Commercial Van & Truck Dealer | Yorkshire

Article By Jon

02/12/2025

28^th January is International Lego Day, celebrated in mini block form around the world. (Why the 28^th January? Because that’s the day that Danish resident Godtfred Kirk Christiansen first submitted his patent for the first Lego brick back in 1958). So on this day, people around the world take set aside some time to appreciate the building blocks loved by kids and adults alike.

How did Northside Truck & Van celebrate? By getting two of our employees to build a couple of Mercedes-Benz trucks – how else?

Lego Technics, a more technically difficult strain of the Lego series, released an officially licenced Mercedes-Benz Arocs in 2015. Sadly, this magnificent set is retired by Lego and no longer available for purchase, but we managed to find one online, and raided our Leeds depot for one we’d heard was locked away somewhere. So, with two full Arocs to build, we picked up two Lego fans to trap in a room and race to completion.

The race was simple: Rhys, a parts professional. Working tirelessly in the parts department in our Doncaster depot, he’s an expert at reading diagrams and finding bits and pieces from aisles and aisles of stock, ready to hand over to customers in need. He would be up against Jack, an apprentice technician entering his third year in the workshop, a man familiar with strenuous builds and technical drawings across the Mercedes-Benz range. Would the perfect parts picker topple the techie trainee?

Watch the video above to find out how it ends and congratulations to the winner!

Company Info

Head Office: Summit House, Woodland Park, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 6BW

Reg Office: First Floor Maxim Business Park Maxim 1 Parklands Way, Eurocentral, Motherwell, Scotland, ML1 4WR

Reg. Company Number: SC275307

VAT Reg. No. GB859285179

Northside Truck & Van Limited is an Appointed Representative of Automotive Compliance Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA No. 497010). Automotive Compliance Ltd’s permissions as a Principal Firm allow Northside Truck & Van Limited to act as a credit broker, not a lender, for the introduction to a limited number of lenders.

We are a credit broker and not a lender. We can introduce you to a lender on our panel, which includes Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Ltd, the lender of our vehicle manufacturer. We have commercial arrangements with lenders and credit brokers which are likely to influence who we introduce you to. We are not an independent financial adviser and don’t give you any advice or recommendations. It is your choice whether you enter into any finance agreement.

Our approach is to introduce you first to the manufacturer’s lender, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Ltd, linked to the franchise offering you the vehicle. They will usually offer the best available package for you, taking into account both interest rates and other contributions (but we do not guarantee they do). If they are unable to offer finance, we then seek to introduce you to someone else on our panel. We will usually receive a commission for your introduction. This will be either a fixed fee, or a fixed percentage of the amount that you borrow. This may be linked to the vehicle model you choose.

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Ltd may also provide preferential rates to us for the funding of our vehicle stock and also provide financial support for our training and marketing. But any such amounts they and other lenders pay us will not affect the amounts you pay under your finance agreement. Before we propose you to a potential lender, we will tell you of the likely amount of commission we will receive and seek your consent to receiving this commission. The exact amount of commission will be confirmed before you sign your finance agreement.

All finance applications are subject to status, terms and conditions apply, UK residents only, 18s or over. Guarantees may be required.

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