And we're off! While the date for the 2010 general election has yet to be confirmed, industry stakeholders are already...

CM COVER STORY latif a.haltstoneidrbt.co.uk THE FREIGHT TRANSPORT Association's (FTA) pre-election lobbying campaign is...

joanna.hourkeidrbi.co.uk NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE (ND) has told staff who could not get into work during the recent bad weather...

ALAN WILSON. THE former director and major shareholder of Blue Cube Rentals, has been sentenced to 44 months in prison at...

CM COVER STORY dominic.perryfarbi,co.uk HAULIERS WORKING in the construction sector are set to face another bleak year if a...

SALLY BOAZMAN, Radio 2's much-loved 'Sally Traffic', is hosting a one-woman show to raise money for Transaid on Saturday 6...

EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL Freight, a 12-vehicle international operator in Hull, has gone into liquidation following a creditors'...

roger.nrownfarbi,co.uk HAULIERS IN KENT claim it is vital the Sittingbourne northern relief road is finished as quickly as...

undisclosed sum.This marks the company's fourth purchase over the past 16 months. The acquisition of Post Haste Group expands...

resulted in 16% of the vehicles checked attracting immediate prohibitions, owing to their "appalling standard of maintenance"....

director, following two years of leading the Shropshire firm's finance team. He previously held roles in the south of the...

dominic.perryfarbi.co.uk THE WELSH Traffic Commissioner. Nick Jones, delivered a stinging rebuke to VOSA for its lack of...

A 'SAUSAGE-TOSSING' lorry driver has been ordered to pay a fine of more than £600 after he failed to pay an initial littering...

C'ANUTE HAULAGE GROUP saw its turnover fall by 8% for the year ending 31 July 2009, but pre-tax profit rose by nearly Dm on the...

THE FREIGHT TRANSPORT Association (FTA) is calling for operators to join its Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS), which...

It's not only the transport side of our industry that the recent snow had an effect on. One area that has also been badly hit...

In an attempt to cut fuel consumption figures and running costs, Irvine, North Ayrshirebased Maxi Haulage has signed a...

roger.brownrarbi.co.uk A NEW ELECTRONIC system designed to allow heavy haulage companies to notify the authorities about...

BUILDERS' MERCHANT Elliotts has taken delivery of four new Iveco Stralis Active Day 26-tonne rigids for use on its multi-drop...

GLASGOW-BASED multi-modal business John G Russell (Transport) has made a return to profit, despite what it describes as a...

10Z1 n .bou rke fa r i .c o.uk CHR1STCIIURCH, DORSET-BASED Shears Bros Transport has invested £300,000 to triple the size of...

POLLOCK (SCOTRANS) HAS won a distribution contract with one of the UK's largest timber importers, International Timber, based...

By Chris Tindall THE ISSUE of longer semi-trailers (LSTs) is in real danger of being fudged after it emerged that the...

IVECO HAS REVEALED full details of its new range of vans that offer better emissions and a greater range of weights. The new...

MANY HAULIERS need to renew working hours agreements with their employees, claims the Road Haulage Association (RHA)....

christopherwaltonfarbi,co.uk TEMPF.RATU RE-CONTROLLED business Langdons is set to part company with David Price Food Services...

short and sweet FRY TRANSPORT WILL be wound up via a creditors' voluntary liquidation after failing to find anyone willing to...

According to Alan Slater, the author of Abbreviations (Cc Acronyms Encountered in Logistics. Operations, there are more than...

WE ARE establishing a fighting fund to help get a haulier into Parliament in the upcoming General Election. Peter Carroll...

IN YOUR Christmas edition (17 December 2009), you reported on Peter Carroll standing as a Liberal Democrat candidate, and being...

Last summer, Weightlifter Bodies took over United Trailers (Wisbech), seemingly snatching the firm from under the nose of...

company getting involved with funding for the first time. However, rather than being a white label service from a bank, this is...

Concluding CM's tour of the Continent, EuroWatch heads to Hungary and finds that life for operators in the heart of eastern...

highly competitive market, there is no room for smaller players, especially not for newcomers. "I drive between 13,000km and...

Vehicle caught with wrong disc and tacho-fiddling device Leads to 14-day suspension. A SCOTTISH operator's 0-licence has been...

MAINTENANCE OFFENCES, including 17 prohibitions, have led to a formal warning for a Yorkshire operator. Its vehicle test pass...

THE REvOCAT1ON of the licence held by Leeds-based Thorpe lane Commercials by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney...

Fixed penalties have simplified the process of punishing drivers, but justice may have suffered. Here are the key things...

VOSA can now return vehicles that have been wrongly impounded without the lengthy process of applying to the Traffic...

effective deterrent to illegal operation. Since its implementation in 2002, the proportion of HGVs used on UK roads without an...

VOSA generally uses its power to impound or detain vehicles that are unroadworthy or do not appear to have an 0-licence....

As the economic outlook improves, operators may consider expanding their workforce time, perhaps, to take a fresh look at...

'express' or 'implied'. Express terms take precedence since they are agreed directly between the employer and employee....

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service lACASI: 08457 474747 www.acas.org.uk Department of Business Enterprise and...

If they do, then this is a good time to review contracts of employment to make sure that the requirements of employment law are...

without necessarily leaving the UK, the Bad Weather Driving Guide has recently been published by Freight Best Practice Scotland...

The RAC warns commercial drivers of the dangers of winter weather conditions and the precautions that should be taken to ensure...

Always take into acount the load being carried and understand any potential hazards. Get into the habit of checking the safety...

A vital part of an efficient vehicle is its battery. Here are a few essential tips to help you keep yours in tip-top shape....

254613 In our regular series examining fleet-spec trucks from the manager's perspective, we turn the spotlight onto the...

With the uneven terrain and reduced traction to contend with, you may have to turn to a 4x4 to pull you out of trouble — which...

As a standalone van, without the addition of the XTR+ modifications, the Citroen Berlingo is a competitive machine, that...

about their day-to-day activities, so why is it only now that law-makers in Europe are starting to give it the importance it...

roadworthy are numerous and involved. It is strange, then, that the rules regarding a driver's eyesight are much more lax. Good...

While not every company always welcomes new EU directives, our research shows that nearly all employers (90%) believe...

The UK, European and international standards concerning tints and driving are all identical: • Lenses tinted to a luminous...

Aerodynamic trailer and body profiling work has turned into a major part of W Trailer's dayto-day business. Words: Kevin...

Words: Kevin Swallow / Images: Tom Cunningham Demand for Late-year used product is likely to soar as truck manufacturers ramp...

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