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Underwood Villa
Monday, 26th September 2011
Sherwood Truck & Van supports Nottinghamshire football team Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck & Van has helped a girls’ football team get off to a flying start by supporting them with pre-season warm-up matches against QPR and West Ham Ladies academy teams. Sherwood sponsored 13-year-old Elizabeth ...... Read More
Green Toilet Company
Monday, 5th September 2011
Green Toilet Company opts for Sherwood Truck & Van vehicle Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck & Van is helping to keep the Green Toilet Company on the move after supplying the firm with a new vehicle. Based in Braithwell, South Yorkshire, the Green Toilet Company has been supplying portable toilet, ...... Read More
Bob McGarry
Wednesday, 3rd August 2011
.Sherwood Truck and Van appoints Bob McGarry as regional sales manager. .Sherwood Truck and Van, the East Midlands commercial vehicle group, has appointed Bob McGarry to a new role of regional sales manager. Bob, from Killamarsh, North East Derbyshire, will be based at the company’s Sheffield site ...... Read More
IMR
Monday, 4th July 2011
Competence, character and commitment - attributes that so often typify a family business .... And nowhere is that more evident than in road transport, where family-based hauliers still make up a huge proportion of the bedrock of the industry .... IMR Transport is a perfect example. After many years ...... Read More
Kevin Brown
Monday, 20th June 2011
If you need spares then talk to Sherwood Truck and Van’s Kevin Brown. Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck and Van has appointed Kevin Brown as parts representative based at the company’s East Midlands HQ in South Normanton, Derbyshire. As well as providing the quickest response possible when ...... Read More
PCS
Thursday, 16th June 2011
‘Everything they’ve promised, they’ve delivered ...’ Delivering for customers is at the heart of everything PCS Motor Factors do. Established in Clay Cross 33 years ago, PCS service the widest range of independent and franchised customers throughout the East Midlands and are now acknowledged as Derbyshire’s ...... Read More
Greg Townley
Monday, 13th June 2011
Sherwood Truck and Van employee Greg Townley steps into group-wide role for Guest Motors Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck and Van’s health and safety chief Greg Townley has been appointed facilities manager for parent company Guest. Previously responsible for health and safety at Sherwood’s ...... Read More
Snap On
Wednesday, 18th May 2011
Daily & Sherwood: a fresh partnership for Snap-on ... One of the most prominent of all business-to-business brands worldwide, Snap-on traces its history back to 1920’s United States of America and breaking new ground with the concept of interchangeable sockets and spanners. The company actually ...... Read More
Basketball
Wednesday, 18th May 2011
Sherwood Truck and Van supplies kit for school’s trip to basketball finals A Sheffield school basketball team has brand new shirts thanks to Sherwood Truck and Van Ltd. Youngsters at Brunswick Community Primary School, in Woodhouse, were kitted out by the commercial vehicle supplier before taking ...... Read More
Sherwood Truck and Van supply eco friendly vehicles to bed maker Warren Evans
Thursday, 5th May 2011
Sherwood Truck & Van supplies eco-efficient vehicles to bed maker Warren Evans Ethical furniture manufacturer Warren Evans has ordered 18 environmentally efficient vans from commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck & Van. The leading bed, bedding and bedroom furniture producer, which ...... Read More
Snooker Ace Jimmy White and Holgate Transport
Thursday, 5th May 2011
Snooker ace Jimmy White beaten on the black… thanks to Sherwood Truck and Van Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck and Van helped customer Keith Holgate realise a sporting dream when he played his snooker hero Jimmy “The Whirlwind” White in a nail-biting charity game. Keith, of ...... Read More
New Workshop Manager & Workshop Controller
Thursday, 5th May 2011
Sherwood Truck & Van appoints new workshop manager and workshop controller Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck & Van Ltd has appointed Darren Hill as its new workshop manager at its headquarters at South Normanton. Darren, who lives in Nottingham, has 28 years of motor trade experience, ...... Read More
Anthony's Formula 600 Bid For Glory
Monday, 18th April 2011
Amateur rider Anthony Warren will be on the grid shortly for his first full season of competitive racing thanks to employer, Sherwood Truck and Van. The commercial vehicle group is sponsoring the 32-year-old as he gears up for the start of the Formula 600 competition. He will be riding his 165mph, ...... Read More
Guest's & Sherwood
Friday, 4th February 2011
Major acquisition adds four new Iveco dealerships for Guest Trucks West Bromwich-based dealer group Guest Trucks has further strengthened its Iveco network with the addition of four new dealerships trading as Sherwood Truck & Van. The acquisition was made by parent company Ian Guest Holdings and confirms ...... Read More
Employee of the Qtr 2010 Q4
Thursday, 27th January 2011
Sherwood Truck & Van reveals employees of the quarter Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck & Van Ltd has named its latest employees of the quarter from its branches across the East Midlands, South Yorkshire and Staffordshire. Dawn Bradshaw, dealership administrator at the company’s Sheffield site, ...... Read More
One Direction
Wednesday, 1st December 2010
Sherwood Truck & Van Ltd X-cited by the X Factor Commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck & Van Ltd is getting behind One Direction’s bid to win the X Factor with a huge banner declaring support for the boy band. Band member Louis Tomlinson, 18, is the son of Mark Tomlinson – a van ...... Read More
H W Martin
Monday, 29th November 2010
Trakker: tough enough for H.W.Martin Recycling. It's fundamental in today’s world. Here in the UK, we produce more than 30 million tonnes of waste each year. As our standard of living increases, so too does the amount of waste we produce. Recycling is the only sensible answer if we’re to ...... Read More
Employee of the Quarter
Monday, 1st November 2010
Thank you to everyone who voted for Sherwood’s employee of the quarter. We have had a number of votes across all four sites with some very complimentary comments. It is therefore with pride that Congratulations are passed on to Danny Harris, our Parts Executive at Nottingham, Kelly Millns, our Service ...... Read More
Back to the Future ...
Monday, 1st November 2010
We’re delighted to welcome Jeremy Hulme back to the Sherwood fold at Stoke! Jeremy originally started his career with us in 1996 as Aftersales Manager for Blackwell, but left in 2007 to widen his industry knowledge and experience with Aquila Trucks. After an ‘interesting’ three years, he re-joins ...... Read More
Franchised Truck dealers get it right!
Monday, 1st November 2010
Here’s an interesting one ... According to the RMI, the average first time pass rate of truck testing by VOSA currently stands at 65%, whilst the same for franchised truck dealers averages out at around 90%. We at Sherwood are therefore very proud of our current latest published year to date results ...... Read More
ECOSTRALIS - tops the tables for Tap Freight ...
Friday, 29th October 2010
In September, Barnsley-based Tapfreight added four new Iveco ECOSTRALIS AS440S45TX/P SuperCube tractors to its mixed 40-strong fleet. ‘ECOSTRALIS is a good, solid product,’ said Managing Director, Bob Milton. ‘Fuel costs are higher than ever, so fuel consumption is critical - and ECOSTRALIS consistently ...... Read More
The beat goes on for Ian...
Friday, 29th October 2010
Sherwood Sheffield Parts Supervisor Ian Rhodes took part in the ‘Tenth Anniversary ASICS British 10k London Run’ in July - and at 41 minutes 58 seconds, he did superbly well! With over 25,000 runners, the British 10k is now one of the biggest events of its kind in the world today, with top athletes ...... Read More
And Sam too ... !
Friday, 29th October 2010
It was touch and go whether Sam Knight, Sherwood Blackwell’s Bodyshop/Service Administrator, would even make it to the start line for Nottingham’s Robin Hood Half Marathon... She’d been suffering from a bad back, and that had severely compromised her training. But she wasn’t to be denied! And in the ...... Read More
It’s becoming a habit!
Friday, 29th October 2010
Fiat have won the ‘International Van of the Year’ award - again! The New Fiat Doblň Cargo won the award for 2011 from a jury of trade journalists from 24 European Countries. And in doing so, it beat off competition from the Renault Master, Vauxhall Movano and Mercedes Vito. Innovation set the New ...... Read More
Sherwood backs ‘The Full Monte’
Friday, 29th October 2010
Sherwood has helped a Charity Car Rally net more than £26,000 for a string of good causes! The company provided a support vehicle for ‘The Full Monte’ - a five-day rally from Eastwell Manor, Kent featuring exclusive cars such as Ferraris, Aston Martins and Bentleys. 55 participants ...... Read More
Fit Sherwood Employees raise money for charity!!
Friday, 29th October 2010
Sherwood Sheffield Parts Supervisor Ian Rhodes took part in the ‘Tenth Anniversary ASICS British 10k London Run’ in July - and at 41 minutes 58 seconds, he did superbly well, and raised just under £500 as well! Meanwhile, Sam Knight, Sherwood Blackwell’s Bodyshop/Service Administrator, has also raised ...... Read More
Something new in recycling ...
Wednesday, 30th June 2010
Fact: each household in Britain produces around a tonne of rubbish every year ... Much of that simply doesn’t degrade when it's buried. So these days, separating our waste and recycling as much as we can comes naturally to all of us ... But there's nothing new about recycling. In reality, waste ...... Read More
Sherwood capitalises on market confidence with tractor unit sales
Monday, 19th April 2010
Sherwood Truck and Van is capitalising on renewed market confidence with new truck sales to expand the fleet of a South Derbyshire haulier. The sale of Iveco’s Stralis tractor units will complement an existing fleet of 40 trucks operated by the long established Jeffreys Haulage, based in Swadlincote, ...... Read More
Sherwood Truck & Van group supply 22 Iveco Stralis units to Ritchie Transport
Monday, 12th April 2010
Leading Independent commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck & Van, which has operations in South Yorkshire, is celebrating the winning of a major order with a fleet transport company. With its strong track record of service, Sherwood located across the Midlands and with a base in Orgreave, Sheffield ...... Read More
