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20th January 1994
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Drivers fight pay cut

by Grant Prior • More than 1,000 delivery drivers at British Bakeries are threatening to strike over plans to slash their wages...

Red tape bill will slacken 0-licence law

• The Government's bid to reduce the administrative burdens on industry are being published this week as The Deregulation and...

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Wilde promises drivers money

• The founder of a business which collapsed owing at least £30,000 to drivers it promised to set up as hauliers is vowing to...

UT offers sacked drivers settlement

by Juliet Parish • United Transport UK has offered six of its former drivers an out-of-court settlement to stop them...

Quarry work in N Yorks

• Hargreaves Quarries of Thirsk, North Yorks is looking for owner-driver tipper operators to work out of its roadstone coating...

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Notts lorry ban threat

by Juliet Parish • Hauliers face being banned from 100km 2 (40 square miles) of Nottinghamshire and the prospect of extra...

Scottish hauliers opt for `go slow'

• Strathclyde Police say road users' lives could be at risk if 1,000 Scots LGV drivers go ahead with a go-slow threat to drive...

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MUP,PITT

In trance on M25 NI A Murfitts Transport driver received a 12-month prison sentence last week for killing a policeman on the...

£8m boost for railhead roads

III An .E8m road improvement package has been agreed to serve the privately operated Daventry International Rail Freight...

A One action vote

by Juliet Parish • About 200 drivers at A One Transport are set to vote on whether to take industrial action, after...

Work transfer at Lynx loses Welshpool drivers

IIII Thirteen drivers will lose their jobs next month when Lynx closes its Welshpool depot in a cost-cutting exercise. The...

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De luxe services

• Drivers will have the choice of four restaurants, a cinema and budget hotel accommodation when a new motorway service area...

Robson's drops Scots

by Juliet Parish • Robson's Distribution Services is retreating from the highly competitive Scottish haulage market, making 43...

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Green trucks hog limelight in Geneva

by Bryan Jarvis and Toby Clark • Despite Swiss affluence, its CV market over 15 tonnes fell by 8.6% to 2,000 units last year....

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ID wins big deal

• New cable contracts for civil engineers Fitzpatrick with US cable communications giant Nynex has resulted in orders for 87...

UK trials for 'black box'

by Alan Bunting Railfreight Distribution's novel Detroit Diesel-powered Foden tractor, tested by CM in 1991, is being used as a...

Munro first with Stratos

• Munro Group Transport has taken delivery of the first Ivecocabbed Seddon Atkinson Strato tractive units in the UK. Three...

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First view of Meres future cab

EXCLUSIVE by Brian Weatherley • Mercedes-Benz's long-awaited new heavy truck cab may still be two years away from an official...

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CPS withdraws Ball allegations

• The international licence held by Ball of Madley was renewed D, 1 without restriction after the West Midland Deputy Traffic...

Bakery receives verbal warning

• Sandhu Bakery warning from West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Gerrard Sullivan after four immediate and two delayed...

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Failed on records

• Ilkley-based haulier Dickinson Transport has lost its licence through failures to produce and retain income tax and National...

Weigher operation in question

• Heavy haulier Ellis Greaves Transport (Coventry) and one of its drivers have been cleared of an overloading offence with a...

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Trucks pull out of slump

by Brian Weatherley • After three years of recession the market for trucks and artics above 3.5 tonnes has begun to grow...

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SELF REGULATION

Hardly a week goes by without a local council wanting to ban "juggernauts" from its turf. This week it's the turn of...

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W igen police are searching for a blue 20ft skeletal double

axle trailer that contained £114,000 worth of radios that was stolen from M & S Motor's yard in Atherton, Greater Manchester....

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Cool on permits

T refer to the article titled 1Cool on Cabotage (CM 2-8 December 1993). Jam absolutely amazed that your report indicates that...

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Sevel panel van

p SA Peugeot Citroen and Fiat have joined forces at the Geneva Show to announce two SEVEL modelsnot just the replacement for...

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THRE ISTAR

ATTRACTION T he Mercedes-Benz 1834 tractor/draw bar range was launched on to a pre Euro-1 European market early in 1992 as...

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DRIVERS' VERDICTS

Robert Ford, now in his 60th year, hails from Derbyshire where he drives a 350hp Cummins powered ERF for Long sons. He's been...

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DOUBII

o AG E N I I I i 8 I The Strato and EuroTech may share the same cab design—but can they be sold successfully by the same...

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COMING

reception by Trading Standards Officers, traffic examiners monitored drivers' hours and vehicle documentation, vehicle...

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FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS

S ustained success during a recession is rare; sustained growth in a new company must be rarer. But John Dennis Coachbuilders...

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'There will always be people who can be induced to work unsocial hours'

shop worker voting for Sunday A ny lorry driver, warehouse or shop worker voting for Sunday Trading, even in the restricted...