TRIALLING HCT’s DM26 UPDATE

[Mr Rush]

No chance of the duties being converted to CDV?

Never heard that abbreviation before in 29 years service

CDV sands for car derived van, most recent example the vauxhall combis that were based on a Corsa, prior to that we had astra vans, escort vans, Morris marina vans, and really far back the van version of a mini and morris minor, obviously that's outdated now with the current fleet of Peugeots etc that are standalone vans and the different e-vans we've got, presumably that acronym will disappear eventually.

Yep, it's an arcane acronym I've only ever encountered here in relation to the rollout of P&L. As you say, increasingly the fleet is now proper Transit-style vans because there's too many packets to fit in a 2011 Vauxhall Combo.