Press Releases

TIP Group, one of Europe’s leading truck and trailer equipment services providers, is excited to announce the acquisition of Trailer Auto Group (TAG), a state-of-the-art trailer refurbishment facility located in Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

TIP is accelerating its move towards decarbonised refrigeration transportation in the UK with its latest trial of zero emission ‘e-reefer’ temperature-controlled trailer technology.

TIP’s annual charity bike ride has raised over £92,000 for Staffordshire-based hospice Dougie Mac. The ‘Fat Bottomed Boys and Girls’ teams over the years have now raised more than £600,000 for various charitable causes.

TIP Group is supporting its customer Howdens Joinery Ltd as it embarks on an extensive refurbishment project of half of Howdens’ 800 strong trailer fleet, as well as expanding its truck fleet with 9 brand-new LNG Volvo tractor units.

TIP has furthered its drive to decarbonisation with the 12-month trial in the UK of a zero-emission, battery and solar-powered transport refrigeration unit (TRU) fitted to one of its reefer trailers.

TIP Group, the leading trailer and truck hire services provider, is returning to the 2024 Road Transport Expo to showcase its portfolio of trailer, truck and tanker rental, leasing and maintenance & repair services, as well as its trailer refurbishment capabilities.

Leading trailer and truck service provider, TIP Group, has completed its inaugural TIP Mechanic Academy (TMA), a first-of-its-kind trailer mechanic training programme, with 10 students achieving a ‘fast-track’ graduation to become a professional trailer mechanic.

Since the launch of TIP’s range of telematics solutions in 2020, the leading trailer and truck rental, leasing and maintenance business has recently reached a significant milestone, with 10,000 units now fitted to trailers on the roads of the UK and Ireland.

TIP, leading provider of trailer and truck hire, maintenance and associated services, has had its network of workshops throughout the UK and Ireland attain the prestigious ‘IRTE Workshop Accreditation’ to demonstrate its commitment to its customers in delivering exceptional service.

TIP Group has appointed Mark Carlin to the role of Fleet and Engineering Director, strengthening its already exemplary levels of engineering and maintenance across both the truck and trailer sectors.

DS Smith Logistics has taken delivery of 61 new Volvo FM 460 Globetrotter 6x2 tractor units as part of a major fleet renewal programme.

TIP Group will provide training on JOST equipment for more than 150 of its mechanics across the UK and Ireland within the next six months.

TIP has partnered with BPW, the UK’s leading axle and suspension system provider, to formally train and re-train hundreds of its trailer technicians.

UK home improvement retailer Wickes is renewing its fleet of trailers and trucks whilst investing in its Truck And Child Safety (TACS) program with a new ‘safety truck’, thanks to supply partner, TIP Group.

TIP Group is celebrating 55 years of delivering equipment solutions tailored to evolving customers’ needs.

Leading truck and trailer hire provider Grayrentals will tomorrow ‘re-brand’ and be referred to as TIP.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, along with associate businesses Grayrentals and Eurotrail, will return to the Commercial Vehicle Show in May after a two-year absence.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.