Major reform of the operator licensing system is being planned by the government — the TCs are concerned. Dominic Perry...

CUMBRIAN HAULIER Eddie Stobart may quit its home county and relocate to Cheshire, after planning delays at its proposed new...

WISBECH, CAMBS-BASED manufacturer United Trailers has been bought by its management. Current marketing boss Kevin Pell and...

past few weeks. The earnings figure in our story of operating an Iveco Stral is for a week (CM 15 December) should have read...

TRANSPORT FIRMS hit by the Buneelield oil terminal explosion in Hertfordshire say their losses could run into hundreds of...

COUNTRIES KEEPING quiet over their implementation of the Working Time Directive (WTD) are one step away from being referred to...

Birmingham-based van manufacturer LDV has had a tumultuous Neek, but its future now seems secure. Colin Barnett reports....

SHORT OF A dramatic change of fortune in the last two weeks of December, Daf Trucks looks set to achieve the remarkable...

POLICE SAY AN investigation into a head-on collision between two trucks in which both drivers died has exposed a catalogue of...

RETAILER JOHN LEWIS will meet the Department forTransport after Christmas to discuss the company's spiralling bill for drivers...

A SEPARATE Home Office code for reporting truck crime is needed to reflect the true cost of the offences, according to national...

Pensions seem an eternal problem in the fuel distribution sector, so it's no surprise that TDG has fallen foul of the issue....

UNDETERRED BY the Department for Transport's refusal to allow trials of 25.25m vehicles, Dick Denby has offered to hire his out...

A OCIATED BRITISH Ports (AP) expects its operating profit fron UK ports and transport activities to grow by 3% when its re ults...

A CAMPA IGN to pressure politicians into building a second Forth Bridge was launched in the Scottish Parliament last week (16...

VECO ( UK) MD Guiseppe Franchi, the longest-serving UKbased MD of a truck manufacturer, is leaving after eight years to be...

Surprise, surprise — the government hasn't considered the problems trucks face when unloading in town centres. Chris Tindall...

A BUSINESS leader warns residents could delay long-awaited improvements to the A14 around Huntingdon, Cambs, by demanding one...

A HAULAGE boss who was well over the drink-driving limit when he drove his truck dangerously through the streets of South...

THE GOVERNMENT is taking too long to tackle congestion on the M42. says the influential transport group of the Birmingham...

Stuart Thomas brings you his regular round-up of the way our local and national press has covered the wonderful world of road...

CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1954 and...

join the top 300 Two hauliers made it into a list of the top 300 companies in Wales. Guy Sheppard reports. TWO ROAD TRANSPORT...

PARCEL GIANT UPS has no place on its UK management team for David Burtenshaw, former chief executive of Lynx Express. UPS...

everything, as any businessman will tell you. If you want to convert more of your turnover into profit, sign up for CM 's...

NEW LAWS in Scotland which ban smoking in the workplace will throw up a raft of potential problems for transport firms,...

HOLLAND'SBIGGESThaulier, Vos Logistics, has been hit by wildcat strikes at two of its depots in the north of the Netherlands....

kFTER READING the article - leaded "Two-card trick", (CM 27 Dctober) I would like to take this )pportunity to provide you with...

in your news story headed "End of overtaking on A14?" (CM 8 December) as saying:"I feel it would be more dangerous. Everyone...

I'M WRITING in response to Barry Proctor's column (CM 1 December) in which he says: "I've seen the attitude of drivers in...

We look at Christian Salvesen's efforts to climb back up the profit ladder, and the problems and opportunities that 2006 will...

Charity Transaid tackles poverty through practical transport initiatives. Chris Tindall asks its chief executive what drives...

From wrangling over the LRUC to the Burns Inquiry findings, Dominic Perry takes a look back at the highs and lows of 2005....

John Allan/Exel: It may be a takeover, but the price tag of £3.7bn (£12.37 per share) must certainly sweeten the pill. Robbie...

A series of convictions and collusion to hide behind other operators' licences lead to a 10-year licence revocation....

THE SOUTH-EASTERN and Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner, Christopher Heaps, has revoked the licence of Acton, London-based...

WEST MIDLANDS Deputy Traffic Commissioner Lester Maddrell has imposed environmental conditions on the two-vehicle licence held...

EGHAM, SURREY-based Rossway Transport Services has been granted a new eight-vehicle licence despite an objection from Surrey...

Keep an eye out at :hristmas — if one Df your drivers starts /yak still tipsy from :he night before, ou could face...

responsible for the wrongdoing of their employees 'in the course of employment', but what many don't realise is that their...

Calculating holiday entitlement has become more complicated — now a long established method of paying holiday pay may be banned...

Holiday pay is described as 'rolled up when a portion of holiday pay is added to the worker's hourly rate of pay and paid as...

Six readers who get the most questions right have the chance to win a bottle of champagne in our Christmas quiz on road...

When the chips are down and you need an extra set of wheels, van rental companies are just the ticket. But do they provide...

Based OR the fringe of Epsom town centre, the Enterprise office looked more like an estate agency than a van hire company....

LOCATED ON a busy main road in Croydon, the Europcar premises are just a booking office and you have to wait for the vehicles...

HERTZ IS one of the larger rental companies in the group and, far from being a faceless corporation, proved to be the epitome...

Although barely a mile from Beddington Lane, the Croydon Airport estate is a much more welcoming environment (see Northgate) ....

Croydon's Beddington Lane has to be a contender for the ugliest street in Britain — but tucked away behind a carpet shop,...

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED behind Hackbridge station. the Practical office was a welcome retreat from the howling weather outside. A...

If tee'd been told what paPerwork to bring with us at the time the booking was made over th0 phone (and in fairness we never...

ft wasour original intention to rent nine vans. Because we wanted to get at least one van to Tunbridge Wells early, we tried...

were pleasantly surprised by the overall competence of the service. Bookings were taken with precision, although one or two...

AW ;a - ale tanks are formidable, ut they need trucks to ansport them. Tim iaughan joined men f the 1st Tank Regiment n...

work means it needs a specialist Tasking Manager. That man is John Liddicoat who spent 22 years in the Royal Corps of...

FTX's military duties set it apart from conventional road transport outfits. It was founded in 1999 by Derek Brown and John...

1 S ? High flying transport manager Graham Blackwell had the world of road transport at his feet, yet he couldn't resist...

W hether or not you take an interest in commercial vehicles,it's hard not to be intrigued by this year's Christmas tester.There...

Getting the opportunity to drive such an old vehicle was a real privilege. There's a world of difference between the Jowett and...

As the inaugural issue of CM was rolling off the press, Sentinel was building its first steamer. To mark the occasion Andy...

the famous Sentinel steam wagon in 1905, although the trade name Sentinel had been in existence since 1875. The company moved...

It's 50 years since the first Corgi scale model hit the emporia and the company is still going strong, thanks in part to its...

by Paul Heaton ROAD TRANSPOR7'Wales & Border is one of a trio of new titles from ex-traffic cop Paul Heaton.The title is...

by Neil Hobbs TO HIS credit, self-published author Neil Hobbs hasn't tried to write a book to convert the uninitiated. Coffee...

by Maurice Sanders EVEN IF you haven't read Stories of Round Timber Haulage, you've probably seen the cover picturing an AEC...

I LIKED this book- it has lots of pictures of trucks and trailers and forklifts and loggers and tankers and tippers and...

\ week after the London terrorist atrocities, [he Worshipful Company of Carmen held its mnual cart-marking ceremony. Andy...

Gary Hawkins has been busying himself with the matter of driver training, and his message is clear: we need to work together....

A slowing economy and tumbling residuals might be bad for the market, biit one rental firm believes this combination is...

Independent used truck dealership Smith Brothers has picked up 60 tractors and trailers in a bulk acquisition after a...

about the initial link is how well presented this website is. Its colours are strong reds, blues and blacks but they are...

A shortage of supply combined with high demand is producing strong values for car-sized and car-derived vans in the used...