Sluggish van market subdues sustainability switch

Sluggish van market subdues sustainability switch

The world’s looking increasingly tough out there for commercial vehicle manufacturers and the operators that depend on the vans they produce. SMMT’s latest new registration figures, published earlier this week, show the market has declined for eight months in a row as a panoply of tax changes and business uncertainty combine to subdue demand. While July isn’t a particularly high-profile month for new van uptake – March and September deliver the …