Briefs

• Securicor Distribution has bought Hays Express Services for £16.7m. • Trucks are likely to be exempi from plans to ban certain vehicles from the City of London. Short-sighted......

Lost-wheel Surveys Spark Industry Row

by Sally Nash II A damning Government report on wheel loss, which shows there could be as many as 2,000 incidents a year, has sparked condemnation from industry experts who......

Drug Running Haulier Gets 15 Years

• An owner-driver was jailed for 15 years last week for smuggling £1.8m-worth of Ecstasy into the country. Raymond Miles was caught with 45kg of the drug when stopped by Customs......