The majority of agricultural vehicles are unroadvvorthy — but the DfT has no plans to introduce MoTs for them. Roanna Avison...

ADMINISTRATORS FOR the Ray Smith Group (RSG), which shut up shop before Christmas, have sold part of the business to Lawrence...

what's going on ear then? ACCORDING TO the French newspaper Le Figaro, the French police are keeping a particular eye on the...

EXETER-BASED Heaver Brothers is offering a 25,000 reward for a truck stolen from its depot early on 6 January. The Mercedes...

At the recent Guild of Motoring Writers annual awards, CM associate editor Colin Barnett was named Volvo Trucks Commercial...

LDV chief executive Steve Young has resigned to "pursue other interests in the industry". Taking his place is Eugeny...

Transport for London has launched its London Freight Plan, designed to improve and support London's freight industry.

A Manpower Employment outlook survey for the first quarter of 2008 shows that 11% of employers in the transport sector plan to...

In the 2008 CM Buyers' Guide (3 January) we incorrectly stated that BMC had been acquired by Ashok Leyland, It is Avia that has...

The Iveco Stralis now comes with a two-year, unlimitedmileage warranty, not the one year quoted in our roaCtest (CM 20 December...

Rather than simply complaining about trucks parking up in their village, residents of Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire are...

of UK hauliers questioned for a Freight Transport Association (FTA) survey report that recent truckstop closures are causing...

THE EUROPEAN Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) has welcomed the latest plans from the European Commission (EC) for...

WESTMINSTER Council is to allow unlimited time for loading before 1 lam in a trial of 40-minute delivery slots. Under the...

The barrel price of crude oil is set to rise further in 2008 — which is why Paul Holland advises operators to pass on costs to...

LGVs in Norwich could be allowed into the city's bus and cycle lanes in return for using the local consolidation centre. Chris...

PSA HAS revealed the next generation of its Citroen Berlingo and Peugeot Partner highcube vans, which effectively created the...

[HE WINNER of the top prize in the Roadtransport.corn Christmas draw was fuel cards company employee Angela Yore, who wins a...

A DRIVER HAS started a petition on the Prime Minister's website asking that the speed limit for trucks on some of the UK's...

After 25 years Norfolk County Council is finally to consider plans to improve the link between the A47 and A1067 Chris Tindall...

A 700-TONNE stone church [n the German village of Heuersdorf was moved 12km to the neighbouring town of Boma before the Micrag...

set to cut Ireland's CO 2 B RUTS H MANUFACTURER Smith Electric Vehicles has sold . 100 electric vehicles to independent dealer...

CUMBRIAN POLICE have been issuing remote vehicle alarms to truck drivers at truckstops and motorway service areas in a bid to...

Owner-driver Dick Flute considers the futility of European emissions control schemes when the rest of the world is more...

Legal exemptions mean agricultural tractors and trailers can be operated with a frightening disregard for health and safety —...

JJ Bardon spent five gruelling vveeKs hauling potatoes with agricultural tractor and trailer combinations in Herefordshire and...

As regular readers know, we regularly review dealers' vvebsites and are proud to be associated with TrucknetUK. Now we're going...

Over the holiday period on TruckNet UK a huge variety of subjects were debated, people and places were remembered and good and...

Director of failed company branded unreliable witness by TC. Mike Jewell reports. A COMPANY director who faded to declare...

HOUGHTON LE SPRING, Tyne & Wear-based international haulier JF International was called before North Eastern Deputy Traffic...

A COMPANY formed by a man with a conviction for armed robbery has lost its hid for an 0-licence. Tamworth-based Fast Track...

A COMPANY that had operated without an 0-licence since 2001 will only be granted a licence if its transport manager regains his...

The TC concluded that Jeffrey had lost his repute both as an operator and a transport manager because there had been a...

IC's instruction was not followed A Bolton company has won its bid for a new 0-licence after further investigations called for...

The government believes income shifting in small businesses costs the Exchequer E500m a year — and it is determined to claw...

To understand income shifting, take the case of a small company equally owned by husband and wife, where the husband does all...

he Road Safety Act 2006 provides a framework for introducing new powers. These include the graduating of fixed ' penalties...

• Under current proposals nine out of 10 endorsable and non-endorsable offences could be dealt with by fixed-penalty tickets...

made sense to buy a vehicle that came with high security and low repair costs, but is anyone telling the insurance firms?...

the 2006 exhibition. Andy Salter reports. T his autumn we'll be reporting on the giant IAA Show in Hanover. Germany, where the...

Designer: Tibor Biro, Vloholy-Nagy University of 6 %rt and Design, Budapest, Hungary slow this is more like it! Awarded second...

Designer: Ying Tao, Industrial Design Education, Linz, Austria This design (right) scooped first prize in tl competition,...

Designer: Hai Shan Deng, Industrial Design Education, Linz, Austria The designer has certainly pursued the futuristic theme...

Designer: Szabo Levente, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary Like the designer of the Two in One,...

Designer: Karsten Willmann, Hochschule far Technik und Wirtschaft, Dresden, Germany We thought this was the latest refuse...

This concept focuses on the urban delivery round and employs a novel extendible chassis frame to adapt to the volume of the...

Designer: Viktor Malakuczi, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary Rolling Home is another design with the...

Designer: Oliver Hubertus, Hochschule fOr Bilderinde KCinste, Braunschweig, Germany This is our personal favourite of all the...

Designer: Darius Zieba, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, Germany This is another design where the focus is on the driver...

Designer: Philipp Siebourg, Adrian° Muti, FH Joanneum, Graz, Austria Straight out of a set from Transformers, this all-terrain...

With Euro-6 looming on the horizon, the major manufacturers are looking at a range of technologies to clean up their act. Tim...

is being tested at the proving grounds of all European truck manufacturers. Only Mercedes refuses to comment on Euro-6 in the...

Power Train and is in charge of Iveco's long-established engine research centre in Switzerland. It's fair to say he is...

Shortly after the turn of the century, truck operators were confronted with a range of new safety systems: Lane Warning...

in the quest for cleaner truck technology.The Swedes, together with their American partner Cummins, have developed the XPI...

By focusing on diesel engine componentry, MAN has found a few solutions that look set to reduce fuel consumption. As MAN...

T he road transport industry in 2020 may still be recognisable to successful operators of today but there will be many subtle...

The ever-expanding Clipper Group has made another acquisition — and further purchases may be on the cards. Kevin Swallow...

The BVRLA is not impressed by truck manufacturers for satisfying Eastern European markets at the expense of the UK, slowing...

The recently promoted parts director already has plans for expansion. I veco dealer North EastTruck & Van (NETV) has appointed...

of your sales programme. Kevin Swallow reports. 1 he used trade is not making the most of the internet even though it is...