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Eastern European truck drivers may have the minimum wage enforced by the Inland Revenue. Guy Sheppard reports. TRUCK DRIVERS...
restrictions are seen as the main based HRH Transport says ti Exclusive! The Freight Transport Association reports that...
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THE ENERGY SAVING Trust (EST) says it will cap green truck grants this year to allow more people to benefit from the £26m...
VOLVO HAS ended two) of speculation by starting tc its shares in rival Swedish t manufacturer Scania. Volkswagen, Toyota and...
THE UNCERTAINTY over whether digital tachographs had to be fitted from this August has finally been resolved after it became...
THE FREIGHT TRANSPORT Association (FTA) has branded the Liberal Democrats "naive and misguided after the party published a...
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Creditors are angry as the directors of an insolvent firm start up again — but the say they were driven to it by a major debt...
SHAREHOLDERS IN L.:K road haulage companies face a bleak outlook with only one in five operators delivering a good return on...
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ME EUROPEAN satellite network that will facilitate in-cab navigational aids for operators Ind encourage the development of...
Imagine if you, as a reputable, law-abiding, tax-revenue-generating, local-driver-employing, environmentally-aware, all-round...
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Firm's drivers were out of control an inquiry is told. Mike Jewell reports. GLASGOW OPERATOR Smiths of Whiteinch lost control...
YORKSHIRE HAULIER Wrights Ransport is closing with the loss of 50 jobs following the retirement of its boss. Driver...
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A NEW TRUCKSTOP in Suffolk is challenging the traditi onal'greasy spoon' image by serving fresh, organic vegetables and...
Take a stroll with us through the little sideroads of haulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the...
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David Harris reports on Edinburgh's plan for a congestion charging scheme. SCOTTISH OPERATORS have asked Edinburgh transport...
OPERATORS IN Somerset are dismissing fears that the giant Polestar print factory in Paulton is on the verge of closure....
A WREXHAM-BASED truck driver could be facing a jail sentence over repeated tacho offences after his case was transferred to...
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YET ANOTHER diesel laundering plant has been seized by the Irish Customs Service on a farm near Culdaff. County Donegal....
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Kent Council is talking to drivers about truck parks. David Harris reports. MORE TRUCK PARKS could be set up in Kent as the...
THREE KENT MEN have been jailed for a total of 37 years for drug offences following two separate Customs investigations....
A SCOTTISH operator has been fined £12,000 for a breach of the health and safety regulations after one of its drivers had to...
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FREE FOR A YEAR! W e've teamed up with Mercedes-Benz Approved Used Commercial Vehicles to offer Comntercial Motor readers a...
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The contents of the Chancellor's red box will be revealed on 17 March. What are operators and the trade associations hoping...
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B ob Goldfield. chief executive of Dover Port,has an office most operators would envy: it's housed in an attractive Regency...
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WE WRITE in response to the article headlined "A Date with Destiny" (CM 22 January). The 'hiccup encountered by Robin Meczes...
I AM WRITING to give my support to Alan Sherwood who operates the Junction 23 Lorry Park (CM 26 February). There seems to be...
EMMA PENNY'S feature (26 February) on drivers' CPCs raised many important questions — but she missed one: could the Dutch...
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Everyone loves to hate the European Union and its impact on UK hauliers. Is this businesslike — or xenophobic? Miles Brignall...
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A DRIVER WHO disappeared for three years after being charged with showing his employers a false driving licence has been...
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LICENCE REVOCATION for three years and a ban on holding an VEHICLE 0-licence for three years INSPECTORATE was the punishment...
NEIGHBOURS' CONCERNS have led to a West Country operator's new licence coming laden with restrictions on movement times and...
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A LONDON van driver has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,250 for driving a vehicle that was severely...
A PUBLIC INQUIRY into a Merseyside haulier must start from scratch because of lengthy delays in bringing the original...
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T nick dismantlers warn that HGVs could soon join the large numbers of dumped and often torched cars that litter British...
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A government initiative designed to ease the burden of red tape on smaller businesses means that from this month private...
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T he legal section was launched in new-look CM last September and has generated a huge amount of interest from operators keen...
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Thousands of transport companies depend on fork-lift trucks, but safety concerns have led to a proposal that they should be...
of fork-lifts, with two initiatives dealing with fork-lift maintenance. Both of these increase the administrative...
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C ircumstances have conspired to stop us getting our hands on the face-lifted Renault Kangoo that debuted at last year's NEC CV...
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p anel vans are among the transport industry's most popular workhorses. Look into any haulage yard and you're likely to find at...
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I n an ideal world commercial vehicles would never break down or need to be serviced, because time off the road means lost...
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F orty years ago... Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston to become world heavyweight boxing champion. Britain granted Zanzibar...
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trepidation among Business Post staff as they made their way home that night.The deal may not have attracted much press at the...
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O ver the past year or so. we've looked closely at the other three contenders, MAKMercedes and Oshkosh, in the battle for the...
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W hen ArvinMeritor transferred its truck axle business to Italy in 2001 it was almost the end of the line for its Maudslay...
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I t is truly amazing how quickly we have become reliant on computersiNventy years ago mainframe computer systems and mobile...
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The CV Show will be packed with shiny new trucks but there are still some , exhibits of relevance to the second-hand market W...
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V olvo Truck & Bus is aiming to sell 2.500 used vehicles in 2004, repeating its achievements of 2003 but with more vehicles...
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W hen a demobbed Edwin Pearson started his own business after the First World War he became a coal merchant, relying on a horse...