2016 Media Kit
The top technical monthly for commercial
vehicle engineers and fleet managers
Who we are and what we do
 
A unique combination of news, analysis and comment on the commercial vehicle
market and aftermarket is delivered by Commercial Vehicle Engineer, the multi-award-winning independent online monthly.
 
Commercial Vehicle Engineer has been published since launch in January 2010 by
Aztec Media Services Ltd, an independent Hampshire-based communications
company specialising in road transport and engineering. The title is aimed at all
commercial vehicle engineers, but in particular at transport engineers and fleet
managers running UK-based fleets of trucks, light commercial vehicles, buses and
coaches.
 
Managing editor Tim Blakemore is an award-winning journalist with extensive
experience of commercial vehicle engineering and operations as well as publishing.
Blakemore is the UK representative on the panel of judges for the biennial, panEuropean Trailer Innovation award scheme, involving 11 magazines and 10
countries. Awards won by CV Engineer journalists include CILT (UK) Transport and
Logistics Journalist of the Year, Cummins/Guild of Motoring Writers Commercial
Vehicle Writer of the Year, and Seahorse Club Feature Journalist of the Year.
Main 2016 editorial features
January: truck operating costs review February: commercial vehicle market analysis
March: spotlight on vehicle safety engineering
April: tankers, oil and fuel distribution
May: tippers, waste management and construction vehicles
June: vans and light commercial vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes gvw
July: trailer and bodywork engineering
August: tyres and wheels update
September: fuels and lubricants
October: truck and trailer innovations at IAA Hannover show
November: bus and coach technology
December: telematics and fleet management systems
Additional 2016 feature topic plans include:   commercial
vehicle technician and apprentice
training
  workshop equipment
  axle and chassis alignment
  low-carbon vehicle development
  local authority fleet engineering
  load-handling equipment update
  temperature-controlled vehicles
  show reports, including FPS Expo, Tip-ex, CV
Show, Euro Bus Expo, and IAA Hannover 2016
2016 display advertising rates in
Commercial Vehicle Engineer
ad size
cost (GB£)
intro page (opposite front cover)
810
splash screen intro graphic
300
inside front cover
725
inside back cover, facing people news
725
double-page-spread
1,095
first right-hand page
695
page
600
half
360
quarter
215
eighth
110
This is just a small selection from a huge range of available digital media
advertising opportunities. Call Denise on 01428 605605
[email protected]
Website advertising
alternating leaderboard - cost per month
(shared with no more than three other advertisers)
1-2 months
3-6 months
7-12 months
£165
£157
£150
specifications: 728 x 90 pixels
buttons/logos - cost per month
1-2 months
3-6 months
7-12 months
£55
£52
£50
specifications: 120 x 90 pixels
acceptable formats: jpg, bmp, png, psd
Advertising information
  All
ads include hyperlinks, allowing readers to click
through to the advertiser’s website.
  Series discounts available.
  Add 10% for animation or embedded video. Acceptable
formats include: flv, wmv, mov, avi, mp, mp4. Maximum file size: 40Mb.
  Advertisement design service available.
  All prices subject to vat at the current rate where
applicable.
  Agency commission: 10%
More bang for your buck
Transport News is the leading monthly for truck
operators in Scotland and northern England,
with a print run of 8,500.
Following the great success of an arrangement
under which some editorial content is shared
regularly between Commercial Vehicle Engineer
and Transport News, this has now been
extended to give advertisers more bang for their
buck. Space booked in one of the titles means
the advertiser can book the same space in the
other title at a substantial rate-card discount,
33%.
For advertisers looking for maximum return on investment this new one-and-two-thirds
incentive scheme is hard to beat.
Email [email protected] or call 01428 605605 for more details.
Mechanical Data
depth (mm)
width (mm)
263
186
page size (trimmed)
297
210
page size (bleed)
305
218
half-page vertical
263
90
half-page horizontal
130
186
quarter-page
130
90
quarter-page horizontal
65
186
eighth-page
65
90
dps (type area)
263
395
dps (trimmed)
297
420
dps (bleed)
305
434
half-page dps
130
395
type area
column length – 263mm
Ad copy deadlines for 2016
Editions
Ad copy deadline
January
Wed 30 December 2015
February
Monday 1 February
March
Tuesday 1 March
April
Monday 4 April
May
Monday 2 May
June
Wednesday 1 June
July
Friday 1 July
August
Monday 1 August
September
Thursday 1 September
October
Monday 3 October
November
Tuesday 1 November
December
Thursday 1 December
Commercial Vehicle Engineer is usually published in the second
week of each month
Recruitment advertising
 
The digital editions of Commercial Vehicle Engineer and its complementary
website cvengineer.com offer extensive opportunities for advertisers to reach our
growing readership (5,563 subscribers as at November 2015) including key
decision-makers in road transport operations.  
No publication in this sector matches the quality and quantity of Commercial
Vehicle Engineer reports on people and job changes. The most cost-effective way to
reach high-quality commercial vehicle engineering and fleet management staff is
through Commercial Vehicle Engineer and its associated websites:
www.cvengineer.com and www.aztec-media.co.uk.  
A recruitment ad can be posted on cvengineer.com at short notice for £200. Then
there is the option, if the post remains unfilled, for the ad to be published in the next
available online edition of the magazine for an additional £200.  
To discuss recruitment advertising opportunities in Commercial Vehicle Engineer’s
online pages and on cvengineer.com, call Denise on 01428 605605, [email protected] People pages
  Commercial
Vehicle Engineer offers unrivalled
coverage of the latest news on road transport and
commercial vehicle engineering job changes and the
stories behind them.
  Contact us on 01428 605605 or e-mail:
[email protected] with your news on people moves
and job changes and leave the rest to us.
Subscriptions
 
High-quality information at low cost. An annual subscription to
Commercial Vehicle Engineer costs only £20 (£24 including vat, or only
£21.99 through the tablet/smartphone apps). This includes access to our
increasingly valuable online archive. Complete editions, articles or single
pages can easily be printed or downloaded in pdf format.  
Not sure if Commercial Vehicle Engineer is the magazine for you? Call us
and we’ll gladly arrange access to some complimentary editions.
 
To subscribe just click on the “subscribe or login” button or the pageturning icon on www.cvengineer.com
 
For more information call Denise on +44 (0) 1428 605605 or e-mail:
[email protected].
Tablet and smartphone apps
  Commercial
Vehicle Engineer was one of the first
publications in the business-to-business road transport
sector to take advantage of iPad tablet computer
technology. Now, in addition to the hugely successful
CV Engineer app for Apple’s IOS operating system, there
is also one for Google Android tablets and smartphones.
All are free to download, giving subscribers easy access
to single editions or the complete archive. Trailer Innovation Awards
 
Tim Blakemore is the sole UK representative on the panel of judges
for the pan-European Trailer Innovation award scheme.  
Trailer Innovation Awards started back in 2002, the brainchild of a
top German magazine, KFZ-Anzeiger. This unique, biennial scheme
now involves 11 leading road transport magazines from 10 European
countries, including Commercial Vehicle Engineer in the UK. The
key criterion of the judging panel is contribution to road freight
transport efficiency. Innovations of all types and size are welcome,
provided they apply to trailers, semi-trailers or bodywork. The VDA
(Verband der Automobilindustrie), Germany’s motor industry
association, has been an enthusiastic Trailer Innovation supporter
from the start. The awards are now an integral part of the
programme of events at the huge IAA Hannover commercial
vehicles show, coming up next in September 2016.
Truck Operating Costs: the full story
The long-established annual UK truck operating cost
analysis by the Commercial Vehicle Engineer team is
widely regarded as the most detailed and accurate work of
its kind anywhere. This compilation of five recent
analyses, produced in association with Iveco, is in
response to growing demand from truck operators and
their suppliers for a single, comprehensive and reliable
source of information. If you need dependable answers to
questions on subjects such as the true current standing and
running costs of a 460hp 6x2 tractor at 44 tonnes gcw, and
how those costs have changed over five years, this is the
best place to find them.
In addition to highly-detailed and painstakinglyresearched cost tables for rigid trucks, tractive units and
semi-trailers, from 2007 to 2011, the publication includes
year-by-year analysis of all the factors influencing truck
operating costs. And there is expert commentary on the
most effective ways to control fuel costs. Call Denise on +44 (0) 1428 605605 to find out more.
Euro 6: the inside story
in association with Cummins
Go to www.cvengineer.com to download a pdf. Call Denise on +44 (0)1428 605605 for a printed copy
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Contact details
Editorial and production office
Aztec Media Services Ltd
Hilltop House, Beech Hill, Headley Down, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 8BD
Managing editor: Tim Blakemore
tel: 01428 605605 / 714278 fax: 01428 714278
www.cvengineer.com or www.aztec-media.co.uk
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Editorial material to:
[email protected] or [email protected]
Ad copy to:
[email protected] or [email protected]