"There are bad times just around the corner, there are dark clouds hurtling through the sky" wrote Noel Coward, and how right...

CM COVER STORY By Christopher Wa tton THE AVERAGE price of diesel in the UK has risen for the first Lime in eight months ahead...

b an ionkin THE GOVERNMENT has ruled out a .#30m bailout for struggling British van manufacturer LDV. Ministers said there...

January compared with the same month last year and by 17% over the past 12 months, according to SMMT figures. Commercial...

THERE ARE JUST four weeks left to enter the Motor Transport Awards. The deadline for ars sister title's premier event is 27...

TRUCKPOL IS hoping its future will be secured by the end of March when a decision is expected from the Home Office over the...

By Roger Brown THE HEAD OF Bulmers Transport Johnathan Bulmer has released further information about the finances of Bulmers...

THE ROAD Haulage Association (RHA) claims "two or three" new truck parks may be needed close to Tilbury and Shell Haven ports...

FIVE-TRUCK haulier Lea Transport Services (LTS) has walked away with two awards at a ceremony organised by supermarket Asda for...

CM EXCLUSIVE By Cohn Barnett NISSAN AIMS to be the leading light CV manufacturer in the world by 2013. And with global sales...

Internet forums are a virtual world where real names are rarely known, faces not seen, and friendships forged while never...

I 11lb Wttik Drivers passing through Calais can now benefit from All4Trucks' new truckstop. Proper security, lots of parking...

MAN SUI-1±,RED the highest number of HGV recall campaigns for the second half of 2008, involving 5,083 trucks within seven...

PEMBROKESHIRE hauliers have been spared the misery of travelling up to 80 miles to an HGV driving test centre — a new site is...

COUNCILLORS IN Suffolk say they are committed to providing lorry drivers with safe. secure parking facilities after...

By Joanna Bourke SPECIALIST CONSTRUCTION hauliers are cutting fleet sizes and staff to avoid failure in the recession. The...

COVER STORY By Christopher Walton THE LAW COVERING the removal of commercial vehicles involved in accidents has suffered...

FRENCH FERRY OPERATOR LD Lines has proposed to take control of SeaFrance services on cross-Channel routes in the wake of...

We reckon Scania's long-awaited high-roof P Highline cab option may well. be a 'slow-burner', but just watch it grow... Words:...

THIS WEEK Renault Trucks is pushing for a 1% market share increase in what is a shrinking arena. We talk to commercial...

I READ WITH interest your news story regarding the driver who was stopped by VOSA on the A55 in north Wales ('VOSA officers...

THROUGHOUT my 40 years or so of managing road transport firms, I've always thought drivers provide the best ideas The comments...

WHENEVER a scientist comes up with a device that can be used to measure something accurately, there will be a politician close...

CM's EuroWatch series heads to Italy, where it discovers hauliers are being forced out of business by terrible conditions and...

Court issues a suspended sentence and Community Service Order after finding driver guilty. A TACHO-FIDDLING lorry driver has...

the army after more than 23 years of exemplary service. He had been working for Michael Smith for five years and had been...

A SCAFFOLDING company working on the refurbishment of the Leeds Traffic Area Office (TAO) has been given until the end of...

A GROSS OVERLOAD on a 10-tonne rigid vehicle has cost a Deeside company and one of its drivers 11,465 in lines and costs. Edge...

A HAULIER with a history of troubled operations has had his application for a new licence adjourned so that his two sons can...

A MEAT wholesaler escaped action at its third public inquiry after the Traffic Commissioner accepted that sufficient measures...

Employees on sick leave are entitled to accrue holiday, according to a new ruling from Europe. Words: Helen Rice-Birchall...

or not workers can accrue and take paid holidays while absent on sick leave. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has handed...

In 2002, the Employment Appeal Tribunal declared that workers on long-term sick leave were entitled to accrue and be paid for...

Stringer and Schultz-Hoff issued her opinion in February 2008 ahead of the ECJ ruling. Her opinion was that holiday couldn't be...

to commit to fourwheel-drive? Citroen says it has the answer with its Dispatch XTR+. Words: Julian Milnes / Images: Tom Lee...

Asa standalone van operating on the road, without the XTR+ add-ens engaged, the Dispatch continues to create only minimal...

in the UK and across the Continent look to cut their costs and save themselves from going under in these difficult economic...

P&O is one of several large players that include road haulage as part of their overall company activities. Although a separate...

in the road transport business with a large UT fleet across Europe. "Unaccompanied trailers are very important for us," says...

In recent years, a combination of environmental concerns, fuel costs and poor road infrastructure has led operators to consider...

boats, has a different business model being a UT freight-only operator and (ex-UK) only on Irish Sea crossings. It is now 100%...

In 2009 a new set of ADR regs come into force in more than 40 countries in Europe and beyond, with two immediate and important...

a Polish lorry driver attempted to board a British ferry bound for Dover, declaring 383kg of dangerous goods (methyl...

The government has launched a loan guarantee scheme for businesses. But will it help hauliers? Words: Louise Cole All...

Go Group is running master classes in securing investment in Scotland. Training facilitator Alistair Balfour says: With just...

PLIMSOLL PUBLISHING'S analysis of the top 1,000 transport firms within the UK shows 20% of them have fallen into the danger...

THE DEPARTMENT OF Transport (DfT) has released preliminary findings into the composition of the UK van fleet, with 59% of the...

THE EQUIFAX BUSINESS Failures Report shows an 18.2% increase in firms going bust in 2008 compared to 2007 But the trend climbs...

PAY-AS-YOU-DRIVE insurance may be coming to the CV market this autumn. It could represent savings for some low-mileage...

THE KPMG/MARKET survey for January showed a steep decline in permanent and temporary jobs, but it was not as harsh as December...

In the third of our interactive CM Academy features we've joined forces with Bridgestone Tyres to explain how you can make your...

Active Auctions, an online sate, kicks off next month, selling used vans and trucks from finance houses, banks and Leasing...

Renault Trucks UK is strengthening its dealer network and gearing up for an assault on the used market. Words: Kevin Swallow /...

Privately owned dealership group Ford & Slater has a franchise agreement with DAF Trucks, so it should come as no great...