Hancock Steps Down

• Ron Hancock is standing down as managing director of AWD Trucks after 27 months in the job. The 56-year-old will remain with the company as a consultant for three years.......

Ec Language Drive

• British lorry drivers may get free language lessons, paid for by the EC, to help them compete more fairly with their European counterparts. A recent conference in Brussels......

Truckstop Trauma

• Parish councillors are resisting plans to develop a truckstop alongside a pub at Bedale, North Yorkshire. The site, just off the Al, will provide parking for 300 lorries, a......

Brs Drivers Settle

• Drivers and fitters at BRS and Exel Logistics have voted to accept the company's 8.5% offer. Staff at Pickfords will vote this week on a similar deal, and Tankfreight......

Long Wait Almost Over

• The new 16.5m maximum length for articulated vehicles will now come into force on 19 March. Roads and Traffic Minister Robert Atkins says: "I regret the slight delay in......

Rac Presses For Diesel Price Cut

• The Royal Automobile Club is pressing the Government to cut diesel and unleaded fuel prices further to encourage the use of cleaner fuels. RAC director of public affairs David......

Cut-throat Junction • Complaints About The Socalled...

the M40 and M42 in the outside fast lanes (CM 11-17 January) have been rejected by Roads and Traffic Minister Robert Atkins. In a Parliamentary written answer he said: "The......