Firm Closes Because 'there Is No Future'

A by Charles Young Stoke-on-Trent haulier Maurice Nield (Transport) is closing because "there is no future in the industry". The company, which is solvent, is laying off its 30......

Company Survival Plans Flop

• Government-supported measures designed to pull companies back from the brink of bquidation are rarely effective, according to figures released last week by business data......

Comment

One in all in Exempting owner-chivers from the proposed Working Time Directive for HGV drivers is one of the worst ideas we've heard for a long time (see page lc)). Never mind......

Calling All Fleet Managers!

• Time is running out to book your place at the 1999 Fleet Management Conference on 26 October at the National Motorcycle Museum. Organised by Commercial Motor, Motor Transport,......