It’s customary on this page for us to air our views on the week’s issues. But with so many mixed messages from operators (some...

By the CM team PALLETFORCE put a contingency plan in place after the change in ownership at Dodd’s Group earlier this year....

By the CM team THE MD OF a company offering specialist tracking devices for tankers and trailers says business is brisk after...

THIS IS THE irst picture of the new DAF CF – shot by our spy photographer – while undergoing summer testing in southern Spain....

By Roger Brown THE OPERATOR of Clacket Lane services has defended the recent HGV parking price increase at the site, saying...

WESTERN DEPUTY trafic commissioner (DTC) Fiona Harrington has revoked the O-licence of a Gloucestershire operator who...

BATHGATE-BASED haulier Pollock (Scotrans) has added 16 new trucks to its fleet with a further seven on order. The company has...

TRUCK AND van registrations continued their upward trend in August, rising by 23% and 22.8% respectively, according to the...

By Laura Hailstone THE OWNER OF Brian R Pateield is reeling after one of his drivers was stung with an initial parking ine of...

DIXONS RETAIL has launched a national campaign to recruit owner-drivers to deliver and install consumer electronics under its...

ELEVEN COMMERCIAL and private addresses have been raided across Northern Ireland and the Republic in a cross-border operation...

AN OPERATOR working in London’s Low Emission Zone says the recovery sector has the appetite to conduct a one-day strike to...

By Chris Druce THE ROAD transport industry remains conident about its longterm prospects despite the continuing economic...

BILL BEADNELL, North East Truck & Van (NETV) chairman and co-founder, has died aged 78. Beadnell was one of the original...

AS IF producing CM wasn’t exciting enough, last Friday (2 September) we had to contend with having our offices invaded by a...

If you had absolute power to change the transport industry for the better, what would you do? August’s Trucking Britain Out Of...

CM meets the man in charge of Pallet-Track and discovers how his belief in technology and fairness has helped it stay on top...

The National Skills Academy for Logistics has arrived. CM finds out what it promises and what hauliers expect from it Words:...

IT WAS NICE to see a non-chauvinistic and nonsexist boss on Channel 4’s ‘Undercover Boss’ programme last month. Isuzu MD Nikki...

WITH REFERENCE to “Straying ND trailer causes M2 tailback” (CM 18 August), this happened to me once – and I will never forget...

The latest comments on Roadtransport.com HGV trips from UK to Europe on the up “I don’t know if I should laugh, cry or buy a...

Murray Harper, which specialises in removals between the UK and Spain, has licence revoked by TC Jones By Roger Brown A...

SIMARCO WANTS to base 10 vehicles and the same number of trailers at a new operating centre in Centre 38, Barton under...

DWM CONSTRUCTION has been given authorisation for one vehicle and trailer at its site in Bowden Lane, High Wycombe subject to...

NOTTINGHAM-BASED RH Group, bought by Kuehne + Nagel earlier this year, is looking to remove its operating centre in London...

RYE-BASED John Jempson and Son wants to base 10 vehicles and 15 trailers at a site on the Ashfordby Business Park, in Melton...

JFB TRANSPORT hopes to get the green light to keep three vehicles at a unit in Minoco Wharf, Silvertown, East London.

● A public inquiry on 23 September will look at an objection received against a new application from R Exall and Sons, based in...

Brian Simpson MEP, the European Parliament’s transport supremo, accepts that rail cannot challenge road for the lion’s share of...

Operators should take note and prepare themselves – the biggest shake-up of the O-licence system in years is on its way Words:...

• September 2011 Operators and transport managers will be provided with information to assist in compliance with the new...

Energy firms are facing government scrutiny, but what can businesses do to cut bills? Words: Adam Bernstein E nergy costs for...

our top-weight artic tests has been rather erratic lately. It’s not that we’ve suddenly got lazy – we still have four fully...

The fact that tractors identically specced to this example are such a common sight around the RDCs and supermarkets throughout...

location brings its own challenges, not the least of which is a poor road system that adds to journey times and takes its toll...

Phillips of Seahouses enjoyed 61 years in business before its takeover by the short-lived TAL Logistics in 2008. CM looks at a...

In its later decades, Phillips (Seahouses) was heavily involved in the distribution of Rolawn products. The York firm is...

Jim Phillips kept aside two rigid tippers from the TAL sale and went on to run them under the name of James Phillips & Sons....

Not since the growth of the Hino network in the noughties has a truck company expanded its dealer network at such a pace. Isuzu...

For Isuzu, the 7.5-tonne sector remains the most important and according to SMMT registrations the company has moved to third...

As sales grow, so does the portfolio for parts. In an ultra-competitive sector, it is vital for the vehicle supplier to have a...

Mercedes-Benz dealer Rygor Commercials appoints John Keogh as its truck sales manager Words: Kevin Swallow RYGOR COMMERCIALS,...