Love 'em or hate 'em, agency drivers are an essential part of the UK road haulage industry. But the proposal that all temporary...

VPs have voted in favour of a bill proposing equal righs for temps — but some fear it will lead to red tape and job cus. Roanna...

some shock results. While the Mitsubishi L200 scored a respectable four stars for adult occupant protection, the Nissan Navara...

ARUNDEL. SUSSEX-based haulier Page Group went into administration last week after making all 60 staff redundant. David Hudson...

NEXT WEEK, your Commercial Motor will be even better with a fresh new look to help you enjoy your favourite magazine. While...

bid for E280m from the government if it is to match the uptake of funding for NVQs and Skills for Life in comparable sectors...

The updated Renault Magnum Is due to be unveiled at the CV Show in April. Brian Weatherley gets a first look — and likes what...

LEASING COMPANIES providing hauliers with trucks and vans may not manipulate linked financial and insurance packages to avoid...

VAN WEBSITEVansunited.cauk has hit out at the introduction of speed limiters on vans above 3.5 tonnes, claiming the move has...

THE GOVERNMENT has launched a study into the wider implications of the use of biofuels. This will help to develop the UK and...

VOLVO 11AS invested in a hightech truck-theft detection system awaiting a patent in Sweden. It owns a stake in the firm behind...

Do you dream of writing about road transport? Do you read CM and its stablemate Motor Transport and think you could do better?...

Interbulk and Norbert Dentressangle have signed their third joint marketing agreement. It involves the development of logistics...

Supply-chain provider Ceva Logistics has signed an agreement to manage the Swindon European Logistics Centre for MAN. It will...

In summer parcels operator City Link and the Driving Standards Agency will be moving to Broad land Business Park in Norwich,...

UK transport insurance broker FMW Risk Services has been acquired by Oval Limited, parent company of Oval Insurance Broking.

The rental company believes that a "versatile" approach will appeal in he current period of economic uncertainty. Roanna Avison...

HAULIER WHO failed to rovide a breath specimen and hstructed a constable has had n appeal against the revocation I his licence...

Thomas Betz is expected to receive a five-year prison sentence after a long legal dispute with the German authorities. Dylan...

AN APPEAL FOR the return of a vehicle Vosa impounded because it didn't display an 0licence disc has been dismissed after the...

Me Shipping Vinister has given the green light to a E330m expansion the container terminal at Teesport. Chris Tindall reports....

LIANGES TO THE default ttings of some digital :hographs could lead to drivers advertently breaking the law, cording to the...

A TRANSPORT company that pulled out of the haulage market completely at the end of last car to concentrate on providing...

TWO MECHANICS have been cleared of the manslaughter of a cyclist on the Isle of Man after a wheel came off a truck they had...

CRIMINALS ARE increasingly targeting LGVs for high-value metal loads, particularly in the West Midlands, according to...

The Employment Tribunal rejects the unfair dismissal claim after hearing that the working time regs were not breached. Peter...

to Chancellor Alistair Darling ahead of the Budget on 12 March, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has once again called...

POLICE ARE APPEALING for a truck driver who was parked up in a lay-by on the A45 in the early hours of Saturday 16 February to...

'WORK FOR a small scaffolding company and, like many similar businesses,we are having problems financing the changes that we...

ON 28 JANUARY 2008, one of our drivers and a subcontractor parked up overnight at the Severn View Moto Services near Bristol....

limmy Quinn, serving a second term as president of the Irish Road -laulage Association, finds the old problems haven't gone...

Eating properly and doing lots of exercise sounds fairly simple... if you have time to prepare your meals and head out for an...

- Spleens are being vented on Roadtransport.com's blogs and Truck\et UK goes all Ashes to Ashes with nostalgia for the baddest...

We start this week with a quick look at the not-so-rosy past from the Old Time Lorries, Drivers and Companies forum, While...

An operator with an "appalling history" has had his revocation delayed by four weeks to allow him to take legal advice. Mike...

AN OPERATOR with undisclosed convictions for tachograph offences has had his licence revoked after his defence that he believed...

A LICENCE APPLICATION inquiry involving a father and son has been adjourned, as one of the applicants is involved in the...

FEARS OVER road safety have enabled Surrey County Council (SCC) to object successfully to the use of an operating centre to...

tampering and the invention of a "ghost driver" have led to a driver being ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2,500 at...

vmpila nit In the second report from the Freight Transport Association's roadshow for transport managers, Patric Cunnane...

Dvervveight, middle-aged drivers are particularly susceptible. Sally Nash asks if employers should be required to check if any...

medical practitioner's report following a medical examination must be provided, which includes questions about sleep disorders....

The Celtic Tiger has made Dublin one of Europe's most successful cities. But have operators benefited from the boom years?...

being unfairly penalised by an electronic tolling scheme on the M50 West Link bridge in Dublin. The toll charge for LGVs is...

nstant delivery and reliability helped ease Jelican Engineering's transition from Foden o Hino. Kevin Swallow reports. T o be...

Michelin claims that its products, despite higher initial costs, save operators money in the long run. But is this true? Cohn...

just one of the ancillary services offered by controlled:emperature distribution specialist Grocontinental, based n Whitchurch,...

lyres have a vital role to play when it comes :o fuel performance and running costs. Steve 3anner looks at the latest...

What connects cows, Kim Cattrall and Koreans? The 2008 North American International Auto Show, as Oliver Dixon discovers. I...

The British Vehicle Leasing and Rental Association has expressed its anger at manufacturers' long lead times. Kevin Swallow...