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• Strathaven-based haulage firm Yuill and Dodds has been given a temporary reprieve from a week-long ban on its 35 trucks, after announcing plans to appeal against the Scottish Traffic Commissioner's decision on its drivers' hours and tacho offences earlier this month.
Pat's prize • CM features editor Patric Cunnane has been voted runner-up Motor Trade writer of the Year in the Jet Media Excellence Awards— and CM has been shortlisted in the Periodical Publishers Association Awards for Business and Professional Magazine of the Year.
VI cuts • Jobs will be lost at the Vehicle Inspectorate, no matter what the Government decides to do about CV testing. lithe VI retains testing it will look for savings of up to 25% over the next five years.
Pay threat • The 97 drivers at R Durham and Sons in Billingham will consider working to rule if their management refuse to increase their basic pay.
No change • In last week's Any Questions column gremlins in the production system cut the driving limit before a 45min break to 4hr. The correct figure, of course, is 41u30 min. CM'S legal hotline is 081-661 3869.
Tip wars • Over 600 businesses in Merseyside have launched a neighbourhood watch scheme to stop flytipping in and around Liverpool.