UK delivery company TNT has announced it has taken charge of a number of new Volkswagen (VW) vans.

The company has added ten VW Crafter vehicles to its fleet, which it will now use to facilitate the more than 150 million deliveries carried out by the firm every year.

All of the new vehicles will be based at TNT's Bristol depot and were purchased from VW's Van Centre in Manchester.

Steve Davis, national engineering manager for TNT Express Services UK & Ireland, said: "We will be monitoring the cabs over an average annual mileage of around 30,000 miles and hope to make decisions about our van capacity and vehicle range in the next 12 months."

Last month, VW announced its results for the first half of 2012, highlighting a 22.6 per cent increase in year-on-year revenues.

The firm also reported a rise in operating profits for the period of 6.7 percent to €6.5 billion (£5.12 billion).

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Posted by Clare Lafferty