Meachers Order • Southampton-based Meachers Group (above)...

ERF E10.32 ST tractive units and four ERF E6.21 four-wheel curtainsided rigids to its 105-strong fleet — 80 of which are already ERFs. 5peed warning North East Traffic......

Death-threat Haulier Facing Ruin

• A Kent-based haulier has received death threats and had his truck cab vandalised after being mistaken for a tipper driver who killed a child in a hit-and-run accident.......

Man Buys Uk Importer From Lonrho For £20m

• MAN in Germany is to buy the UK MAN-VW truck and bus import business from industrial giant Lonrho for £20m, but MAN's 28-strong dealership network will not be affected. MAN-VW......

Aa Expands Into Car Transporting

• The AA is diversifying into car transport work, having been awarded an 0-licence for 45 transporters at the end of last year. It has set up a new division called Famun Fleet......

Dip Urged To Use Ec's Limiter Rules

• The trade associations were due to meet Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind yesterday (29 January) to iron out confusion between EC and UK Government proposals for HGV speed......