TIP news

TIP will return to the Road Transport Expo (RTX) for the fourth year running, highlighting its latest electric vehicle hire solutions and its expanding trailer refurbishment capabilities.

TIP’s ‘Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls’ team has completed its 12th charity cycle ride, cycling approximately 350 kms across the Andalucia region of Spain in 3 days. Support for this year’s effort, dubbed the ‘The Bull Run’, has seen the fundraising target smashed once again, with more than £xxx raised so far for the Dougie Mac hospice.

Sixteen students have successfully graduated from the most recent intake to the TIP Mechanic Academy, which continues its role in strengthening technical capability across TIP’s UK workshop network.

Our beloved ‘Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls’ return in a few weeks for a 12th cycling challenge attempting to raise £100,000 for charity.

TIP has hosted its annual Mechanic Team Competition for its UK & Ireland branches, bringing together teams of two from across its network to demonstrate technical expertise, teamwork and a shared commitment to attaining high technical standards.

TIP has supported Bunzl Retail Supplies with a major upgrade of its fleet, supplying a mix of new trucks and trailers alongside a significant trailer refurbishment programme.

Leading tyre manufacturer Continental has refurbished its own trailers to give them a new lease of life, courtesy TIP’s national Trailer Refurbishment Centre in Stoke-on-Trent.

Six months after the DVSA updated its Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness, TIP has fitted 23,000 trailers with BrakePlus, its Electronic Braking Performance Monitoring System (EBPMS), helping operators meet the revised braking system assessment guidelines introduced in April, all while increasing operational efficiencies, reducing costs and improving safety.

Designed for evolving decarbonisation requirements, TIP Group’s Fleet Carbon Assessment helps companies understand how different fleet strategies affect their emissions balance

TIP has officially opened its newest branch in Shepshed, complete with a purpose-built 8-bay workshop

TIP is proud to have co-sponsored the Standing Tall Foundation Gala Dinner & Awards Night at Formby Hall Golf and Spa Hotel, Merseyside, together with our customer Menzies Distribution Solutions.

Fundraising is now officially closed for the Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls cycle challenge this year, with an incredible £127,000k for charity