• The British are generally seen as being poor complainers; in fact it's become a national characteristic. We don't like to...

a tough code of practice, says the AA. It reports that clamping of vehicles parked on private and waste land is increasing....

• Angry hauliers have called off their blockade of a meat firm which crashed owing them money, after winning guarantees of work...

• Fire engine manufacturer Carmichael Fire has been saved from the receiver by the owner of rival Dennis Specialist Vehicles...

• Richard Gabriel, the parcel entrepreneur who last year sol his Interlink courier firm t Mayne Nickless for more tha £50m, is...

• The number of recovery operators used for roadside breakdowns in North Yorkshire is likely to be slashed from 400 to only 100...

• A former Iveco Ford marketing chief has won undisclosed damages against the manufacturer after being horrifically injured...

• Tobacco manufacturer Gallaher made 125 distribution and warehouse staff redundant last week in a move which is part of a...

• Despite recent signs that the worst of the recession might be over, truck sales for the first four months of the year were...

sponsoring the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Charter for Business, which aims to attract 100,000 young people over five years to...

• MPs have clashed in the Commons over the increase in Severn Bridge toils. The cost of taking a truck over the bridge shot up...

• Union leader Jack Crossfield has kicked off a campaign for safer working conditions for truck drivers. Crossfield and a...

• York Trailers' Northallerton site has been saved by new owner Aveling Barford. It had wanted to move the manufacturing and...

• Eurotunnel has slammed as a "flat lie" Consumers' Association claims that Channel Tunnel safety questions have been...

• Some things never change. It's now more than two years since CM last reported from the German International motor show. That...

• Among the PCV exhibits at the Hanover show queues formed to look inside the new Mercedes-Benz 0404 doubledeck coach, which...

• Slough-based express carrier Business Post is launching an economy three-day service, Premier 72, in a bid to dent...

• The amount of freight carried by rail looks set to rise following last week's Government announcement on the way rail freight...

• Haulier Eddie Stobart has opened a Warrington depot after winning contracts in the North-West. The 300-vehicle company plans...

• MAN Truck and Bus UK, the new wholly owned subsidiary of MAN Nutzfahrzeuge of Munich, aims to double its share of the UK...

'M International haulier Paul Selway is blaming the crash of a Spanish firm which owes him £51,000 for the collapse of his...

MI Four women are among 13 candidates standing for the post of shareholder director on the board of NFC; the election is...

EXCLUSIVE • Salford Van Hire has ordered 183 new vehicles from Mercedes-Benz (UK). The Vm order covers seven models from...

has renewed its three-year distribution contract with Exel Logistics — Media Services. Italian job • Electrical giant Hotpoint...

• More than 140 hauliers have benefited from Euroshell cards' quick VAT reclamation scheme since it was introduced last...

• Three logistics experts have been headhunted by Beck and Pollitzer, part of the Transport Development Group's distribution...

• A two-year £500,000 contract has gone to St Helensbased Sutton & Sons to move moulding products for Lin Pac Mouldings of...

• Scania is about to begin "market acceptance tests" on its electronically controlled braking system (ELB), developed in...

• Weweler, Europe's largest independent air suspension manufacturer with an annual turnover of t35m, will market its own...

• Hoyer, one of the largest trailer and demountable tanker operators in Europe, has purchased the first nine LAG PetroLAG...

builder Dennis Eagle for its latest urban delivery vehicle. A 2.2m width and a short wheelbase gives the 17-tonne 4x2 rigid...

• Only two weeks after Iveco unveiled its EuroTech truck range Daf has hit back with a new range of middleweight distribution...

• The interpretation of the EC drivers hours and tachograph regulations varied across the country, Norwich Magistrates were...

• Worcestershire haulier John Garbett, who had not received complaints about his Droitwich operations, was opposed by Wychavon...

reserved his decision on a bid by Tarmac Roadstorie (East Midlands) to base 10 vehicles and five trailers at Langford Quarry,...

• North Eastern Deputy LA Brian Horner took no action against the licence held by William Malcolmson jnr, trading as Forward...

• Sheffield Magistrates have postponed the trials of 32 drivers employed by Newell & Wright who are accused of drivers hours...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• The Federation of Petroleum Supplier's annual conference, held last month at Blackpool, revealed an alternative view to BLVR...

• BOC is evaluating a pair of ERF Elf) 27ST drawbar outfits, one with full aerodynamic cladding, the other with just a standard...

• Heavy haulier ill Rawcliffe & Sons of Maudsley, Lancs has taken delivery of the first modular Nicolas trailer in the UK. The...

• There was more than just glitz and glitter to last week's Truckfest. One regular visitor, Nene Trailers, took the opportunity...

• Ross and Bonnyman has developed a range of scissor action underfloor tip gear for trucks up to 7.5 tonnes GVW. The...

The new URTU general secretary, David Higginbottom, talks about the union's poor financial situation and declining membership...

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incanton Distribution is coming to the aid of the thirsty citizens of Bristol by sponsoring a drinking fountain for walkers and...

Ii hebiennial International Road Transport Union (IRU) conference in Barcelona awarded its Grand Prix d'Honneur to a Hungarian...

but turning the handle on a heavy diesel could demand a team effort. The Hawk's correspondent at the Crystal Palace Wheels of...

with two splendid new titles to jog an old man's memories. British Lorries of the Sixties by Peter Davies is a large format...

JH Willis Transport has invested more than £1,000 on four number plates ending with JHW. They are J12, J14, J15 and J18. His...

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on purpose-built fire engines and equipment are long gone. Like other areas in the public sector, fire service spending has...

business? Changes in marketing policy and re-organisation of distribution at BP Chemicals spells problems for the traditional...

To Europeans, many American trucks look more like the stars of a road movie than a working wagon — as CM found at the...

the highway with two exhibits — a Kenworth and a Mack. • The premium conventional (bonneted) truck enjoys a special place in...

• The system of pre-paid toll tickets at the Dartford River Crossing is to be withdrawn from 31 May 1992. From then on users...

111 The Irish hauliers who are blockading the premises of United Meat Packers to try to get back money they are owed are to be...

• Re your recent articles on vehicle security. I took the step over two years ago to have an alarm fitted to my lorry and was...

• Your campaign on the revocation of vocational driving licences on medical grounds is strongly applauded. A system that can...

• sn't it about time we held a proper • funeral for the Imperial Measurement System? As we approach the final stages of...