Free gifts • Next week CM and Leyland Daf launch
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a series of free legal wallcharts with a chart covering the recent changes to LGV and PCV licences — and CM will also include a free, fullcolour souvenir Truckfest scrapbook ... don't miss it!
Strike threat • Italian Customs officials are threatening an overtime ban between 16-18 May with a strike on 20 May.
Licence campaign • The RHA has objected to another John Dee Operating Licence application for 28 goods vehicles and 12 trailers in Ampthill Bedfordshire — it is opposing all John Dee applications.
Big reward • Lorry drivers could earn themselves £10,000 rewards under a new scheme called "Forecourt Watch" which aims to beat crime, concentrating on petrol stations.
Wrong tyres • Many operators are failing the plating test because they have the wrong load-indexed tyres, warns John Bennet of Jetyres in Pinner.
Theft line • A Mercedes-Benz 814 7.5-tonne box van was stolen from 11TH Commercials in Wokingham, Berks last Sunday.
The white vehicle, which had a tail-lift, is registered H376 HBL.
Contact Bob Skinner on (0734) 891111, Tax attack • Conservative backbenchers are trying to block the mobile phone tax unveiled in the Budget.