Cost Warning On Retrofit Limiters

• Operators who retrofit speed limiters to their HGVs could end up paying twice as much as for a limiter installed on line, warns the Road Haulage Association. It is making a......

Transport Honoured In The Queen's List

• Garry Turvey, director-general of the Freight Transport Association, has been awarded the CBE in the Queen's birthday honours. Turvey joined the FTA's predecessor, the Traders......

Minimum Wage Is Dropped

• North Eastern-based haulier Glendinning is suspending the guaranteed minimum wage for its 70 drivers to avoid cutting jobs. The Consett-based general haulier and car......

Little Interest

• Fewer hauliers than hoped for have taken up the offer of Saturday truck inspections (CM 30 May-5 June). The Vehicle Inspectorate says that of the 17 testing stations offering......

End For Rtitb

• The winding up of the transport industry's official training body is to take effect immediately instead of September as planned. The Road Transport Industry Training Board,......