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15th August 1996
15th August 1996
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DSS to set its sights on cheating hauliers

by Karen Miles • Hauliers who encourage their drivers to fraudulently draw benefits to supplement meagre wages are to be...

Dunwoody wants inquiry on VI mistakes

• Labour Transport Select. Committee member MP Gwynneth Dunwoody is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into allegedly...

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Disciplinary system comes under fire

• A director of a company which had its Operator's Licence revoked twice is calling for a review of the whole disciplinary...

Roadblock rules revamped

• Local authorities' rights to block roads and restrict trucks could be massively increased in a series of changes to the Road...

GIVE US A BREAK!

T he Highways Agency appears to I. adopted a policy of closing layby tr stops. CM has published many sto about Jenny Hawes'...

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IC rejects claim that council lied

by Herren Hayes • A Chobham-based operator who accused Surrey County Council of falsifying evidence and lying about him has...

Linkman drivers win compensation

• Specialist chemicals haulier Linkman is to pay £12,000 in compensation to two drivers for unfair dismissal in a move that the...

RHA to call for toll cut

• Tolls on the Humber Bridge should be slashed instead of increased, the Road Haulage Association will tell a public inquiry...

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Road condition survey excludes truck drivers

by Lee Mother • Parliament's Transport Select Committee wants industry fit• tires to come forward with reports on the state of...

Truck causes bomb alert

• A truck driver sparked off a terrorist alert in Birmingham causing 200 people to be evacuated from their homes while he slept...

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A55 to lose its tea vans

by Lee Kimber • Drivers on the A55 between Bangor and Chester are facing the closure of every refreshment stop that is prepared...

Williams trailer dispute results in driver lay-offs

• Williams Distribution has laid off two drivers from its Manchester depot after losing part of a Proctor & Gamble contract in...

Win work from the Web

• The internet is becoming more and more important to hauliers, says a top consultant. Peter Gifford believes that up to 100 of...

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Hills out as rates fall

by Lee Kimber • Derbyshire-based lowloader specialist Hills Haulage is pulling out of heavy haulage and selling off its fleet...

Margins hit TDG profit

• Transport Development Group has blamed cut-throat competition and reduced margins on new contracts for flat operating profits...

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Drivers support whistleblowers

• Drivers have given a unanimous thumbs-up to whistleblowing on bosses who ask them to break the law. The drivers back the...

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Battery power for Ford pickups

by Steve Sturgess • Ford becomes the first major US manufacturer to market an electric commercial vehicle. The battery-powered...

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Reappearance of 1200

by Toby Clark • Mitsubishi is to introduce an L200 pickup at this year's Motor Show. The vehicle replaces the Japanese-built...

Navigation kit promises easy use

by Charles Young • A new navigation system could be on the market within a year if a pilot scheme run by Ford in conjunction...

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Continuous tracking

• Hull-based Ormston Technology has launched a combined GPS satellite tracking and datalink system for continuous vehicle...

Fiat Scud() is priced for Ul

by Toby Clark 92 (69) • Fiat has announced the UK prices and specifications of its Scudo van, the first of the "mini-Sevels"...

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Nomad generators do the job quietly

• A new range of silent generators, particularly suited to vehicle use, is offered by Scorpion Generators. The Nomad series...

Bus exhausts for all

• Multipart Bus Parts has introduced an all-makes programme for silencers and exhausts. This addition follows earlier product...

Easy-fit converter

The new PowerVerter PV121(A) has a special "keep alive" 20mA auxiliary converter to supply security circuits in radios. This...

Wide range of ducting

• Masterflex, a major European manufacturer of flexible ductings. recently established a manufacturing operation in Oldham,...

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Drums on a shoestring

• Keighley based Northern Drums was not a "cowboy outfit" even if it was run on a shoestring said David Whittaker, solicitor...

Drivers fired for hours offences

• Wigtonshire haulier Robert Burns, and a company of which he is a director. Robert Burns (Refrigerated Transport), have...

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Warning for TN firm

• A company acquired by the Transport Development Group at the beginning of last year has been warned about its maintenance...

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Eight days a week

I should like to bring to the attention of all operators who employ agency drivers there is a good possibility that the driver...

Attic risks

T here appears to be a growing body of opinion that the Government's proposals to extend "grandfather rights" to holders of...

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bird's eye view by the hawk Above: Getting more than

its fair share of glances was tlw 1952 Baloyle' Bedford OLBC The ex-MoD fuel bowser for small airfields, was used as a diesel...

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E ST OF R EED 1 t's not particularly difficult to buy

a new heavy truck these days; at least it won't be until 1 October. That's when, the Euro-2 emissions regulations come into...

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VOLKSWAGEN CADDY

A vehicle badged as the Caddy has been around for some time with a more than passing resemblance to a high-cube van—this was...

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ombed out

L ivestock haulier Michael Speechley won't forget 23 June this year. That was the Sunday his Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire yard...

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T here is very little that a driver can do and

very little the French authorities seem prepared to do, when a group of angry French farmers decide to set about a haulage...

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'There have been concerta attacks upon trade unions

over the past 17 years' 4 abour's new proposals on union L recognition rights should be welcome news to everyone in the...