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Nightfreight's preliminary results for the year ending 30 November 1999 show pre-tax profits up 18% from £3.50m in 1998 to £4.12m, helped by a strong performance in its parcels......

Sheepish Driver

Fanner Bryan Jeffreys wants to trace the HCV which ran into a flock of his sheep on the Mumbles near Swansea, leaving some animals badly injured. Contact: 01792 456999.......

Maim Tyres

Michelin has launched a range of tyres for specialist lowfloor trailers and semis. The XTE-2 comes in eight sizes and all will be available by August.......

First Mans

Soham-based AAC Distribution has added eight MAN F2000 tractor units to its 240-vehicle fleet; they are its first MANs.......

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Investigations into road deaths are to be treated more like murder inquiries.......

Bill Warning Top Accountants Are Warning That The...

bill could force more firms into receivership. Under the bill, a firm will have to disclose that it is in "debt moratorium" on invoices, letters and even on its vehicle livery,......

Speed Imp

More than 70 drivers were caught breaking the 30mph speed limit in a two-hour speed check by police in the Scottish Highlands village of Beauly.......

Attlee's Amendment Could Lead To Consignor Liability

• by Karen Mlles Customers caught forcing hauliers to overload will find themselves facing tougher sanctions if a Conservative peer's attempts to strengthen the law prove......

Informer Jailed

• A truck driver who was registered as an informant for HM Customs & Excise has been sentenced to nine years in prison for smuggling cannabis worth 13.2m into the UK.......

Fta's Turner Rejects Na

-Richard Turner. the longserving deputy directorgeneral of the Freight Transport Association, has vehemently denied he is to take over as boss of the Road Haulage Association.......