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8th July 2004
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Foreigners escape from prosecution

VOSA reveals thousands of UK drivers face court, while drivers from abroad barely make single figures. Chris Tindall reports....

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ASK in liquidation with thousands still owing

FREIGHT FORWARDING and warehousing firm ASK 4 Transport has gone into liquidation with unknown debts after creditors forced it...

FTA delivers bill

FTA chief executive Richard Turner and vice-president Edward Roderick were in Downing Street this week to deliver Chancellor...

Operators shun new toll plan

OPERATORS HAVE dismissed the government's plans for Britain's second toll motorway linking Birmingham to Manchester. The new...

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What Tony should do next

Brian Weatherley has composed an open letter to the Prime Minister taking him to task on congestion. Dear Tony, How goes it?...

Back before the courts

Directors of William Vartin Oliver to face a retrial. Mike Jewell reports. A BAD WEEK for Northumbrian haulage firm William...

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Hanover debut or Daf Euro-4

DAF'S EAGERLY awaited 13litre Euro-4 heavy truck diesel engine will make its official debut at the Hanover Show in September....

Swiss buy Grampian

ABERDEEN-BASED Grampian International Freight has been bought by Swiss firm Panalpina for an undisclosed sum. Grampian runs 32...

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BRITISH: 7,488 FOREIGNERS: 5

How many UK HGV drivers do you think VOSA prosecutes for hours or tachograph offences each year? Have a guess. Hundreds?...

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Capital move for Palletways

Deliveries to London are about to get easier. Guy Sheppard reports. A NEW 3,700m 2 freight consolidation centre has opened in...

THE FRENCH government is considering increasing the country's maximum weight limit to 44 tonnes.

Writing in the French magazine Transport Info. Francois Goulard, the head of the French dangerous goods transport association...

THE LEADER of last month's fuel protest in Wales is

pressing ahead with plans for a follow-up demo despite a drop in fuel prices. Martin Palmer, who runs three trucks out of...

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IN THE NEWS

Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the way the newspapers have covered the world of transport this week... The...

Eddie takes on a moneyman

David Harris reports on an Eddie Stobart recruit with a head for figures. EDDIE STOBART Group has recruited a high-flying...

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Buyout boost for Nightireight

NIGHTFREIGHT GROUP has more than doubled in value following a second sale to management in three-and-a-half years. The...

Drink-drive ban lifted early

A SCOTTISH truck driver serving a seven-year driving ban for causing a serious accident after drinking whisky had his ban...

Death-crash driver has jail term cut on appeal

THE COURT of Appeal last week nearly halved the jail sentence of a truck driver convicted of causing death by dangerous...

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Emma Penny charts the spin-offs from the Road Haulage Modernisation Fund that claim to save you money.

TWO COMMERCIAL projects have been spawned by the Road Haulage Modernisation Fund to boost business efficiency. TRL and another...

ALMOST FOUR million cigarettes were seized by Customs officers from a truck in Plymouth Ferryport last week.

When the vehicle arrived on a ferry from Santander, Northern Spain last Tuesday (29 June) 30 pallets of cigarettes were...

MoD teaches employers about TA

THE MINISTRY of Defence has launched a campaign to make employer's aware of their rights when employing military reservists....

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Volvo adds to the SCR ranks to face onslaught of Euro-4

Andy Salter reports on Volvo's commitment to SCR for all of its truc Ks. WITH THE EURO-4 emissions deadline fast approaching...

Toppling steel costs licence °

Czech !!! AWELSH operator who drove his truck on the M25 with an insecure 19-tonne load of steel has been banned from driving...

THE 35,000 HAULIERS in the Czech Republic are finding it

hard to follow EU trucking regs because they haven't yet been translated into Czech. Martin Sprynar of the Czech hauliers'...

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Managers: tired, exploited, abused

IT'S NOT JUST HG V drivers who work long hours, according to a new survey; their bosses also burn the midnight oil. The...

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Greece is the word

As Greece thrash the Portuguese, we visit our online game to give you the final scores and congratulate our winners. N o one...

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Motoring offences

In 2002 55% of motoring offences were dealt with by penalty charge notices issued by local authority parking attendants; 26% of...

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Supercop

PC Roger Brooks has just returned from a two-week trip leading a convoy of humanitarian aid trucks to a children's hospice in...

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VOSA: We just don't sweat the small stuff

WITH REFERENCE TO the article in the 17 June edition entitled - UK is worst in EU for drivers' hours". VOSA would like to...

A mess of mixed signals

THE RECENT government figures have done little to resolve the arguments surrounding the question of speeding. However, neither...

Slowing down the little 'uns

IN RESPONSE TO CM'S comment in the 24 June edition on the subject of raising the speed limits for trucks, given that they are...

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Exel bid ref leds nature of a predatory market

Exelis E328m bid for Tibbett & Britten could lead to a boom in acquisitions in the logistics market. The CM news team reports....

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COMPANY HISTORY

Tibbett & Britten was founded by John Tibbett in 1958 and pioneered the transportation of garments on hangers in the UK....

COMPANY HISTORY

. Exel was formed back in the distant days of the early 1980s when the nationalised National Freight Company was sold off to...

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The final Bell tolls for Oliver

The bosses at William Martin Oliver & Partners escaped punishment due to a hung jury — but TC Beverley Bell has booted them out...

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Firm risks losing licence for dangerous overload

AN ESSEX CONSTRUCTION firm faces the loss of its licence for overloading a tipper that was said to represent a "danger to the...

Ban for failing to answer letters upheld

THE TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL has upheld a decision to revoke the licence of a London ownerdriver who repeatedly ignored requests for...

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Maintenance offences cost firm increase in licence authority

A STRING OF maintenance offences has stopped a Wigan construction firm winning an increase in its licence authority from eight...

Sons 'disgusted' at maintenance errors

THE NEW MANAGEMENT of a 20-year-old family business given a formal warning at a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry said they were...

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Report card

When a driver leaves, do you have to provide a reference? Patric Cunnane reports on a little-known area of employment law. D...

Criminal convictions Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 applicants

have the right not to disclose "spent" convictions when applying for a job. The Act makes it unfair to sack someone or...

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This week's answers have been supplied by a team of lawyers from Barker Gotelee of Ipswich, Suffolk.

Must I call dme? I have been working for the past couple of years as a self-employed relief driver and for an agency when my...

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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

Isuzu's "truck-derived van", the NKR, offers payload, productivity and versatility, but does a second-hand example deliver...

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LITTLE AND LARGE

Hymix reckons there's room in the mixer market for something a little bit bigger — like a 10m 3 artic! Brian Weatherley and...

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Mixers on the move

In addition to being the UK's leading mixer builder, Hymix operates its own fleet of 30 six-wheelers, providing third-party...

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steps do push you slightly over to the left as you climb up.

Inside, the Atego is sensibly finished with thick rubber flooring, a solid dash and plenty of storage space behind the seats....

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By any stretch of the imagination its a big step

from a six or even eight-wheeler up to a lOm artic mixer. But judging by what CMis hearing, the ready-mix market players are...

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MIX AND MATCH

It may not have the most modern cab in Iveco's parts bin, but Seddon Atkinson's Strato six-wheeler can mix it with the rest....

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DRUMMING A NEW BEAT

A Bristol operator has revolutionised minimix efficiency with a weighing system that allows pre-mix concrete to be delivered in...

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MULTI TASK NG

T he British construction industry is a success story. It turns over some £70bn, representing 8% of GDP. UK builders are...

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"There was little construction work and I think there's a chance it could go quiet again

Phil Baker, owner, Al Baker & Son involved in this sector would complement his truck with a tipper, or any other HGV which...

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Building on success

The UK's building industry is rock solid. Domestically, the signs of construction activity are all around us and British...

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Thank you Mr Atkins...

Brian Lee looks back on his glory days as a local councillor and forward to struggle to win friends and influence now. O n 3...

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Manufadurers boost van use

Renault and Volkswagen are setting up new initiatives for their secondhand vans: a rental programme and in-house insurance. A...

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Three of the best

The 3.5-tonne panel van is an integral part of the used market. Here we give you a lowdown on three players we tested last...

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Selling on the front line

The classifieds at the back of CM offer phone numbers, e-mail addresses — and websites. But can you really sell used trucks...