Door-to-door magazine delivery firm Regal Distribution chose the secondhand option when it wanted to extend its van fleet and asked Ashford LDV main dealer Channel Commercials for help.

Now an extra 10 51-reg Convoy 3.5-tonne models, representing an outlay of about £100,000, are helping the company's operations across London, the south east and west country.

Wayne Croxford, managing director, said: 'We chose these vans because they are reliable, robust and perfect for our job. We were also attracted by the approved two-year warranty.'