And so the Bulmers business is in trouble – again. It’s just two years ago that Johnathan Bulmer undertook the highest-profile...

christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk BULMERS TRANSPORT, the pre-pack administration successor to Bulmers Logistics, is set to close...

laura.hailstone@rbi.co.uk THE GOVERNMENT has received its strongest message yet about abandoning the April fuel duty rise as...

PALL-EX CEO Hilary Devey is joining the next series of entrepreneur show Dragons’ Den when it returns to BBC Two later this...

VOSA CHIEF executive Alastair Peoples has turned to the industry to help free up the agency’s time so that it can focus on...

Enter MT Awards 2011 WHILE 2010 WAS another tough year for the UK economy, the transport industry again responded, becoming...

UPS HAS ALMOST trebled the size of its London-based green leet after taking delivery of 14 Modec electric vehicles (see...

justin.stanton@rbi.co.uk TRUCK REGISTRATIONS continued their rebound in January: up 77.8% on January 2010’s alltime low and...

ENTERTAINMENT LOGISTICS firm EST has applied for more time to save its business. Woolwich, South Londonbased ES Group, EST’s...

Welcome to the latest addition to CM , a sideways look at the road transport industry on telly, radio, papers and even...

chris.tindall@rbi.co.uk THE GOVERNMENT has defended VOSA’s enforcement activities during December after an MP accused it of...

DRAPER DISTRIBUTION is to join UK Pallets as it looks to hit its 2011 revenue target of £2.5m. The St Helen’s,...

THE DVLA has inally published a consultation proposing a relaxation in LTK laws that would allow people treated for diabetes to...

kevin.swallow@rbi.co.uk LEASING AND RENTAL company Axis Intermodal is looking to invest in more than 100 aerodynamic trailers...

GUEST TRUCKS, THE Midlands-based Iveco dealer, is one of many exhibitors that will be increasing the size of its stand at this...

kevin.swallow@rbi.co.uk THE LAST OF THE James Irlam trailers de-leeted by Stobart Group, following its partexchange deal with...

A QUESTION MARK is hanging over VOSA’s ability to target foreign hauliers louting road safety laws after the government delayed...

LAST WEEK CHELSEA splashed out £50m on Spanish striker Fernando Torres, who then failed to score against his former team. It...

CM’s spies delve into the secret world of Euro-6 THESE ARE THE irst pictures of Volvo’s next generation FH, snapped by our...

Last year, Cheshire-based body and trailer manufacturer Cartwright Group launched its Cheetah Fastback trailer, using a...

Judging by this collection of migraineinducing spy shots, Mercedes-Benz is also completely changing its line-up. Our snappers...

It has been a tough two years at the top of VOSA for Alastair Peoples but, he says, the agency is moving in the right...

Following the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review in October last year, the big concern for the industry is whether VOSA...

As school-leavers look to avoid huge levels of student debt, operators are being encouraged to hire them as apprentices Words:...

The objectives of Apprenticeship Week are: ● To engage and persuade employers of the advantages of employing and supporting...

I WRITE IN response to Ray Sal’tiel’s letter (CM 13 January), particularly with regard to his thoughts concerning Peter Clark’s...

HAVING JUST read your article ‘Reading the manual’ (CM 27 January), which compares auto and manual gearboxes, I must say I...

Operator that failed to co-operate with VOSA in the past has lost appeal to regain its O-licence roger.brown@rbi.co.uk JWF...

Gist ready to take over VOW GIST HAS been given the green light to base 24 vehicles and six trailers at the VOW Europe...

NEWBOULD TRANSPORT has been given permission by the Trafic Commissioner to base three vehicles and the same number of trailers...

● Dutch haulier Wolter Koops International Logistics will be at a PI on 4 March that will consider a new application from the...

What is the correct procedure for making redundancies? The correct procedure includes adequate consultation, the fair...

CM’s reader panel is in favour of new EU regulations to limit the number of vehicles a part-time transport manager can take...

Chris Roe Managing director Alert HGV Training Leicester Roe says he hopes the new rules will go some way to improving...

Paul Arthurton Owner Paul Arthurton Transport Norfolk Arthurton is one who feels there is no room in the industry for part-time...

The following offences will be logged on the EU’s pan-European register of operators from 2013. More categories of offences...

A guideline to what TCs expect in terms of hours worked forms part of a consultation document issued by the Senior TC on...

● Unanimous support for restrictions on part-time transport managers. ● Some of the members of our panel feel the measures...

never been harder – that bit’s probably not up for debate. But even with exorbitant fuel hikes, increasing customer pressure to...

We asked Richard and Catherine to give some advice to other 20-somethings, who may be thinking along similar lines. “The first...

three slot in the 7.5-tonne market in 2010 after number one player DAF and runner-up Iveco? MAN? Renault maybe? How about...

If you run traditional 7.5-tonners, but hanker for a higher payload, then you do not necessarily have to turn Japanese. You can...

A touch of marketing genius gave a solid but staid slice of British engineering a much-needed boost in the early 1970s...

With their designer interiors and futuristic architecture, motorway service stations were once the glamorous haunt of pop and...

the Roman Empire, and those provided for non-official travellers harboured thieves and prostitutes who left behind graffiti and...

The banking sector’s stance on lending businesses money has opened the door for dealers and rental companies to offer services...

Some dealers report that customers are looking to fund their trucks over longer periods than they did in the past. Partly it is...

VOLVO TRUCKS now has a used truck presence in the South East following the opening of a Used Truck Centre in Hythe, Kent....