£250,000 vehicle safety contract win for Leeds engineering business

by Steve Everett - 13, December, 201812, December, 20180

SM UK, a Leeds-based £5m-turnover engineering firm, has won a £250,000 contract to install its high-tech HALO cyclist safety system across an entire fleet of 75 trucks for waste management business, LSS Waste. The north’s largest privately owned waste management company, LSS Waste, also based in Leeds, provides skip hire and

Gauntlet to help operators win the rope-pulling challenge

by Steve Everett - 13, February, 201812, February, 20180

Bus, coach and haulage insurance specialist, Gauntlet, is inviting bus and coach operators and HGV fleet managers to power up, and take up game-changing strategies, if they wish to lower insurance premiums and make insuring a fleet affordable. The Leeds-based insurance broker, which has assisted operators wanting the best deals, from

Self-hire companies, fleets and hauliers need to act on 2017’s warnings

by Steve Everett - 4, January, 20183, January, 20180

Motor fleet insurance specialist, Gauntlet, is encouraging fleet operators and fleet managers to focus on the risk areas that affected the world of fleet management in 2017 and get the right protection in place in 2018. The first scenario affected the self-hire market, where hired vehicles were tragically used to kill

LSS Waste puts cyclist safety first

by Steve Everett - 22, June, 201721, June, 20170

LSS Waste Management, the Leeds-based waste solutions provider, has put cyclist safety first by investing and fitting fellow Leeds company, SM UK’s Halo system on its two biggest trucks – and committing to fit it to all new trucks, including ten on order for delivery this Autumn. The £3,000 system

Nexus adds weight to HGV market

by Steve Everett - 11, April, 201710, April, 20170

Nexus Vehicle Rental has expanded into the Heavy Goods Vehicle market, becoming the first and only provider to offer a UK wide HGV rental solution alongside cars and vans through a single source platform. Nexus has always been at the forefront of innovation in the vehicle rental industry, providing access to

Knight Frank instructed to market new Normanton warehouse

by Steve Everett - 7, November, 20166, November, 20160

Knight Frank’s industrial agency team in Leeds has been instructed as the sole agents to market a brand-new distribution warehouse at the Trident Park development in Normanton, near Wakefield. The property is a purpose-built 52,402 sq ft unit situated on Rosie Road, well-located within a mile of Junction 31 of the

DBL Logistics to make waves in charity raft race

by Steve Everett - 13, August, 201412, August, 20140

A warehouse and distribution company in Sheffield is set for a big splash after entering the annual Sheffield Raft Race. DBL Logistics will take part in the event which will see tens of businesses and local groups from the city race down the River Don, between Rutland Road and Nursery Street,