Archive for December, 2018

  • Staples Vegetables achieves Earned Recognition with Descartes

    on Dec 5, 18 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Staples Vegetables achieves Earned Recognition with Descartes

    Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, provided essential Key Performance Indicators for drivers’ hours for the independent farming company, Staples Vegetables to achieve the Driver and Vehicles Standards Agency’s (DVSA) Earned Recognition accreditation

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  • Paragon co-founder and director to retire after almost 35 years

    on Dec 5, 18 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Paragon co-founder and director to retire after almost 35 years

    Paragon Software Systems co-founder and director Charles Nockold will retire this year after nearly 35 years working for the routing and scheduling software specialist. He joined the Paragon team in 1984 when it was part of PA Consulting Group and then played a key role in the management buy-out and subsequent growth of the business. 

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  • ACEA concerned over CO2 reduction targets

    on Dec 3, 18 • in European News • with Comments Off on ACEA concerned over CO2 reduction targets

    The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), which represents the EU’s seven major truck producers, is highly concerned about the outcome of the European Parliament’s plenary vote on the region’s first-ever CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles

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  • Oldest DAF truck still in commercial use found in Bakel

    on Dec 3, 18 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Oldest DAF truck still in commercial use found in Bakel

    DAF announced its search for the oldest truck earlier this year, as the company continues to celebrate its 90th birthday in 2018. The search was launched with a video on social media that features a cattle trader who has been operating his DAF truck across Ireland since the early 1980s. The video has been viewed almost half a million times, prompting an avalanche of contenders for the title. Responses poured in from all over the world, but the oldest truck was found virtually in the back garden of the DAF factory in Eindhoven, in the

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  • Mercedes-Benz voted Truck Manufacturer of the Year

    on Dec 2, 18 • in UK News • with Comments Off on Mercedes-Benz voted Truck Manufacturer of the Year

    Mercedes-Benz Trucks has been named Truck Manufacturer of the Year at the annual Commercial Fleet Awards at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole

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