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to associate editor in charge of the technical desk. We will soon be advertising for a technical writer, so watch this space.
bankrupt and is laying off its 15,500 staff. The company, which specialises in part-loads, had 250 depots and 30,000 trucks in...
Companies must have better occupational health policies to protect workers, say researchers. A study in Sweden has found that...
a fire which destroyed 10,000 pallets at a GKN Chep depot at Trafford Park, Manchester More than 100 firefighters tackled the...
The German Post Office has won a temporary licence to compete head-to-head against the Royal Mail under moves to open up...
as roadworks start this week on the A167 Interchange with the Al( M I at Chester-le-Street. The AA warns that the £1.2m scheme...
a by Brian Weatherley Commercial Motor this week launches a high-visibility sticker campaign to drive home the value of the...
• Haulage associations throughout Europe have warned that their members are abandoning cross-Channel work because of the UK...
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• Foreign-registered trucks now account for a record 72% of cross-Channel freight movements—up from 52% in 1996. The latest...
iy Miles Brignall 'hers are not as pessimistic )ut their business prospects they were a year ago—but y probably ShOuld be,...
• A truck driver has become one of the first people in the country to receive a new spot fine after lying to the police about...
• Shortages of qualified drivers directly employed in the industry—currently estimated to be 40,000—may rise above 135,000...
first road transport magazine to drive the new ERF ECT, launched at the NEC Motor Show in May So is the ECT just another TG-A...
of stolen V5 documents • The Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has warned drivers buying used vehicles to check V5...
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by Dominic Perry A Powys-based haulier who had his tractor confiscated by Customs and Excise has been ordered to pay nearly...
• It is estimated that more than a million motorists were convicted of speeding because of roadside cameras last year,...
• A multi-million-pound fuel laundering operation has been uncovered by Customs officers in Northern Ireland, the North-West...
• A doctor who gave a diabetic truck driver the all-clear to drive despite his history of blackouts has been found guilty of...
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Island Ferries, a Itish ferry service set up by ee Shetland transport firms. an its maiden voyage on isday (2 Sept), despite...
The late Lord Louis Mounbatten of Burma was giving a pep talk to a group of battle-weary soldiers in the Far East during the...
Police want to hear from an HGV driver who ght have witnessed a collision on the M25 in doh three people were killed. The...
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by Chris Tindal Government statistics show the haulage industry is becoming increasingly efficient as the number of trucks on...
• Rail-freight firm DVS says plans to shut parts of the West Coast Main Line will not affect its services. A 40-mile stretch of...
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support the Young Drivers' Scheme as part of its young driver recruitment and retention initiative.
funding from two leading Scottish venture capital funds. Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity and Penta Capital.
distribution for Autoglass. Under the three-year, multimillion-pound contract. Hays will provide a fleet operation. managing...
logistics industry, has appointed advertising and communications company Seriously Bright to boost awareness of its work and...
worth £3.5m a year with computer specialist Systemax, which trades in the UK as Globaldirect. Misco and Simply Computers.
M by Mike Jewel The Eastern Traffic Commissioner has refused to return a tractor used by a garage to take third-party trailers...
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ND months after the Trans-Alpine Mont Blanc rinel reopened to trucks, drivers travelling tween France and Italy are still using...
• Telematics company NavTrak has added an Automatic Driver Recognition (ADR) system to its NavTrak traffic monitoring system in...
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by Jennifer Ball Changes to traffic light phasing in London which keep lights at red for longer are costing £,14m a day in...
ik A Wiltshire traffic officer has hit back at claims of police inaction against foreign haulier's but accepts that on-the-spot...
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Daf has never hurried to embrace new technology. But after missing the first generation of electronic discs and auto gearboxes,...
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II Bad accidents have an uncanny way of orompting major reviews in health and safety enforcement—and the trailer industry is no...
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• by Robin Meczes A leading haulage consultant is advising tipper operators to take care after two of his clients had tippers...
Vauxhall vans in live on-line auction. The vans, which cover the whole Vauxha range, are part of a 10,000vehicle purchase by...
of our recent bulk-trailer test (CM 22-28 August). The reason tin ribbed bathtub trailer was more economical on the retur road...
trailers on long-term contract-hire. Thirty of Chereau's insulated trailers are Carrier Vector-equipped fridges; the rest are...
range of finance offer on Peugeot vans, including twc years interest-free with a 50% deposit. or three years a 2.9% flat rate...
tipping trailers ( CM15-21 August) omitted to mention that the trailers were equipped with Hyva tipping gear.
• The face of Yorkshire-based supermarket chain Morrisons is beginning to change as the first of 40 Focien Alphas take to the...
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As reported last week, US operators are facing tough decisions after the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought...
For the first blast with the Cummins ISX, we took the wheel eta Peterbilt 379 with loaded trailer and a 565hp engine under the...
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by Grant Construction Services (Fife), trading as KMS Haulage, being cut from 10 vehicles and four trailers to eight vehicles...
Breaches of the drivers' hours and tachograph rules have led to the revocation of the twovehicle licence held by Charles...
haulier Thomas John has resulted in his licence being cut from 10 to six vehicles. John had been called before Welsh DTC Alan...
by Michael Quaile, trading as JFS Freight & Courier Services. of Stoke on Trent, has led to his licence being cut to one...
A Scottish sheriff has warned that drivers who use sophisticated devices to disrupt their tachographs will lose their driving...
Yate-based JE Clarke & Sons (Transport) will have to wait to see what action Western Traffic Commis sioner Philip Brown will...
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Senior Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts has blasted drivers who feign ignorance of the rules governing them in order to...
Pontefract-based JR Tyres Collection & Disposal has lost an appeal against the revocation of its licence because of maintenance...
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VW 0 ith the advent of 41 and more recently 44 tonnes, one small phrase—VED rates—has made sense of running an artic on six...
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times for Roebuck Transport. It was around that time that things started to really pick up for the Essex-based operator, which...
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30MEBOD 1 • aunching a new business or expanding in existing one is never easy, but you're lot alone—there's help aplenty out...
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Unless you're independently wealthy (in which case why are you setting up a business anyway?) you'll need credit... W hether...
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bu've raised the finance to start a business: low it's time to get mobile. Should you buy lew trucks or used, rent or lease, or...
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You have your business, but when you're not on the road where do you park your assets? The route to findini a home is fraught...
No matter how good your business might be, you need to keep on top of the paperwork. Adam Bernstein advises on how to choose an...
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• Decide whether you want to buy or rent, then engage a lawyer and a commercial property agent.
• To find a lawyer look at: http://www.legal500.com/inde x.php • Complaints about a lawyer? Contact The Law Society at...
Guy Sheppard talks to operators who established a foothold and went on to thrive.., so what's the secret? J ust four months...
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to promote your operation successfully to the outside world. Initially, potential customers will not know how big your business...
• Contact your local newspapers and the business press with news about your operation—for example that contract you've Just won...
• Yellow Pages Look under Marketing & Advertising Consultants; Designers— Advertising & Graphic; and Direct Mail.
• No new or existing operation can operate legally without insurance, including truck insurance, goods-in-transit insurance and...