• The writing on speed limiters has been on the wall for long enough: hauliers who failed to read it were probably going too...

• Transport lawyers are questioning the legality of alleged moves by vehicle examiners to force drivers to put their trucks...

• Lorry drivers involved in the 45-vehicle M4 crash in March could face prosecution following checks by police scientists....

/ The first national weighbridge directory is too expensive, says operator Richard Read, who spearheaded the campaign for the...

• Tractive units up to four years old will have to be fitted with speed limiters to restrict them to a maximum 60mph (96km/h)...

• Abels, the removals and distribution firm which holds the Royal Warrant, has been acquired by Hays Specialist Distribution in...

• Fledgling owner-drivers association Unit '91 has been dealt a severe blow with almost half its 227 members transferring to a...

• Alan Fox, who has just been promoted to managing director of Iveco Ford Truck, has now been appointed to the board of Seddon...

• Huktra UK, the owner of two tankers washed up on a Norfolk beach last week (CM 9-15 May) is urging the Government to press...

a series of free legal wallcharts with a chart covering the recent changes to LGV and PCV licences — and CM will also include a...

• Driver training schools throughout the UK claim that a backlog in processing LGV applications at the DVLA could put them out...

to new weights and dimensions legislation, according to the EC Economic and Social Committee. Spanish flier • A new motorway...

• The proposal for a single, national Licensing Authority is still "on the table", according to senior Traffic Commissioner...

• BET has sold its waste-management subsidiary Biffa to water authority Severn Trent for £212m. The cash will be used to reduce...

Roadtrain export • S Jones of Walsall has won a contract to supply five secondhand Leyland Roadtrains to Sri Lanka firm Cargo...

• Scant interest has been shown in the remaining parts of BFI, the long-established transport operation which went into...

• The Railfreight Users Group has decided not to pursue compensation from Railfreight Distribution for the losses its members...

• Talks between Christian Salvesen, Exel Logistics and Wincanton on a joint European food distribution venture are being...

• The collapse of the Scottish steel industry has hit Scottish hauliers hard with many reporting cutbacks in vehicles and...

• Heron Distribution is appointing extra depot managers to cope with contracts it expects to secure over the next six months....

• Builders merchant Sam Rhodes of Yorkshire has switched its 10-lorry fleet to contract hire through BRS Bradford, in a...

for 250 trucks and trailers for HCH Contract Hire, allowing HCH 20 separate lease periods. Coterlink contract • JDG Transport...

• The Tibbett & Britten Group has consolidated the restructuring of its clothing distribution operation by launching a...

• Despite the depressed state of the industry there was no shortage of exhibitors or ideas at Telford for the annual Institute...

• Pegaso has become the first manufacturer in Continental Europe to take on the Multidrive steered-and-driven articulated...

• Unipower's first 298101 (400hp) Cummins-powered 4x2 heavy duty recovery truck, equipped with Boniface Interstator 25...

• Mercedes-Benz has released details of its revised range of rigids and tractors (CM 14-20 March). Spearheading the newcomers...

• Renault has been delivering the first Midliner M-series lightweight tractive units. The range echoes the M-series rigids with...

• Evans Coaches of New Tredegar has won an appeal against the loss of 20% of its fuel grant. The Transport Tribunal decided...

• North Manchester haulier Michael Stirrup has been ordered to pay fines, costs and back duty totalling £4,180.83 for using two...

expires early • Knipes Transport Services' 0licence has been cut so that it now expires at the end of November. The firm...

• A magistrate's ruling that drivers need not make a manual entry on their tachograph charts showing time spent travelling to...

• The duration of the 0-licence held by Kenneth Standage, trading as Star Trucking of Morley, has been cut to expire in 12...

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

• South Eastern Licensing Authority Brigadier Michael Turner has suspended the licence held by Roger Paull, trading as Sinclare...

• A claim for unfair dismissal Made against Alfreton-based Allegro Trans port has been rejected by a Nottingham industrial...

• The Yorkshire Traction Company of Barnsley has been named as the preferred bidder for Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses — it will...

• A new London minibus service to shuttle City executives to and from work starts this week. Earthline will operate between...

off-peak services and could threaten special fares, according to a report by the Association of London Authorities. Heuliez...

• East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn has built its first two bodies on the Dennis Dart chassis using a scaled down...

• ADT is ending its heavy truck auctions in Brighouse and is moving them across the Pennines to its Belle Vue, Manchester...

• Avon Tyres has sold its Backstop truck and bus reverse-braking device to Marlborough Metal Fabrications of Croft, Leics; in...

• Truck-Lite of the US has appointed Truck and Trailer Components, a division of Unipart, as its UK distributor. The range of...

• British Channel Island Ferries has moved its freight administration and reservation departments to Corbiere House, New Quay...

• The Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management is holding its annual conference in Birmingham on 18-20 June. It will...

• Wilcomatic has produced an eight-page guide to its truck and bus vehicle washers. Contact 081-684 9900. Mapping Europe •...

• City solicitor Wedlake Saint has formed a transport law division to offer advice on everything from defending haulage...

• Duckhams claims to have produced the first oil developed exclusively for vans and pickups. Called Vanguard, the 15/40...

• A new non-slip walkway has been added to the Q-Grating range from William Sharp (Sales). It is made of 3CR12grade stainless...

earning more money for freight forwarders than it did for them, so six months ago they set up their own freight forwarding...

If your work takes you into arduous terrain then the Suzuki Samurai and Daihatsu Fourtrak face a tough challenge. But they may...

one are so blind as those that will not see.., this three wheeler occupying a bay in the coach park at Membury services clearly...

oung John Flintoff, son of Jack Flintoff who runs Flintoff Transport, has married Lynne Parker in Ossett, Yorkshire. Very...

oyes are afoot to stamp out drug abuse among US truckers with calls for legislation to create "drug-free zones" around...

ndertaker Clair Harper has the number-plate ASK 666 on his Daimler hearse in Wick, Scotland. It's the last of a dying breed I...

aulier Ted Chamberlain with sons Simon and Mark (right) stands proudly in front of his 1963 ERF 54G3 16-tonner which has...

ext time temperatures plunge below freezing watch out for a driver wearing Bermuda shorts and sunglasses in a Hythe Transport...

161 alk about feather-brained. Drunk on diesel fumes and chrome-laden trucks at CM Truckfest last week, the Hawk laid an...

A copy of Bedford — the Commercial Vehicle for all A copy of Bedford — the Commercial Vehicle for all Purposes by L Geary has...

• Changing patterns in purchasing policy have given the rental companies a lot of clout when it comes to the finer points of...

• Kepstowe Freight has a strange sense of humour — it chose a snail logo to emphasise its speedy deliveries. And it recently...

• I recently spotted a small write-up about a tachograph course in your Operator's Handbook section. As I like to continually...

• In a recent issue of Commercial Motor you published an article regarding diesel drawn illegally from the CH Jones (Walsall)...

• It annoys me no end that there is continued talk and written statements about the need for investigation or research into the...

• The feature headed "Buyer beware" in the Lawton on the Law series highlighted the problems that can arise between dealers and...

• I feel that someone should bring to the attention of the police or the Department of Transport the problem of misidentifying...

T he Whitbread Beer Company has made two personnel changes to its distribution operation. Allen Watson has been promoted to...

• Bill Parsons has become international business development director for the UK at Federal Express Business Logistics. He will...

• Lord Trefgarne has joined the main board of AWD as a non-executive director. He was in Government from 1979 to 1990,...