The Tories have denied that they plan to reintroduce the hated fuel du - y escalator as part of their anti-congestion and...

BARELY A YEAR after leaving the industry, haulage boss John Cutler is back in charge of a transport firm following the purchase...

UNION LEADERS are to press Tesco for a single deal covering pay and conditions for more than 4,000 transport workers amid fears...

3PL SOLUTIONS, the previously dormant company that bought the assets of Gipping Container Services after it went into...

DHL has won a £1.6bn deal to run the NHS supply chain for the next 10 years (CM 3 August). The transport giant will provide...

Gloucestershire County Council has scaled back its plans to ban trucks from many of the county's roads after strong...

LGVs COULD be banned from passing through the centre of Bath within three years. Bath and North-East Somerset Council is...

COMMERCIAL MOTOR editor Andy Salter and Andrew Gibson, UK marketing manager at She see off the eight competitors in the UK's...

A DELEGATION FROM the Scottish Road Haulage Association met Scotland's Secretary of State for Transport Douglas Alexander last...

HAULAGE AND distribution operator PF Whitehead plunged more than £100.000 into the red in the year to July 2005 following a...

WINCANTON IS LOCKED in a court dispute with Irish department store Arnotts after it tried to evict the retailer from its Tolka...

The former boss of Business Post is back at the heart of the road transport industry following his resignation last December....

A £6m RAIL-FREIGHT terminal in Telford is expected to remove thousands of truck movements from the motorway network once it...

THE UK ARM OF global transport giant Kerry Logistics has just taken delivery of two new Iveco Stralis tractor units following a...

Plans for hard-shoulder running have received a thumbs-up from the FTA, but German experiences with the scheme are mixed. Dylan...

EUROPEAN FREIGHT forwarder and haulage specialist RH Group has recorded a £3.2m pretax profit for the year ending December...

contract oh yes it does! NOTTINGHAMSHIRE transport specialist KB Event has won a contract with Qdos Entertainment which is the...

A HAULAGE insurance firm has played down suggestions that premiums will rise following Norwich. Union's decision to increase...

CM'S Perspectives column brings you alternative views from experts allied to the road transport industry. This week Emma Price...

LEEDS OPERATOR Macfarlane Transport (Holdings) has unveiled its first big investment in new trucks since it started trading...

AS WE GO TO PRESS the CM/Shell Euro-4 test is well underway. And we are giving readers the opportunity to participate by...

In the run-up to the IAA show in Hanover, \issan has unveiled a new look for its line-up of light trucKs and vans. Dylan Gray...

Despite an overhaul of its parking enforcement, Westminster Council is failing to be seen as "firm, fair and excellent". Guy...

haulier MRS Distribution boosted its pre-tax profits above 5% of turnover for the year to 31 March. Its turnover increased...

TRUCK OR iVERS crossing the . Forth road bridge will be at the .5 forefront of testing new electronic payment technology which...

YEARSLEY GROUP, which took over the distribution of Birds Eye frozen foods when Celsius First went into administration in...

A SOUTH WALES haulage firm has won a six-year contract with a division of one of the world's largest companies. Hicks...

With suggestions this week that the German Maut LGV road toll should be adopted across Europe, Dylan Gray loo(s into what the...

Third-party logistics companies (3PLs) with the geographic scope to meet their customers requirements vvill benefit as the...

The [ago name has been synonymous with high quali - y products for 20 years and is recognised for its robustness and the ease...

David Frankish and Charles Stephens are settling in, having bought NFT Distribution from Northern Foods. Many challenges lie...

I'M WRITING regarding the authorities response to the tragic accident involving a vehicle travelling back from the V Festival...

I READ WITH INTEREST that the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) is calling for an essential-user fuel rebate in Ireland (CM...

I THOUGHT it was a very interesting feature on the firm of AE Gough (CM 31 August),I would, however, question the accuracy of...

iding with conmen Every driver dreads being involved in an accident -but it seems many crashes are not accidents at all....

John Beadle, chairman of the Insurance Fraud Bureau, has issued the following advice: 1. Keep a safe distance. 2. Stay calm. 3....

An operator has lost his licence after claiming that a mystery man fitted an illegal chart switch free of charge on Holywood...

AN ABATTOIR operator with 13 prohibitions in five years has had the use of one of its vehicles suspended for two weeks....

THE TRANSPORT Tribunal has rejected an operator's second appeal for the return of an impounded vehicle. In January the...

A HAULIER APPEARING at its second public inquiry on maintenance issues has been warned that it cannot afford a third one. West...

AN OPERATOR WHO was absent from his business throughout the summer has had his 10-month-old licence for four vehicles revoked...

Will universal speed limiters be a godsend or a curse? For a taster of what the industry thinks we turned to our reader panel —...

Are you thinking of renting a new site? Or are you setting up a business? Make sure you understand the rules governing property...

B uying from the Canter range may still be a minority sport in the UK, albeit one that is steadily growing in popularity, but...

Colin Barneh has the last word There's no doubt that the latest Canter is a major Improvement on its predecessor. In terms of...

After a three-year hiatus, road-rail Freight Facility Grants will be available to English operators from next year — and...

ADVISORY SERVICES Transferring freight from road to water or rail can be a pricey affair —the operator concerned has to invest...

Tim Maughan went to Northern Ireland to find out how it's done. A s you would expect, Michelin's vital statistics are...

Michelin's Get into the Groove campaign highlights the benefits of regrooving tyres; its truck tyres are designed with...

Countless British manufacturers have relocated their factories overseas in search of lower overheads, and plant manager Graham...

a single product. Canter sales in Europe have been reasonable since first Volvo, then DaimlerChrysler began selling the...

no means a bad truck The name's a bit game show, of course, but Japan has a bit of a thing for odd commercial vehicle names...

The Super Great and Fighter use EGR as opposed to SCR to meet the Japan 09 emissions protocol.There's a marked divergence of...

MAN has done more than most to harmonise the driving characteristics of its disparate products. Kevin Swallow has been driving...

in a TGA round this test route back in June and the auto box has exactly the same driving characteristics at 18 tonnes as at...

taxes back, but the Freight Best Practice initiative was set up to give free advice to operators to help improve their...

Crossing Malawi for Transaid Middlewich's very own Action Man, Steve 'Boules de Fer' Jones, is off on his adventure of a...

Truck and plant exporter Britcom international has invested E4m in new premises in East Yorkshire. Kevin Swallow reports. B...

by offering an irresistible line-up of vehicles. Light CV sales director Alex Wright explains. T he key phrase this month is...