• The problem of wheels coming off HGVs might be more important than some people thought — or at least as important as the...

• The M25 is to be converted to five lanes in some sections as part of a Government "action plan" to cope with a forecast...

• Europe's transport ministers are likely to settle on an 18.35m drawbar limit when they meet on 17/18 December, following...

• Tanker hauliers are to meet health and safety officials to discuss better targetting of roadside checks following the...

drivers fluorescent windscreen stickers explaining that a drought order makes it hard to clean vehicles to "normal high...

• The Department of Trade and Industry has pledged to match the £10,000 raised so far by the industry and Commercial Motor to...

• Hauliers or drivers who allow diesel to leak from their fuel tanks could face fines of up to £2,000 from this month....

• A haulier who complained because his annual EC permit was withdrawn and replaced with monthly ones is to have his case...

• From next year all Ministry of Defence vehicle suppliers will have to to hold the quality standard BS5750. It will replace...

• VW expects to launch its new Polo van — with catalytic converter as standard — in the spring. Buyer sought II A buyer is...

• Plans for a "crisis mechanism" to deal with overcapacity in Europe's haulage industry after 1992 will create "unnecessary...

• New Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, who was promoted last week in Prime Minister John Major's first reshuffle, will have...

• National Bus Company subsidiaries were sold off too cheaply, the Government spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, has...

• Following the launch of 373kW (500hp) tractors from Renault, Scania and MAN. Daimler-Benz could be poised to join the same...

• Scania has released more details about its new 1991 heavy truck range — revealed in Commercial Motor last week — which...

• As predicted by Commercial Motor in June, Foden is now offering a two-bag drive axle air suspension package on its 17-tonners...

• Bodybuilder Brimec has produced a shortened version of its long-wheelbase lveco Ford Daily recovery vehicle, which it says...

• An unusual way of enclosing the brake and electric cables in a single hose running from a tractive unit to a trailer is being...

• Windfoil has designed an air management kit for Leyland Daf 1900, 2500 and 2700 rigids and tractors, which includes a cab...

• At least 20 of hauliers who were shareholders in failed magazine distribution firm Time Sensitive Deliveries (TSDL) are...

• Newly formed Independent Parcel Systems is looking for another 10 carriers to join its UK network by the beginning of next...

• European truck manufacturers face some tough years ahead until at least the middle of the 1990s, says Leif Ostling, boss of...

• 'Iroubled bodybuilder Wilcox-Seadyke has gone into receivership despite making an operating profit over the past two months....

• TIP Europe has reorganised its business to separate trailer rental and non-trailer interests. The resulting boardroom...

• Hauliers wanting to expand their European business will be able to pick up work, including return loads, from a service...

• Trimoco's half-year profits have dropped by nearly half to £1.7m, compared to £2.8m for the same period last year. Wrecker...

• LEP Group's Italian subsidiary Crowe is to merge 50/50 with Italian distribution company Albarelli, providing a network of...

• The Transport Development Group has merged another two of subsidiaries — Harris Road Services and Sutherlands — under the new...

• Parking problems brought West Yorkshire haulier Adrian Lee to a public inquiry before North Eastern Deputy Licensing...

• Pontypridd hauler Glyn Gardiner, and two of his drivers, were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling 21,610, when they...

• The High Court has quashed convictions recorded against JB & M Motor Haulage, for failing to supply information to the London...

• A former haulier, sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1984 for drug smuggling, must wait to see if his bid to start up in...

• A Crown Court has "Ce quashed con victions against the boss of a PSV company who allegedly used his bus to cut-in...

• Woodside Haulage driver Andrew Hannah, of Newton Stewart, Scotland has been fined £350 and ordered to pay 230 prosecution...

• Barnsleybased operator James Durrans (Transport) is to appeal against a 2430 fine imposed by local magistrates for...

• A North Wales firm has had its Operators Licence restricted until its boss is well enough to attend a disciplinary hearing...

• Bus and coach operators should be given incentives to encourage them to buy cleaner-running vehicles, says the Society of...

• National Express is hitting back at a tv programme last week in which it was criticised for operating out of a poorly...

• Here is the first siting of Van Hool's new 18m articulated coach which will be available to UK operators next June for about...

• Volkswagen has responded quicker than most manufacturers to demands for lower vehicle emissions. It was among the first to...

• Ford has gone public on its turbo-Transit trials after we revealed that several were being evaluated by operators (CM 11-17...

• The launch of the new Escort van has been delayed. Ford had originally scheduled the launch for November, but delays in the...

HEAT IS ON • Bergstrom, the US-based manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning for trucks and buses, has opened...

TUNNEL VISION • The British Standards Institution has published a code of practice for the lighting of tunnels and underpasses....

SOFTWARE SHOW • The Warehouse & Distribution Software conference and exhibition is being held on 1920 February at the Royal...

GROOVE LINE • Tyre retreader Vakuum Vulk has set up a sales free phone for customers. Contact (0800) 898303. FUELLING...

SOFTLY, SOFTLY • The latest in noise control technology is the subject of Quiet Revolutions — Powertrain and Vehicle Noise...

SORTUAO STORAGE • A new range of steel racking and cupboards designed for storing tools in vans has been introduced by...

WHAT A STINKER • Expect hold ups on the A23 in Sussex, between Warninglid and Bolney, over the next 25 weeks, due to sewer...

SOLICITORS Aaron & Partners Grosvenor Court, Forecourt Street, Chester, Cheshire CHI IHG Tel: )0244) 315366 (Jonathan Lawton)...

Evidently the DTp plans to paint red lines over the existing yellow ones, but LT's group planner Clive Muzelle is concerned...

8 Small West London suburb on the A312 towards Hayes (7) 9 Allows the container to 'breathe' (3,4) 10 Weakness that may...

of the first visitors to call at the ex-PM's retirement home in Dulwich — evidently to take her out for a spot of Christmas...

INSOLVENCY Wondering where to go for help when a business collapses is one problem operators can do without. Commercial Motor...

the noble Bard were alive today (and happened to be holding down a job as a CM headline writer) he could undoubtedly make...

MI Every year up to 400,000 vehicles are stolen across the UK. In Essex alone more than Ulm worth of goods vehicles and their...

Rising operating costs are forcing many hauliers to consider sending staff on defensive driving courses. Commercial Motor looks...

B RS WESTERN • BRS Western reckons it can't lose with the new one-day fuel economy course it is offering to transport...

RHAPSODY As part of our Milestones series, Pat Kennett takes a nostalgic trip through the history of Scania. • For a...

Royal Mail Parcelforce board as director of business systems. He comes from Courtaulds Coatings where he progressed to group...

trailer rental manager at the Northampton branch of BRS. He has been in the transport industry for seven years and was...

taken on two new managers at its Isleworth site in West London. Ken Crawley has joined as sales manager with responsibility...

communications manger at Federal Express Europe, responsible for customer and employee relations.

Martin Parkes to cover its southern region and Elliot Lennick to handle the northern area. Lennick comes from rival...

sales manager of tipping trailers at York Group Sales, a subsidiary of York Trailer Holdings. Spence joins from South Derry...

He has worked for the company for four years and was formerly assistant auctioneer at the Shepshed centre, near Leicester.