Press Releases
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TIP Group is celebrating its 55th anniversary
TIP Group is celebrating 55 years of delivering equipment solutions tailored to evolving customers’ needs.
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Grayrentals ‘rebrands’ as TIP
Leading truck and trailer hire provider Grayrentals will tomorrow ‘re-brand’ and be referred to as TIP.
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TIP’s ‘Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls’ charity cycle ride surpasses £500,000 fundraising milestone
TIP’s charity fundraising effort for this year is now finished, with this year’s cycle ride raising £93,111 for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice in Staffordshire.
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TIP Group delivers new HVO-powered DAFs to Vantec to support its sustainability goals
TIP Group has supplied Vantec with seven new DAF XF tractor units powered by Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), helping the Sunderland headquartered 3PL (third party logistics) provider boost its sustainability goals as part of its UK expansion.
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TIP launches ‘truck used sales’ division
TIP Group, the UK’s leading trailer and truck service provider, has launched a used truck sales division based at a new TIP site in Warrington.
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TIP Group to expand Longs of Leeds fleet with an additional 17 new trailers and 50 trucks in 2023
To keep pace with the demands and expansion of its business, Longs of Leeds is refreshing its fleet with 17 brand new SDC curtainsider trailers and 50 brand new DAF XF 6x2 tractor units.
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TIP Group launches the TIP Mechanic Academy
TIP Group, a leading truck and trailer service provider, is launching a brand new academy to educate trailer mechanics. The TIP Mechanic Academy will launch in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the UK this autumn and in Germany early 2024.
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TIP’s annual charity bike ride aims to reach the £500,000 charity milestone
TIP’s charity fundraising cycling team, ‘The Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls’ is taking to the roads once again on 7th June, aiming to raise more than £70,000 for Staffordshire-based hospice, Dougie Mac.
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TIP Group to showcase its trailer and truck services with debut appearance at ITT Hub
TIP Group will make its debut at this year’s ITT Hub, showcasing its range of trailer and truck, rental, leasing and maintenance & repair services.
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TIP launches ‘Earned Recognition by TIP’ and gets validated by DVSA
TIP has launched ‘Earned Recognition by TIP’, a brand-new service to support those transport operators who are interested in attaining ‘exemplar’ status through the DVSA Earned Recognition Scheme.
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TIP’s ‘Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls’ charity bike rides raise over €500,000 to date
At the beginning of May, TIP’s ‘FBB&G’ cycling team successfully completed its ‘Monte Carlo or Bust’ bike ride across the South of France and this year’s charity challenge has currently raised nearly £60,000, almost double the planned fundraising target for the three-day event.
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Its ‘Monte Carlo or Bust’ for TIP’s Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls charity bike ride
At the beginning of May 2022, TIP’s ‘FBB&G’ cycling team are taking on a tough bike ride across the South of France. This year’s charity challenge starts near Marseille with an anticipated finish three days later in the municipality of Monaco.
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TIP signs deal to acquire the trailer leasing and maintenance business of Ryder Ltd
TIP Trailer Services, a portfolio company of I Squared Capital and one of the leading trailer leasing, rental, maintenance and repair providers across Europe and Canada, today signed a deal to acquire the trailer leasing and maintenance business of Ryder Ltd.
TIP hopes to earn further recognition at this year’s CV Show
TIP, along with associate businesses Grayrentals and Eurotrail, will return to the Commercial Vehicle Show in May after a two-year absence.
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Great expectations as TIP supplies new trailers for Expect’s fleet
As part of a partnership that began five years ago, TIP Trailer Services is supplying 36 new SDC curtainsided trailers to Expect Distribution in Bradford.
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TIP’s FBB&G breaks donations record following Balearics charity bike ride
TIP Trailer Services has announced that its ‘Fat Bottomed Boys and Girls’ (FBB&G) 2021 Balearic Charity Bike Ride has now raised over £70,000 for the two charities nominated, breaking the previous record set by the TIP team on their previous charity bike ride in 2019.
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TIP Trailer Services expands UK business with Eurotrail UK Ltd acquisition
As part of its global expansion programme, TIP Trailer Services has announced its latest acquisition in the UK, following the purchase of Steers Group Limited, and its wholly owned subsidiary Eurotrail UK Ltd, for an undisclosed sum.
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TIP looks to the future with more apprentices
As part of its ongoing staff development programme, TIP Trailer Services is expanding its current UK apprenticeship scheme with a further intake of seven new students in 2021.
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TIP’s FBB&G take on the Balearics for this year’s charity bike ride
Following the cancellation of last year’s annual charity bike ride due to the pandemic, the ‘Fat Bottomed Boys and Girls’ (FBB&G) are getting back in the saddle at the end of this month taking on their 8th annual charity cycle challenge. This year, the intrepid team of riders are completing a testing three day event around the Balearic island of Majorca.
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Earl Transport's long-term partnership with TIP grows a treat
East Lancashire haulier Earl Transport has continued its long association with TIP Trailer Services with the recent arrival of 14 new SDC 4.2m curtain sided trailers that have been supplied by TIP on a five year leasing arrangement, which also includes full repair and maintenance cover for the duration of the deal.
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Greencarrier returns to Krone & TIP
Greencarrier Freight Services has once again expanded its trailer fleet with the addition of 15 Profi Liner curtainsiders from Krone Trailers UK, on long term lease from TIP Trailer Services.