manager at Chorley Group, said: ...

Dealers are bracing for a sharp fall in pick-ups in 2025 following the government hike in taxation announced in the Budget last year. Sales are already in decline, down -8.3% in 2024 and this looks likely to accelerate this year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, which released van sales figures today. “A cause for serious concern ...

The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has joined van manufacturers in calling for a moratorium on the ZEV Mandate for vans. Its commercial vehicle members back van manufacturers who have called for a short-term moratorium of the Zero-Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate while welcoming the Government’s announcement, on 24 December 2024, of a consultation seeking industry input on supporting the transition ...