• The good news for Britain's road users is that the European Commission wants to extend the requirements for the fitting of...

• In next week's Commercial Motor we look at a problem that threatens the livelihood of all hauliers — big or small. That...

MPs have accused operators of heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches of failing to pay their fair share of taxes. The...

• Revisions to the London Lorry Ban, agreed by the London Boroughs Transport Committee this week, could cause severe problems...

• Bulk diesel buyers are having to pay more for their fuel following the latest round of price increases from the oil...

• General Motors appears to be on the brink of securing union backing for its joint venture with Isuzu at its troubled Bedford...

I. TNT UK's rapidlyexpanding news distribution arm, TNT Newsfast, has won another major delivery contract, for the Radio Times...

• In a move aimed at halting the loss of newspaper distribution business to road operators like TNT Newsfast and• Newsflow,...

• A 3.5-tonne weight threshold for the fitting of spray suppression equipment is being considered by the EEC Commission, warns...

• A radical rethink of training in the distribution industry is desperately needed, says Mike Tarrant, managing director of...

814 truck, owned by Commercial M. Truck Rentals. The threeweek-old vehicle was parked on the Battle Farm Estate in Reading when...

group which will meet this week to look into the possible effects of cabotage. A number of EEC member states have already...

• On-board axle weighing systems are neither accurate nor reliable, says the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, after...

• NCCS has taken over the klmillion-plus Fiat parts distribution contract following the collapse of Dow Transport. Fiat was in...

• The 24-strong fleet of Plysu containers is being expanded by 12 new Mercedes-Benz 1625 tractor units together worth over...

• Andover Trailers is launching a new air suspension division under the control of sales director Ivan Collins. The new...

flour transporter under a full contract hire agreement with BRS Southern. The 38-tonne Scania P112 tractor unit, supplied under...

• Transport Development Group Cairngorm has put the combined resources of five of its member companies into a three-year...

distribution centre at Neasden, North London, to serve local Marks & Spencer stores.

Operators Handbook), has developed a transportable V-Fax 10 mobile voice and facsimile communication system which will allow up...

• The first factory-produced Seddon Atkinson drawbar unit is now in service with WA Almach, a livestock haulier from Bedale in...

• Renault Truck Industries aims to boost its vehicle production rate by over 54%, to sell more than 6,000 trucks and artics by...

completed performance testing for the Fire Brigade, (CM 16-22 July), Volvo Trucks (Great Britain) has supplied an FL6-16...

allterrain amphibious truck „ based on a 72kW Bedford 'M' Type 4 x 4 truck chassis. The 9.1m-long amphibian has a fibre glass...

its recentlyintroduced continuouslyvariable automatic transmission (CVT) with the unit's developer, Van Doome. The current...

• Chassis Developments, the Leighton Buzzard-based specialist vehicle convertor, has produced the first extrashort-wheelbase...

• The final chapter in the story of Bedford's CF van appears to be drawing to a close with the news that the company is to...

• British Oxygen Company is acquiring a fleet of nine 3.5-tonne Ford Transits which use specially developed swap body mini...

• Leicester City Bus has launched a new town service network in Loughborough with eleven Optare Midibuses. Through its...

• More than 5,000 Scottish Bus Group drivers have been asked to take a 240-a-week pay cut through loss of overtime. The group's...

• An inquiry into the proposed London coach terminal at Paddington will not take place until next year at the earliest. London...

• Clarkes of Penge has just bought three Van Hoot T815 "H" Alizees integral coaches worth £240,000. The new vehicles are...

• A survey of bus accidents in West Yorkshire during the seven months since deregulation shows a 12% increase in casualties....

• Church Magistrates have imposed fines and costs totalling £7,365 on three of the partners in Bolton Haulage of Rishton and a...

• Walter Carefoot Transport of Longridge has been given an absolute discharge and ordered to pay £10 costs by the Uttoxeter...

operate seven vehicles from a site in Sandbach, Cheshire has been turned down on road safety grounds by acting North Western...

• The revocation of the HGV driving licence held by the son of Hexham haulier William Oliver, for speeding and reckless...

John Osborne is the new communications executive at United Transport. He joins the company from Weston Marketing Services and...

Steve Peacock has joined Toyota as area sales manager with responsibility for sales in Scotland. He is joined by Nigel Lyons,...

There are three new appointments at Andover-based bodybuilder Pannell Engineering. Tony West and Johnny Johnston both join the...

David Rose joins the company as internal salesman with responsibility for marketing the company's products within the trailer...

JAM ES Stowmarket-based Scania distributor Ro-Truck has appointed Steve James as sales executive for Norfolk. He will be based...

an honorary doctorate of technology from Brunel University in London. The award is in recognition of Gyllenhammar's...

CLARK, PASSMORE, ROBERTS, SLY, STOCK, UMPH RAY Semperit has created six regional commercial vehicle tyre sales teams to provide...

SHIE LS, MAYBANKS Len Maybanks is retiring from his post as board director with National Carriers Contract Services after ten...

a sharp eye open for the roving bank. Strange but true is this mobile bureau de change which will patrol the departure lounge...

WARN U200 winch (a smaller version of the vehicle recovery winch). It would appear that on the second day of Richard Branson...

myself. . It was Central Motor Auctions which attracted my admiration for shifting the wrecked truck (CM 2-8 July) not...

GET YOURS NOW • Over 140 new multilateral permits are now ready to be allocated to British hauliers following the agreement by...

MOTORWAY ADDS THREE • Motorway Tyres has acquired three new depots bringing its total in the UK and Ireland to 201. At...

has been appointed as a full dealer for Peugeot Talbot, and will handle sales and service of all PT light commercials including...

SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT • South Yorkshire Transport's commercial section has been relocated to the company's new headquarters...

has expanded its network in France with a second Paris depot, in addition to its existing site at Gennevilliers. The new depot...

IPSWICH OVERNIGHT • A secure lorry park in Ipswich is now available following successful negotiations between the local council...

at Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, opens this week. The Star Truckstop is located just off Junction 9 on the southbound section of the...

SCANDINAVIAN WAVELENGTHS • Sweden, Norway and Finland have agreed upon a common system for the transmission of data by radio....

Groeneveld Transport Efficiency (GTE) of the Netherlands is being imported and marketed by IMS of Loughborough. The system...

A TO B FROM SYNERGY • Synergy Distribution Systems of Loughborough has added a new journey assessment software package to its...

CASHCARD FOR ALLSTAR • PHH Group, which operates the All Star fuel management card in this country, has bought CashCard, a...

• From 3 August the cost of an annual MoT test for light commercial vehicles will rise from £11.90 to 212.52. Annual MoT tests...

ferry Stew Sailer will continue to operate on the Holyhead/Dun Laoghaire route. The crossing was introduced in April following...

TAX FILE TIP • Keeping track of all the latest changes in VAT and tax can be a daunting task for any business — let alone a...

• London and the South-East M2 Kent Major roadworks between junction 5 (Sittingboume) and 8 (Faversham). Contraflow in...

under-3.5tonne van, I often wonder about the driving standards of others driving similar vehicles in this class. I have come to...

I view the growing trend toward the transplanting of "pods" on the top of day-cabs. I understand well the increase in capacity,...

Until now Argos has relied on 10m semi-trailers and 16-tonne rigids for city centre deliveries; now modified Mercedes 1114...

In the first of an occasional series on the drivers' view of the road transport scene, Ian Norwell asks if trailer damage at...

"As the UK's largest independent truck rental company we rely on our equipment being thoroughly reliable, whatever is asked of...

Leyland Daf's 20.35 twin-steer is now available with the Interstate cab and Perkins' 800-350Ti engine. Fleet bu ers will like...