Help-lines Swamped

• Operators reeling from the effects of the Budget have been phoning the trade associations in their thousands looking for financial advice. The Freight Transport Association......

Rally Round In London

• by David Craik Haulage protest group Trans Action is calling on operators to send trucks and drivers to a rally in London next Monday (22 March). The day of action is being......

Tories Slam Fuel Price Hike

Shadow Transport Secretary Gillian Shephard has warned that 50.000 jobs could be lost in Britain's haulage industry due to the Budget rise in diesel duty. At the launch of the......

Go South For Cheaper Fuel

• Lang queues of trucks formed at border service stations as Irish truckers filled up with diesel south of the border following the UK Budget rises. Diesel now costs IR75p/lit......

Would You Buy A Used Truck From This Man?

by Charles Young Brian Palmer, the Essex dealer exposed by CM for selling dangerous trucks, has been ordered to pay out more than £13,000 following his refusal to offer a refund......